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19:57, 2 April 2026

Following bad weather in Dagestan, nine commuter trains were cancelled due to repairs.

Two commuter trains in Dagestan will not operate on the evening of April 2, and seven more will be temporarily cancelled on April 3 due to repair work on the collapsed railway bridge on the Berikey-Kayakent section.

18:55, 2 April 2026

The volunteer's report contradicts the goal of clearing Anapa's beaches of fuel oil.

Ilya Sotnikov, a resident of the village of Blagoveshchenskaya, rode an ATV onto the village beach to pick up some collected fuel oil. His report will be reviewed in a few days. While the inspectors are legally correct, as the beach is a specially protected natural area, volunteers and environmentalists pointed out that the purpose of the trip was to assist with beach cleanups.

18:08, 2 April 2026

A new group of fighters was sent from Chechnya to the SVO zone.

Another group of fighters trained at the Russian Special Forces University flew from Grozny to the combat zone.

17:15, 2 April 2026

The court seized the land and houses of Rufat Ismailov.

A Moscow court has seized the property of former Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Dagestan Rufat Ismailov, worth 533 million rubles, and transferred it to the state.

16:15, 2 April 2026

Over 2,000 Chechen residents have applied for flood assistance.

2,400 claims for compensation for damages have been filed by residents of Chechnya following the flooding.

15:15, 2 April 2026

A post-emergency payment became the basis for a criminal case in Dagestan.

Searches were conducted at the Kurakhsky District administration and the homes of the deputy head of the district and members of the commission for the prevention and elimination of emergency situations in connection with the illegal payment of financial assistance.

14:15, 2 April 2026

Makhachkala residents noted the slow pace of flood relief efforts.

Power and water are gradually returning to the homes of Makhachkala residents, although tap water is unfit for consumption. Pumping water from the flooded streets and courtyards is proceeding extremely slowly, and it took a long time to recover the cars.

13:15, 2 April 2026

Yagublu's sentence remains unchanged

The Supreme Court of Azerbaijan dismissed opposition politician Tofig Yagublu's cassation appeal. Having exhausted domestic appeal mechanisms, the defense intends to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.

12:14, 2 April 2026

Several private homes were damaged in a drone attack in Kuban.

Private homes in the village of Supsekh were damaged by UAV debris, and drone fragments were also found in Anapa and Novorossiysk. The Russkaya compressor station, which supplies gas to the Turkish Stream gas pipeline, was also attacked.

11:17, 2 April 2026

The "Carpet" regime was introduced at Vladikavkaz airport amid the threat of UAV attacks.

A "Carpet" regime was introduced at Vladikavkaz Airport on the morning of April 2 amid a drone threat declared in North Ossetia, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported.

11:08, 2 April 2026

Imprisonment for comments and posts has become routine in courts in southern Russia.

Over the past four months, courts in southern Russia have sentenced at least seven people to prison terms for social media posts. The actual number of such sentences is significantly higher, as not all terrorism justification cases are included in public court records.

10:45, 2 April 2026

The Constitutional Court of Georgia refused to consider a lawsuit against a parliamentary commission.

The opposition United National Movement's lawsuit challenging the legality of the parliamentary commission investigating possible crimes committed by Georgia's previous governments has been dismissed. The lack of oral hearings violated the principles of a fair trial, the opposition claimed.

09:45, 2 April 2026

Kuban officials accused of corruption retained their posts.

Four high-ranking officials in the Krasnodar Krai administration have retained their posts despite being arrested in connection with corruption investigations.

08:48, 2 April 2026

More than 3,000 homes in Chechnya were damaged by flooding.

More than 100 houses have been completely destroyed by flooding in Chechnya.

07:50, 2 April 2026

A combatant from Dagestan was killed in a military operation.

Abdulmalik Abdullayev was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,883 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

06:53, 2 April 2026

The head of a construction company is suspected of embezzlement during school renovations in Malgobek.

The total damage amounted to almost 600 thousand rubles.

05:55, 2 April 2026

Combining Armenia's course toward rapprochement with the EU and membership in the Eurasian Economic Union is "definitely impossible," Vladimir Putin declared at a meeting with Nikol Pashinyan in the Kremlin. He also stated that Moscow would "like" all pro-Russian political forces to participate in Armenia's parliamentary elections.

04:55, 2 April 2026

A Stavropol resident has been arrested in connection with a fake army case.

A court has remanded a Stavropol Krai resident in pretrial detention after he was accused of spreading false information about the Russian armed forces due to comments he made on a messenger app.

03:56, 2 April 2026

A Krasnodar teenager was fined for acquitting a New Zealand terrorist.

A military court in Rostov-on-Don has imposed a fine on a minor resident of Krasnodar accused of justifying terrorism for a comment about Brenton Tarrant.

02:57, 2 April 2026

Over 4,000 residents of Dagestan reported flood damage to authorities.

A state of emergency due to flooding has been extended to 12 municipalities in Dagestan. The republic's authorities have received over 4,000 applications for compensation for damage caused by the floods.

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