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19:51, 8 September 2025

Dagestan resident arrested in case of running over security forces

A criminal case on the use of violence against a government official has been opened against a resident of Makhachkala, suspected of running over police officers.

18:46, 8 September 2025

Investigative Committee rules death of Sabnova resident after conflict with teenagers as murder

Dagestani investigators have reclassified the case of the death of a young man in the Derbent district as a murder, as his fellow villagers requested. At the same time, they found no grounds to hold the second participant in the attack accountable.

17:57, 8 September 2025

Samvel Karapetyan remains under arrest

The Anti-Corruption Court of Appeal of Armenia has rejected a petition against extending the arrest of Samvel Karapetyan.

17:56, 8 September 2025

Chechen authorities admit garbage collapse in the republic

Complaints about irregular garbage removal are coming from residents of different areas of Chechnya, and the republican waste removal operator cites a shortage of workers. Workers are offered wages that do not correspond to the difficult working conditions, social network users are sure.

Garbage removal in Grozny. Photo: Grozny-Inform https://www.grozny-inform.ru/

17:56, 8 September 2025

Chechen authorities admit garbage collapse in the republic

16:56, 8 September 2025

FSB releases video of Azerbaijani detained in Stavropol

In the footage, a young man, who identified himself after his arrest as a native of Mingechevir, swears allegiance to a certain “national liberation battalion.”

14:51, 8 September 2025

Defense reported deterioration of detained Georgian activist Datashvili

The activist's sharp deterioration in health led to the postponement of the trial.

13:51, 8 September 2025

Shelter construction project leads to social tension in Volgograd region

The author of the construction project assures that the safety of the surrounding area will be ensured. Local residents are concerned about the proximity of their children and homeless people.

Law enforcement officers. Photo: Krasnodar TV channel

12:52, 8 September 2025

Baku native accused in General Kirillov murder case

A new defendant has appeared in the case of the murder of the head of the radiation, chemical and biological defense troops, Igor Kirillov; he turned out to be a Russian citizen born in Baku.

11:55, 8 September 2025

Contract soldier from Volgograd region killed in combat zone

Sergei Apanasenko was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,325 fighters from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

09:56, 8 September 2025

Azerbaijani citizen detained in Stavropol in connection with terrorist attack

Security forces detained a citizen of Azerbaijan in connection with a case of preparing a terrorist attack. According to the FSB, he was preparing terrorist attacks in a number of buildings in Yessentuki and Stavropol on orders from a Ukrainian terrorist organization.

Demolition of the building of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nagorno-Karabakh. Screenshot of the photo "AzerTag" from 09/02/25, https://azertag.az/ru/xeber/v_xankendi_na_meste_mid_tak_nazyvaemogo_rezhima_budet_postroeno_zdanie_glavnogo_upravleniya_arhitektury_i_gradostroitelstva_karabahskogo_regiona-3725415.

08:57, 8 September 2025

Azerbaijan reports demolition of Foreign Ministry building in Khankendi

The building of the former Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Nagorno-Karabakh was demolished; the equipment began working on the independence day of the self-proclaimed republic.

07:52, 8 September 2025

A mobilized soldier from the Astrakhan region was killed in a military operation

Salavat Almukhamedov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 608 fighters from the Astrakhan region have been officially recognized as killed.

06:52, 8 September 2025

Cherkessk authorities postponed resettlement of residents of emergency housing

Cherkessk officials informed residents of emergency building No. 9 on Gutyakulova Street that their building, despite promises, was not included in the list of those subject to resettlement

05:53, 8 September 2025

Rostov resident accused of spreading "fakes" about the army

A criminal case for disseminating knowingly false information about Russian military personnel has been opened against Rostov-on-Don resident Sergei Iryupin, who has been living in the Czech Republic since 2018. He has been placed on the federal wanted list.

04:54, 8 September 2025

Large mining farm found in Astrakhan region

After a fire near a recreation center, Astrakhan power engineers discovered a burnt-out mining facility, the damage from which is estimated at more than 3.5 million rubles.

03:55, 8 September 2025

Activist Tornike Toshkhua ends hunger strike

Activist Tornike Toshkhua, who was detained at a protest in Tbilisi, has ended his hunger strike, citing health reasons.

02:56, 8 September 2025

Semyon Slepakov* fined for failure to pay fine

The court fined the comedian and singer from Stavropol Krai Semyon Slepakov* 60 thousand rubles, who failed to pay a previously imposed fine for publications without the foreign agent label.

00:57, 8 September 2025

A square in Kaspiysk was named after Stalin

Stalin supported the initiative to create the plant around which Kaspiysk grew, representatives of the Dagdizel plant said at the ceremony of naming the square of the Dagdizel plant after Stalin. The decision on this was approved by the city authorities.

23:53, 7 September 2025

Human rights activists expressed concerns for the safety of a teenager from Ingushetia

Concerns for the safety of a teenager from Ingushetia who complained of death threats from his family remain; human rights activists are in touch with him even after he reported that the conflict with his family had been resolved.

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