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08:43, 24 July 2025

Conditions of detention tightened for Chechen resident Visangiryev who complained of violence

Immediately after being transferred to a new colony, Chechen native Said-Akhmed Visangiriyev, who complained of cruel treatment at his previous place of detention, was placed in a punishment cell, and then in a single cell-type room.

07:43, 24 July 2025

The Ministry of Defense reported on drones shot down in the skies of Kuban

Seven UAVs were shot down on the night of July 24 over the Krasnodar region. Sochi airport imposed flight restrictions.

05:56, 24 July 2025

Serviceman from North Ossetia killed in Ukraine

Artur Gikayev from Ardon was killed in the fighting. Since the start of the Russian operation in Ukraine, the authorities have publicly acknowledged that at least 462 combatants from North Ossetia have been killed there.

Evacuation of a tourist group. Photo: press service of the Elbrus district administration.

05:10, 24 July 2025

A group of tourists was evacuated from the emergency zone in Elbrus region

More than 40 tourists were evacuated from the territory of the Elbrus Park and left at the accommodation point in Tyrnyauz, the exit to the federal highway for cars and buses is still closed. Due to a new accident on the gas pipeline, residents of the Gerkhozhan microdistrict remain without gas.

04:28, 24 July 2025

Sochi resident killed in drone attack

One woman died and another was hospitalized in serious condition after a drone crashed in the Adler district of Sochi. Tourists in Sochi hotels evacuated to underground parking lots during the drone threat.

03:53, 24 July 2025

Political prisoners Murnev and Dudchenko faced censorship in Rostov pretrial detention centers

Parcels and letters from Yessentuki residents Nikolai Murnev and Sergei Dudchenko, accused of preparing to set fire to a military registration and enlistment office in Pyatigorsk, were subjected to arbitrary censorship in Rostov-on-Don pretrial detention centers. Activists continue to raise funds to pay for Murnev's lawyer.

02:55, 24 July 2025

A serviceman was convicted in Nalchik for leaving his place of service

The military court in Nalchik sentenced Turpal Chamsadinov, who left his place of service and was absent from there for more than a year and a half, to five years in prison.

01:56, 24 July 2025

Saraliev reported on a new stage of prisoner exchange

State Duma deputy from Chechnya Shamsail Saraliev reported the return of a new group of soldiers from Ukrainian captivity. Among those exchanged was a resident of Vladikavkaz.

00:59, 24 July 2025

Drone danger regime introduced in four regions of southern Russia

The authorities of North Ossetia, Kabardino-Balkaria and Stavropol Krai, as well as the mayor's offices of Novorossiysk and Anapa, announced the threat of a drone attack.

00:13, 24 July 2025

A fighter from Adygea killed in military operation

Denis Moiseyev was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 89 fighters from Adygea have been officially recognized as killed.

23:25, 23 July 2025

Timur Tumgoev complained about the lack of medical care in the colony

The administration of a prison colony in the Vologda region is not allowing Timur Tumgoev, a native of Vladikavkaz convicted in a case of participation in military operations in Syria, to call a lawyer and is not providing medical assistance, the prisoner's sister said. She came to visit her brother, but was not allowed to meet him.

22:27, 23 July 2025

The court upheld the house arrest of Roman Murdiev

An appeals court has refused to ease the conditions of house arrest for Chechen teenager Roman Murdiev, who is under house arrest in Moscow on charges of hooliganism, while the other defendants are allowed to leave their homes every day, the Chechen Human Rights Commissioner said.

Protest action in Tbilisi. Screenshot of Publika photo from 23.07.25, https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1504066957659516&set=a.715406393192247, (the activities of Meta, the company that owns the social network, are banned in Russia)

21:42, 23 July 2025

Pro-European protests in Tbilisi continue for 238th day in a row

Protesters against the Georgian Dream's decision to suspend European integration have blocked traffic in central Tbilisi for the 238th day in a row.

20:42, 23 July 2025

Telegram channel users criticize compensation in Rostov Ministry of Internal Affairs for refusing bribes

The decision of the Rostov Regional Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to pay compensation to security officials for the amount of bribes they refused has effectively legitimized corruption, and the source of funds for bonuses for police officers is unclear, Telegram users believe.

19:42, 23 July 2025

The editor-in-chief of "Baza" was arrested for two months

The court arrested the editor-in-chief of the Telegram channel "Baza" Gleb Trifonov, he was accused of giving a bribe to a group of people. He refused to admit guilt. The police officers, including those detained in Krasnodar Krai, from whom, according to the investigation, Trifonov bought operational information, were taken to Moscow.

18:42, 23 July 2025

FSB reports detention of foreigner in Kuban in connection with terrorist attack

A citizen of one of the Central Asian countries has been detained in Krasnodar Krai. The FSB claims that he was preparing to set fire to a dormitory of an oil refinery on the orders of an international terrorist organization.

17:42, 23 July 2025

Participant of the conflict in Lugansk, who identified himself as an "Akhmat" fighter, has been detained

A participant in the conflict at the Lugansk pool, who introduced himself as an "Akhmat" fighter, was detained in Krasnodar Krai. The head of the "Akhmat" special forces, Apti Alaudinov, said that the detention was carried out by employees of the Chechen Interior Ministry, although they "should not have been doing this."

16:42, 23 July 2025

Two fighters from Dagestan killed in military operation

Magomed Dibirgadzhiev and Murad Imanaliev were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,474 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

15:40, 23 July 2025

New fuel oil emissions discovered in Temryuk district of Kuban

Emissions of fine fractions of fuel oil, discovered during monitoring of the coastline, are being cleaned up in the Temryuk district, the operational headquarters of the Krasnodar Territory reported.

14:42, 23 July 2025

Residents of Tyrnyauz remain without gas and water after mudslide

About 700 subscribers in one of the microdistricts of the city of Tyrnyauz are left without water and gas due to a mudflow in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic.

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