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14:53, 22 July 2025

Searches at "Base" were conducted in connection with the case of information leak by police officers

Security forces came today with a search to the office of the Telegram channel "Baza", editor-in-chief Gleb Trifonov was brought in for questioning. The Investigative Committee reported on a criminal case, within its framework, searches were carried out, in particular, in Moscow and Krasnodar Krai, in the case of police officers transferring information for publication on the Telegram channel.

13:53, 22 July 2025

Participation in the SVO allowed the security officer to avoid responsibility for the death of Khalit Mustafayev

The Predgorny District Court of Stavropol has terminated the criminal prosecution of a police officer who returned from the SVO zone in a case of abuse of power. The father of Khalit Mustafayev, whom the security officer shot during a chase, called the decision unfair.

12:53, 22 July 2025

About 20 people remained in temporary accommodation facilities due to mudslide in Tyrnyauz

There are about 20 residents of Tyrnyauz at the temporary accommodation point; access to the city is also closed along the bypass road due to the ongoing mudflow. The authorities reported on the distribution of water.

10:53, 22 July 2025

Tbilisi court upholds life sentence for murder of transgender woman

The Tbilisi Court of Appeal upheld the life sentence of Beka Jaini, who was found guilty of the premeditated murder of Kesaria Abramidze. The court and the investigation concluded that the murder was committed with particular cruelty and was related to gender intolerance.

Volgomurat Konskaliev. Screenshot of a photo from the Telegram channel of the Volodarsky District Administration from 21.07.25, https://t.me/regionvol/10438.

09:53, 22 July 2025

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

Volgomurat Konskaliev was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 578 fighters from the Astrakhan region have been officially recognized as killed.

Mudflow in Tyrnyauz. Still frame from video from Kazbek Kokov's Telegram channel from 22.07.25, https://t.me/Kokov_Kazbek/7516

08:53, 22 July 2025

State of emergency declared in Elbrus district

The mudflow damaged the bridge supports on the federal highway that leads to the Elbrus resort, traffic on the highway is closed. Some residents of Tyrnyauz were evacuated, in some areas of the city there is no water, electricity or gas.

07:53, 22 July 2025

The Ministry of Defense reported UAVs shot down in the south at night

Over the past night, air defense forces intercepted 35 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles in the country's regions, including eight of them in the south.

07:04, 22 July 2025

Air attack repelled in Rostov region

Last night, the military repelled a massive drone attack in Rostov-on-Don, Millerovo, Donetsk and the Azov region.

06:05, 22 July 2025

The case of Dagestan blogger Arslan Mirzaev has reached court

The case of Dagestani blogger Arslan Mirzaev, accused of spreading fakes about the Russian army and justifying terrorism, has been sent to the military court in Rostov-on-Don for consideration.

04:53, 22 July 2025

Georgian Revenue Service Seizes Batumelebi Accounts

The Georgian Revenue Service linked the arrest of Batumelebi's accounts to the existence of debt, but journalists are certain that the authorities are trying to close the publication and put pressure on its founder, Mzia Amaglobeli.

03:54, 22 July 2025

Parents of Sochi kindergarten pupils complain about formal reply from Russian Ministry of Education

The Russian Ministry of Education left the demands of parents of pupils at one of the Sochi kindergartens to install video cameras and punish the staff for improper treatment of children unanswered, limiting itself to a formal reply.

02:55, 22 July 2025

Witnesses in Dalgatov's death case refute statements of one of the accused

At the trial for the murder of Makhachkala resident Kurban Dalgatov, two police officers testified, refuting the testimony of one of the defendants, Magomed Malikov, who stated that he was in another office at the time of Dalgatov’s death.

01:56, 22 July 2025

Z-bloggers demand that pro-Putin political scientist be recognized as a foreign agent for his praise of Aliyev

Against the backdrop of worsening Russian-Azerbaijani relations, a number of Z-bloggers have called for pro-Kremlin political scientist Sergei Markov, who praised Ilham Aliyev in front of Azerbaijani journalists in Shushi, to be declared a foreign agent. Markov responded by recalling that he has been "a supporter of Putin for all 26 years."

00:54, 22 July 2025

Georgian citizen sentenced in absentia in Russia for fighting

A Russian court has sentenced Georgian citizen Zurab Karchava in absentia to 6.5 years in prison, recognizing him as a participant in military operations on the side of Ukraine.

23:56, 21 July 2025

Russian Gribul goes on hunger strike after Tbilisi court hearing

Russian citizen Artem Gribul, accused in Georgia of illegal drug trafficking, has declared a hunger strike. At the hearing of the case of Gribul and Anastasia Zinovkina, the judge did not allow him to make a statement.

22:57, 21 July 2025

Protesters block Tbilisi's Rustaveli Avenue for 236th day in a row

Participants in the daily protest in Tbilisi have made unwavering demands for new parliamentary elections and the release of political prisoners. Doctor Giorgi Akhobadze has spoken of the unbearable conditions in Gldani prison.

21:58, 21 July 2025

Human rights activists ensured Subbotin's safety in Armenia

Russian Semyon Subbotin, who was put on the wanted list for unauthorized abandonment of his military unit, is in a safe place. Russian security forces have virtually no chance of officially extraditing Subbotin, human rights activists reported.

20:54, 21 July 2025

Volgograd Regional Court Agrees with Sentence of Ruslan Nurushev

The Volgograd Regional Court refused to overturn the sentence of Ruslan Nurushev, who was sentenced to six years in prison. The defense intends to file a cassation appeal.

19:57, 21 July 2025

Alaudinov demanded to toughen the article on extremism

Punishment for inciting ethnic hatred must be toughened, said the commander of the Akhmat special forces, Apti Alaudinov, after a conflict with blogger Max Divnich. The fighter, who claimed to belong to Akhmat after a fight in Lugansk, was sent, according to him, to “front lines.”

Rosgvardia. Photo: https://rosguard.gov.ru/

18:54, 21 July 2025

Deputy Chief of Rosgvardia Unit Arrested in Adygea in Bribery Case

In Maykop, a case is being investigated about a large bribe received by the deputy head of one of the divisions of the regional department of the Russian National Guard in Adygea.

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