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Volunteers in Mamedkale. Top frame from the Dagizvestiya video: https://www.instagram.com/p/DWzlRcPjFK4/ (Meta, the company that owns the social network, is banned in Russia).

20:27, 9 April 2026

Residents of Mamedkala thanked volunteers amid complaints against authorities

Hundreds of volunteers came to the aid of residents of the village of Mamedkala in the Derbent district after the flooding. Social media users expressed gratitude to those who came from other villages in Dagestan and neighboring republics. The authorities' efforts are insufficient, and residents are asking for the water to be pumped out and their homes dried out as quickly as possible.

19:36, 9 April 2026

Suspects in Aishat Baimuradova's murder have been declared wanted in Russia.

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has placed Karina Iminova and Said-Khamzat Baysarov on the wanted list, suspected of murdering Chechen woman Aishat Baimuradova. Iminova is also wanted as a missing person.

18:43, 9 April 2026

Relief funds for flood victims in Dagestan have raised over 550 million rubles.

More than 550 million rubles were donated to the Nadezhda charity foundation to help victims of the floods in Dagestan.

17:59, 9 April 2026

The searches at the Novaya Gazeta editorial office were prompted by a case involving personal data.

Searches are underway at the Novaya Gazeta newspaper's Moscow office, and lawyers are not allowed into the building. One of the men was carried out of the building on a stretcher and into an ambulance. Investigators have announced a criminal case for the illegal use, transfer, collection, and storage of personal data.

17:01, 9 April 2026

Pavel Gubarev spoke about his captivity in Chechnya amid the Alaudinov denunciation case.

In 2015, Pavel Gubarev was kidnapped by Chechen fighters after reports surfaced online that he had alleged Ramzan Kadyrov's involvement in the Charlie Hebdo attack. The former "people's governor" of Donbas stated this in an interview shortly before the hearing of the military defamation case opened following Apti Alaudinov's statement.

16:08, 9 April 2026

Three people were injured in a drone attack on an oil depot in Krymsk.

In Krymsk, three people were injured when a drone crashed onto an oil depot; the fire was extinguished.

15:08, 9 April 2026

International organizations have demanded the release of Abzas Media journalists.

International human rights organizations have criticized the decision of the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan, which upheld the sentences in the Abzas Media case against journalists, and called for the journalists' release.

14:08, 9 April 2026

The Supreme Court has recognized Memorial* as an extremist organization.

The Supreme Court declared the Memorial* movement an extremist organization and banned its activities in Russia. The lawyer was not allowed into the hearing.

13:40, 9 April 2026

The Georgian leadership has requested a police cordon at the memorial to the victims of April 9.

The flower-laying ceremony at the memorial to those killed on April 9th was accompanied by whistles and chants from protesters, and members of the Georgian leadership were surrounded by hundreds of police officers. One person was detained. Protesters are not interfering with the flower-laying ceremony by representatives of other countries and ordinary citizens.

12:40, 9 April 2026

A Shakhty resident was convicted of treason.

Rostov Region resident Vitaly Kucherov was sentenced to 12 years in prison. The court found him guilty of attempting to join a Ukrainian armed group.

09:45, 9 April 2026

Azerbaijani security forces have opened a case against the son of the leader of the Muslim Unity Party.

In Azerbaijan, a criminal case has been opened against the minor son of the imprisoned leader of the Muslim Unity movement, Taleh Bagirzade. He is accused of beating a classmate, but the teenager's mother claimed her son was provoked.

08:45, 9 April 2026

A combatant from Kalmykia was killed in combat.

Vyacheslav Matsakov from the Yashkulsky district was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 222 soldiers from Kalmykia have been confirmed killed.

05:52, 9 April 2026

A Stavropol resident has been convicted of involvement with ISIS*.

A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Stavropol native Alexander Pomazanov to a lengthy prison term after he swore allegiance to the Islamic State* in prison.

04:52, 9 April 2026

A court in Krasnodar nationalized the assets of Vice Governor Minkova.

Property worth over 330 million rubles, registered to former Kuban Vice Governor Anna Minkova and her relatives, has been transferred to the state.

03:53, 9 April 2026

Chimaev's aid to the "brotherly peoples" of Dagestan was sent to a region with a Chechen population.

The homes of approximately 1,400 people in villages in the Khasavyurt district are uninhabitable after the flooding, and the water also destroyed their livestock and farms. Villages damaged in the first days of the flooding are receiving large amounts of humanitarian aid, but UFC champion Khamzat Chimaev has added seven more trucks.

02:54, 9 April 2026

A Kuban resident was killed during a drone strike.

UAV debris fatally injured a resident of the village of Sauk-Dere in the Krymsk district of Krasnodar Krai.

01:55, 9 April 2026

Relatives of prisoners in the Taganrog pretrial detention center fear for their health.

The condition of Muslim prisoners on a hunger strike in the Taganrog pretrial detention center is rapidly deteriorating; some have even mutilated themselves to draw attention to the problems. The prison administration is failing to address the violations, and the Federal Penitentiary Service and the prosecutor's office are responding to complaints with formal replies.

00:56, 9 April 2026

A Stavropol resident was fined for failure to report.

The Industrial District Court of Stavropol fined Alexander Kornilov 40,000 rubles for failing to report a friend who was sentenced to 20 years for his ties to the Freedom of Russia* legion.

23:57, 8 April 2026

Analysts have assessed the rate of resettlement in Karabakh and Eastern Zangezur.

Despite the construction of roads, energy facilities, and housing in Karabakh and Eastern Zangezur since the Second Karabakh War, the pace of resettlement is constrained by mine danger, a lack of jobs, and unresolved land use issues, analysts noted.

Family members of prisoners of conscience in Tbilisi on the 497th day of uninterrupted protests. Photo: TV Pirveli / https://tvpirveli.ge/ka/siaxleebi/politika/125163-meore-tseli-9-aprilis-memorialtan-sindisis-patimrebis-mshoblebi-dgesats-rustavelze

23:36, 8 April 2026

Relatives of prisoners of conscience commemorate the victims of "Bloody Sunday" in Georgia.

On the 497th day of continuous protests outside the Georgian parliament, mothers and fathers of prisoners of conscience, holding photographs of their children, will spend the entire night at the memorial to the heroes who died on April 9, 1989.

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