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22:23, 10 April 2026

A fine imposed on residents of the Chereksky district has outraged Balkar activists.

Activists believe that Asiyat Kaigermazova and Alina Taismakulova, who organized a motor rally on Balkar People's Revival Day, were unfairly subjected to administrative penalties.

21:53, 10 April 2026

Eight arrested Russians have been charged in Baku.

Russian citizens detained in an operation involving the transit of drugs from Iran planned to sell the acquired substances in Baku, according to the indictment.

21:06, 10 April 2026

A Makhachkala resident is suspected of calling for terrorism.

A video posted on the Telegram messenger gave security forces grounds for criminal prosecution of a Makhachkala resident.

20:25, 10 April 2026

Gas supply to residents of Mamedkala has been restored.

Gas supply to the village of Mamedkala in the Derbent district, which was damaged by a dam break, has been restored, and gas supply to the village of Rubas has also been resumed.

19:34, 10 April 2026

A state of emergency has been declared in Vladikavkaz following an explosion at a pyrotechnics warehouse.

Two of those injured in the explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Vladikavkaz are in serious condition, the head of North Ossetia reported. A local state of emergency has been declared in Vladikavkaz.

19:29, 10 April 2026

The head of Dagestan's public procurement committee is suspected of bribery.

Investigators have opened a criminal case against the former chairman of the Dagestan State Procurement Committee for bribery and bribery brokerage.

18:54, 10 April 2026

A judge's powers were terminated after the collapse of an illegally constructed structure in Makhachkala.

The Qualification Collegium of Judges of Dagestan approved the resignation of Patimat Makhatilova, a judge at the Sovietsky District Court of Makhachkala who legalized an unauthorized structure that collapsed during the flood. Two of Makhatilova's colleagues also resigned at the same time.

18:07, 10 April 2026

The ECHR communicated the case regarding travel bans from Azerbaijan.

The European Court of Human Rights has sent questions to the Azerbaijani authorities regarding complaints filed by 16 individuals alleging unlawful travel bans. The complaints were filed by journalists, civil society activists, and experts who are either witnesses or suspects in criminal cases.

17:09, 10 April 2026

The Artsuyev case has demonstrated the risks of returning to Russia from "unfriendly countries."

Despite the publicity surrounding Shamil Artsuyev, relatives of him, a native of Chechnya, have not yet been able to determine his whereabouts. Artsuyev was removed from a government facility by security forces and has been without legal status for nearly four months, they noted.

16:27, 10 April 2026

The lack of beach fill in Anapa has alarmed internet users.

The government commission and Anapa authorities have not announced the start of filling the remaining beaches with imported sand, despite the announced deadline of June 1. The lack of progress casts doubt on the prospects for reopening Anapa's sandy beaches.

15:34, 10 April 2026

The bodies of two people were found at the site of an explosion in Vladikavkaz.

Two people were killed in an explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Vladikavkaz. Among the 14 injured in the explosion were two children, one of whom was one year old.

14:29, 10 April 2026

14 people were injured in an explosion in Vladikavkaz.

A powerful explosion occurred at a fireworks warehouse in Vladikavkaz, injuring 14 people, including residents of neighboring buildings whose windows were blown out by the blast wave. Rescuers are extinguishing the blaze, which covers an area of 800 square meters.

13:59, 10 April 2026

Villagers in Dagestan are busy strengthening their banks amid a dire forecast.

Residents of the village of Butush in the Botlikh District are fortifying the banks of the Aksayka River on their own amidst forecasted downpours, and residents of other villages are assisting them. During the first wave of flooding, 100 homes and farms, as well as dozens of hectares of land, were inundated in the village.

13:02, 10 April 2026

A Krasnodar resident called on the Patriarch to leave the embankment to children.

An activist held a picket calling on Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Rus' to prevent the construction of a church on Rozhdestvenskaya Embankment in Krasnodar.

12:08, 10 April 2026

Social media users demanded harsh punishment for the death of a child in Abkhazia.

Those responsible for the beating of a three-year-old girl who died in Abkhazia must be made an example of, social media commenters stated. They believe child protection authorities are partly to blame for the child's death.

12:00, 10 April 2026

Three suspected militants from Basayev's group have been arrested.

Security forces reported the arrest of three individuals in the Astrakhan and Moscow regions. Two of them have been charged in connection with Basayev's militants' raid into Dagestan, and the third has been charged with participating in an attack on Pskov paratroopers in Chechnya.

11:02, 10 April 2026

A Siberian woman complained of threats after her daughter returned from Chechnya.

A Novosibirsk resident appealed to the head of the Investigative Committee of Russia (ICR) about threats her family has received since she returned her youngest daughter from Chechnya, who had been taken away by her ex-husband. An acquaintance who was present when the girl was returned has been arrested for the kidnapping, she said.

10:04, 10 April 2026

A Volzhsky resident was killed in a drone attack.

A drone attack in the Volgograd region killed one person and damaged 13 private homes. According to the Ministry of Defense, 57 drones were shot down in the region overnight.

Flooding aftermath in the village of Karaman-2. A still from a video message from the "Patient Monitor and Housing and Utilities" Telegram channel: https://t.me/monitor_pacienta_i_zkh/4254

09:32, 10 April 2026

Residents of a Makhachkala village have asked for help due to flooding.

The authors of the appeal to businesses and authorities asked for specialized equipment and pumps to be sent to the Karaman-2 microdistrict to pump out the water flooding the streets. According to them, only one pump truck has visited the village since the flooding.

08:38, 10 April 2026

A fighter from Dagestan was killed in the SVO zone.

Arsen Giriskhanov from the Kazbekovsky district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have acknowledged at least 1,891 combatants from Dagestan killed there.

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