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Installation in the village of Kolatag. Photo by Oxu.az. https://oxu.az/ru/obshestvo/v-selo-kolatag-agderinskogo-rajona-otpravilas-pervaya-gruppa-pereselencev

04:52, 17 August 2025

26 Azerbaijani families returned to a village in the Aghdere region

26 families of former refugees returned to the village of Kolatag and were given keys to their apartments.

03:53, 17 August 2025

A soldier was convicted in Nalchik for leaving his unit without permission

A court in Nalchik sentenced Eduard Avanesyan, a serviceman who left his military unit for three weeks, to one year in prison

02:54, 17 August 2025

Underage girl's engagement prevented in Azerbaijan

Security forces broke up the engagement of a 15-year-old girl in an Azerbaijani village; her father was fined.

The collector hatch where the workers' bodies were found. Photo from the Rostov Region Investigative Committee Telegram channel. https://t.me/SU_SKR161/3730

01:55, 17 August 2025

Two workers died in a sewer in Taganrog

The bodies of two workers were found in a sewer collector in Taganrog.

00:56, 17 August 2025

Rally participants criticized Washington agreements

A rally of supporters of the "National Democratic Pole" was held in Yerevan, the participants of which criticized the declaration signed by Aliyev and Pashinyan in Washington and called for uniting to resist the actions of the authorities.

23:57, 16 August 2025

Kuban lost a fifth of its tourists amid fuel oil spill in the Black Sea

Demand for vacations in Krasnodar Krai has decreased by 21% compared to last year, while among the cities of Kuban, against the backdrop of the fuel oil spill, tourists showed interest in Yeysk, located on the coast of the Sea of Azov. At the same time, Anapa has lost ground in the rating of popular resorts, but has not lost vacationers.

23:00, 16 August 2025

A fighter from the Astrakhan region was killed in a military operation

Ivan Kruglov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 594 fighters from the Astrakhan region have been officially recognized as killed.

22:02, 16 August 2025

Police Detain Two Protesters in Georgia

Activists today blocked traffic on Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi demanding the release of political prisoners. Shortly before the start of the action, it became known that two protesters had been detained, whom the police suspect of group violence.

A resident of Stary Sivukh reads out an appeal. Still frame from the video from the Telegram channel "Novoe Delo" from 16.08.25, https://t.me/novoedelo/33773

20:03, 16 August 2025

Residents of Stary Sivukh demanded Melikov's attention to the village's problems

Residents of Stary Sivukh have been fighting for the restoration of the village for eight years, but the district administration is opposing this, the villagers said in an appeal to the head of Dagestan.

19:05, 16 August 2025

Relatives of a Karachay-Cherkessia resident claim he was tortured by security forces

A resident of Karachay-Cherkessia was subjected to torture and sexual violence in a security agency department, his relatives said, demanding that the actions of the security forces be investigated.

18:08, 16 August 2025

Planes diverted to alternate airfields due to restrictions at airports in southern Russia

Airports in Volgograd, Astrakhan, Vladikavkaz and Grozny were closed for several hours today, five planes were sent to alternate airfields. Authorities in North Ossetia, Dagestan, Karachay-Cherkessia and Kabardino-Balkaria reported the introduction and cancellation of drone attack alerts.

17:09, 16 August 2025

A fighter from North Ossetia was killed in the SVO

Alan Sumenov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 475 fighters from North Ossetia have been officially recognized as killed.

15:11, 16 August 2025

Authorities reported on the solution to the problem of the crossing in Lermontovo

The issue of the passage of cars of residents of the trans-river part of Lermontov, who refused to be cut off from the infrastructure due to the collapse of the bridge, through private territories has been resolved, the head of the district reported. The authorities also intend to organize a boat crossing across the river.

Father of Yevgeny Kadunov with his photo. Screenshot of the photo from the Telegram channel of the "Defenders of the Fatherland" foundation in Kabardino-Balkaria from 15.08.25, https://t.me/fond_ZO_kbr/7221

13:12, 16 August 2025

Mobilized from Kabardino-Balkaria killed in combat

Evgeny Kadunov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 283 fighters from Kabardino-Balkaria have been officially recognized as killed.

12:13, 16 August 2025

Georgian NGOs Report Threats for Refusing to Register as Foreign Agents

The Anti-Corruption Bureau sent letters to six non-governmental organizations accusing them of violating the law on foreign agents and threatening criminal prosecution for refusing to register. The NGOs said they did not intend to register as representatives of a foreign state.

11:14, 16 August 2025

Defense succeeds in extending Movlaev's legal status in Kazakhstan

The Kazakh authorities have extended the validity of the asylum seeker certificate of Mansur Movlaev, a native of Cheni.

10:15, 16 August 2025

Authorities admit that more than 7,200 fighters from southern Russia have been killed

Official authorities and representatives of security agencies have released data on 7,207 servicemen from the south of Russia killed in combat operations in Ukraine, of which 3,625 were in the Southern Federal District and 3,582 in the North Caucasus Federal District.

08:47, 16 August 2025

23 drones shot down at night in southern regions of Russia

During the night, air defense systems intercepted 29 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles, including 23 of them over the regions of the Southern Federal District, the North Caucasus Federal District and the Sea of Azov.

07:32, 16 August 2025

Millerovo residents' homes damaged by UAV crash

At night, Russian military repelled a drone attack in the Millerovsky district of the Rostov region.

06:35, 16 August 2025

Rostov Region resident injured in drone attack

Air defense forces repelled an air attack in Novoshakhtinsk and Rodionovo-Nesvetaisky District of Rostov Region. There are casualties.

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