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09:13, 9 August 2025

Drone danger regime declared in North Ossetia

A drone alert has been declared in North Ossetia. Residents have been warned of slow mobile communications.

08:39, 9 August 2025

Kuban and Rostov Regions Attacked by UAVs

Last night, air defense forces intercepted seven drones in the Southern Federal District regions and the same number over the waters of the Sea of Azov.

07:19, 9 August 2025

Sniper from Volgograd killed in SVO zone

Aleksandr Politov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,281 fighters from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

06:04, 9 August 2025

Taganrog resident convicted of treason

A 19-year-old resident of Taganrog was found guilty of treason and sentenced to six years in prison. According to the investigation, he contacted representatives of Ukrainian intelligence and offered to pass on information about the deployment of troops in the region.

04:53, 9 August 2025

Ukrainian citizens end hunger strike at Georgian checkpoint

After meeting with the Ukrainian consul, Ukrainian citizens who are at the Georgian border checkpoint "Dariali" stopped their hunger strike.

03:54, 9 August 2025

Astrakhan political scientist Mikhail Doliev* recognized as foreign agent

The Russian Ministry of Justice has added Mikhail Doliev*, a political scientist from the Astrakhan region who is currently in exile, to the register of foreign agents.

02:55, 9 August 2025

Trump called the Zangezur corridor a key point in the declaration signed by Baku and Yerevan

US President Donald Trump said that the key issue that prevented the signing of a peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, the Zangezur Corridor, has been resolved. The foreign ministers of the two countries have appealed to the OSCE with a proposal to disband the Minsk Group.

00:57, 9 August 2025

Multi-storey building damaged in Rostov-on-Don after drone attack

After the drone attack, an explosion and fire occurred in a multi-story building in the Levoberezhny microdistrict.

22:57, 8 August 2025

12 Victims Taken to Hospital After Cable Car Collapse in Nalchik

Six of the 12 people injured in the cable car collapse in Nalchik remained in the Kabardino-Balkaria Republican Clinical Hospital for treatment, one of them is in serious condition.

21:58, 8 August 2025

Activists in Tbilisi protest after Kobakhidze's remarks about the August war

Pro-European protesters in Tbilisi blocked Rustaveli Avenue near the parliament building for the 254th day in a row. They had previously held a protest in front of the government building because of Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze's statement that Georgia started the war in 2008.

20:55, 8 August 2025

Human rights activist Anokhina and a resident of Dagestan arrested in absentia in a case of "fakes" about the army

Journalist and human rights activist Svetlana Anokhina, accused of spreading “fakes” about the army, has been arrested in absentia in Dagestan; a 37-year-old native of the republic is also being tried in a similar case.

Evacuation of visitors to the cable car in Nalchik. Photo: Emergencies Ministry of Kabardino-Balkaria.

19:44, 8 August 2025

At least five people were injured when a cable car collapsed in Nalchik

A chairlift collapsed in the resort area of Nalchik, at least five people were injured. The passengers of the chairlift are being evacuated, investigators are working at the scene of the emergency.

18:54, 8 August 2025

Dozens of flights delayed at Sochi airport due to drone attack

17 aircraft diverted to alternate airfields during the drone alert in Sochi, and another 25 flights were delayed. The Defense Ministry reported nine drones shot down over the territory of Krasnodar Krai and Adygea.

Ravin Gadzhibalaev. Photo: Khiva district administration / Telegram

17:55, 8 August 2025

Dagestani soldier killed in Ukraine

Ravin Gadzhibalayev from the Khivsky district was killed in the fighting. Since the start of the Russian operation in Ukraine, the authorities have officially named at least 1,493 Dagestani fighters killed there.

16:56, 8 August 2025

Krasnodar police officer confesses to leaking information to "Baza" employees

The head of the duty unit of the Krasnodar Department of Internal Affairs, Alexander Ablaev, pleaded guilty to receiving a bribe from reporters of the Telegram channel “Baza” and intends to testify.

16:01, 8 August 2025

Taganrog resident sentenced to treason

A 19-year-old Taganrog resident, who was accused by the FSB of having ties to Ukrainian intelligence, was sentenced to 6 years of imprisonment in a penal colony.

15:04, 8 August 2025

Tourists evacuated from Sochi beaches due to UAV attack

The evacuation of vacationers was carried out under the sounds of an air raid alarm. In some vacation spots, underground parking lots are used as shelters.

14:07, 8 August 2025

Residents of Makhachkala reported systemic power outages

Residents of the Reduktorny settlement of Makhachkala reported ongoing regular power outages. Makhachkala residents from other areas of the city are experiencing similar problems.

13:14, 8 August 2025

Relatives seek medical assistance for Bakhtiyar Gadzhiev, convicted in Azerbaijan

Relatives of public activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev, who is being held in prison in Azerbaijan, are concerned about the restrictions on his rights and his deprivation of access to effective medical care.

11:55, 8 August 2025

Two contract soldiers from the Astrakhan region were killed during the fighting

Karen Serov and Azamat Dzhalmukhanov were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 590 fighters from the Astrakhan region have been officially recognized as dead.

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