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02:55, 13 February 2026

Two soldiers from Dagestan were killed in Ukraine.

Ibragim Zakharov and Magomed Ibragimov from the Kizilyurt district were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have officially acknowledged at least 1,807 combatants from Dagestan killed there.

01:56, 13 February 2026

Evacuated residents of Kotluban returned to their homes

All residents of Kotluban, evacuated due to the threat of shell detonation, have left their temporary accommodation centres.

00:57, 13 February 2026

A new temporary plaque has been installed on Anna Politkovskaya's home.

The twelfth homemade memorial plaque has been installed by activists on the facade of the Moscow building where Novaya Gazeta columnist Anna Politkovskaya lived and was murdered.

23:59, 12 February 2026

A Stavropol resident has been sentenced to a lengthy prison term in connection with an attack on Dagestan.

The Khasavyurt District Court has sentenced a participant in the 1999 attack on military personnel in the Botlikh District of Dagestan.

23:30, 12 February 2026

A court in Sukhumi has placed three participants in the incident involving political strategists under house arrest.

Garry Kokaya, Almaskhan Ardzinba, and Khyna Dumava have been placed under house arrest in connection with the incident at the Abkhazian Herald newspaper office. The defendants have disputed the court's decision.

22:45, 12 February 2026

A captured Georgian fighter was sentenced to life in prison in Donetsk.

A Russian court in Donetsk sentenced Georgian citizen Georgiy Chubetidze to life in prison. He fought on the Ukrainian side and was captured by Russian forces in the fall of 2023. Human rights activists have recognized Chubetidze as a political prisoner.

Participants of the rally on Rustaveli Avenue, February 12, 2026. Photo: Nino Kikvadze / Publika

21:59, 12 February 2026

Student marchers joined the protest on Rustaveli Avenue.

Students from Ilia State University protested against education reform and marched from the university building to the Georgian Parliament. Outside the parliament building, they joined the daily protest, which is now in its 442nd day.

21:27, 12 February 2026

The court arrested two teenagers in connection with the shooting in Anapa.

The Anapa City Court has remanded two minors in custody in connection with the shooting at the Anapa Industrial College – the shooter and the young man who incited him to commit the crime. One of the injured is in serious condition.

21:15, 12 February 2026

Russia has expressed its desire to restore rail service with Georgia via Abkhazia.

Work is underway to unblock all damaged routes in the Caucasus, including the possibility of restoring rail service between Russia and Georgia through Abkhazia.

Nika Gvaramia. Screenshot from Publika's photo from February 12, 2026, https://publika.ge/8-tviani-patimrobis-shemde-gvaramia-tavisufalia/

20:18, 12 February 2026

Nika Gvaramia was released after eight months in prison.

Nika Gvaramia, leader of the Coalition for Change, has left the Rustavi penitentiary after serving an eight-month sentence for failing to appear at a meeting of the parliamentary temporary investigative commission examining the "crimes of the Saakashvili regime" from 2003 to 2012.

19:42, 12 February 2026

A Nalchik resident was convicted of attempting to blow up a train station.

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don found Vitaly Gaivoronsky, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, guilty of attempting a terrorist attack at the Nalchik train station and sentenced him to 20 years in prison.

19:24, 12 February 2026

Analysts attribute the halt in issuing Russian passports in Abkhazia to political infighting.

The cessation of issuing Russian passports and driver's licenses in Abkhazia has created inconvenience for residents and could be used in a political struggle against the opposition, whose actions irritate Russia.

18:33, 12 February 2026

A Sochi court has sent a sixth-grader to a temporary detention center for allegedly plotting a terrorist attack.

The Lazarevsky District Court of Sochi ordered the placement of a 13-year-old teenager in a temporary detention center for juvenile offenders for up to 30 days for preparing to commit a terrorist act on the grounds of his school.

17:45, 12 February 2026

Movlaev's lawyers faced a ban on pickets in his support.

Kazakh lawyers for Chechen native Mansur Movlaev twice filed notices to hold solo pickets against his extradition, but were denied.

16:57, 12 February 2026

An Azerbaijani activist has denied accusations of illegally receiving grants.

The trial of Mehriban Rahimli, accused of illegally receiving grants, has begun in Baku. She denied the charges, stating that she had been receiving a salary from a foreign NGO for 17 years, paid in accordance with Azerbaijani law.

15:57, 12 February 2026

The government has allocated 5.8 billion rubles to clean up sunken tankers near Anapa.

The head of the Russian government allocated up to 5.8 billion rubles from the reserve fund to Rosmorrechflot for work at sites where fuel oil tankers sank.

14:57, 12 February 2026

Karimli and Mehdiyev are accused of attempting a coup in Azerbaijan.

Azerbaijan's State Security Service announced the uncovering of a plot against the country's authorities involving former high-ranking officials and members of the Azerbaijani opposition. Among those named in the case are former head of the presidential administration Ramiz Mehdiyev and Popular Front Party leader Ali Karimli.

13:57, 12 February 2026

The temporary plaque on Politkovskaya's house has been torn down for the eleventh time.

The eleventh temporary plaque in memory of Anna Politkovskaya, installed last night on her home, has disappeared. A stenciled inscription, duplicating the text on the original plaque, remains on the wall of the building where the journalist lived and was murdered.

12:57, 12 February 2026

Residents of Makhachkala complained of constant power outages.

Power outages in the Reduktorny settlement in Makhachkala are frequent and last for long periods. Residents say appeals to local officials regarding this issue have been fruitless.

11:55, 12 February 2026

A Rostov Region resident has been convicted in connection with a terrorist attack on a railway.

Nikolai Golubov was sentenced to 11 years in prison.

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