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10:45, 17 July 2025

Mother voiced details of the fight for the truth about the fate of Said Murtazaliev

The mother of a schoolboy from Dagestan, who was forced to sign a contract to be sent to a war zone, received unofficial information about her son’s death.

09:48, 17 July 2025

Azerbaijani political scientist Gasimli denies accusations of extortion and threats

An indictment was announced at the trial of political scientist Azer Gasimli. The political scientist stated that he himself was in fact the victim.

07:52, 17 July 2025

Azerbaijani MMA fighter Javid Rzayev stripped of Russian citizenship

The deprivation of citizenship occurred after the Azerbaijani athlete made ethnically-based insults to his Russian opponent.

05:55, 17 July 2025

Russians arrested in Baku allowed to meet with relatives

Relatives of Russian citizens arrested in Baku were able to see them in prison, and the Russian consul called their conditions of detention good.

04:56, 17 July 2025

90 Ukrainians are waiting to cross the border at Verkhniy Lars

The number of Ukrainian citizens awaiting entry into Georgia after being expelled from Russia has grown to 90. Human rights activists have called for assistance.

03:53, 17 July 2025

Eight Azerbaijani nationals remain in custody in Yekaterinburg

A court in Yekaterinburg has extended the arrest of eight people from Azerbaijan in connection with murders committed in 2001-2011.

02:54, 17 July 2025

Adler residents demanded that the animal abuser be found after the brutal killing of a dog

The murder of the Alabai in the village of Nizhnyaya Shilovka was committed with particular sadism; such animal abusers can also pose a danger to people, local residents are sure. The police reported the initiation of a criminal case.

01:56, 17 July 2025

Zumrud Rizvanova announced the closure of her business in Dagestan after pressure from security forces

The sister of Abubakar Rizvanov, convicted of financing terrorism, is closing the production and sale of cosmetics under the Halal Cosmetics brand in Dagestan. The company's employees will also leave the republic, Zumrud Rizvanova said.

00:57, 17 July 2025

The cases of Ponomarev* and Sasitlinsky have been submitted to the Supreme Court of Dagestan

The Supreme Court of Dagestan will hear in absentia criminal cases against former State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomarev* and Islamic preacher Abu Umar Sasitlinsky, who are accused of organizing riots at the Makhachkala airport.

00:00, 17 July 2025

A soldier from the Volgograd region was killed in the combat zone

Petro Bilokryly was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,254 fighters from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed in it.

22:31, 16 July 2025

Beauty salon owners ignore Chechen authorities' call for registration

Only owners of shops selling hijabs responded to the call to register, but those to whom the appeal was addressed ignored it, said an aide to the head of Chechnya, setting a deadline for sending data on representatives of the modeling industry, women's clothing stores and beauty salons.

Protest action at the Georgian parliament. Photo Publika from 16.07.25, https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1498089134923965&set=a.715406393192247, (the activities of the Meta company, which owns the social network, are banned in Russia)

21:32, 16 July 2025

The rally at the Georgian Parliament was preceded by a rally at the City Hall

On the 231st day of protests, pro-European activists blocked traffic at the Georgian parliament. This afternoon, activists gathered at the city hall, demanding the resignation of the mayor of Tbilisi in connection with the deaths of people when part of a dilapidated building collapsed.

19:33, 16 July 2025

Son of head of Yekaterinburg's Azerbaijani diaspora denies guilt in attack on security officer

Lawyer Mutvala Shykhlinski, son of the head of the Azerbaijani diaspora in Yekaterinburg, was arrested in connection with the case of violence against a security officer. Shykhlinski stated that he did not see the security officer and unintentionally hit him.

18:36, 16 July 2025

Part of Nalchik left without electricity and water

Due to heavy rain, electricity and water are partially cut off in Nalchik and surrounding villages. Telegram channels are publishing videos of the city's flooded streets.

17:35, 16 July 2025

Police named motives for attack on Timur Khizriev

The conflict between MMA fighter Timur Khizriev and his attackers in Makhachkala is related to the athlete's late payment for a car. A criminal investigation has been launched under the article on intentional infliction of harm to health.

16:37, 16 July 2025

A fighter from Karachay-Cherkessia was killed in a military operation

Ansar Totorkunov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 144 fighters from Karachay-Cherkessia have been officially recognized as killed.

SCO flag. Photo: https://rus.sectsco.org

15:39, 16 July 2025

Armenia applied to join SCO

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced his application to join the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and his intention to join the EU.

Riots at Makhachkala airport. October 29, 2023. Screenshot of video https://www.rbc.ru/politics/31/10/2023/653eb5399a7947b515dc49e2

14:40, 16 July 2025

Seven participants in the riots at Makhachkala airport received long sentences

The Stavropol Regional Court sentenced seven residents of Dagestan to 14 to 15 years in a maximum security prison. Their defense promised to appeal the verdict. The total number of people convicted for the pogrom at the Makhachkala airport in 2023 reached 129.

Imran Aliyev. Photo: https://www.meydan.tv/

13:41, 16 July 2025

Azerbaijani journalist Imran Aliyev denies tax debt allegations

In Azerbaijan, fiscal authorities have charged the arrested head of the Meclis.info website Imran Aliyev with a tax debt. The defense has questioned the legality of this claim.

12:43, 16 July 2025

Defense of Stavropol resident announces appeal of desertion verdict

Stavropol resident Anton Sergienko was sentenced to 8.5 years in a maximum security penal colony for "desertion during mobilization." The defense intends to appeal the verdict.

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