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02:50, 10 July 2026

Suspects in preparing terrorist attacks against military personnel have been detained in Kuban and Moscow.

The FSB reported the arrest of two individuals suspected of preparing a terrorist attack against a high-ranking Defense Ministry officer. One of the suspects was detained in the Krasnodar region, the other, a native of the Rostov region, was in Moscow.

01:52, 10 July 2026

Nargiz Mukhtarova was sentenced to a conditional term.

The court in Baku sentenced activist Nargiz Mukhtarova to 7.5 years of conditional imprisonment on charges of legalizing illegal income. She did not plead guilty.

00:53, 10 July 2026

A resident of Ingushetia received a suspended sentence for extremist calls.

The court in Ingushetia sentenced local resident Islam Tankiev to one and a half years of conditional imprisonment for publishing calls for murder based on nationality.

23:56, 9 July 2026

Demonstrators in Tbilisi protested against "Kremlin laws"

Activists gathered on the 589th day of protests outside the Parliament of Georgia accused the "Georgian Dream" of political pressure on socially vulnerable citizens, while relatives of political prisoners held a protest outside the Public Broadcaster's building.

23:15, 9 July 2026

A member of a terrorist community has been detained in Ingushetia for bribing a security officer.

A resident of Ingushetia, whom the investigation considers a participant in a banned terrorist community in Russia, has been detained in a case involving bribery of a police officer for processing a passport.

22:33, 9 July 2026

Semyon Slepakov* has been declared wanted.

At the request of the investigation, the Moscow City Court has chosen a measure of restraint in the form of arrest for the humorist and musician from Pyatigorsk, Semyon Slepakov*, in absentia. He has also been declared wanted.

21:41, 9 July 2026

Additional funds have been allocated to Chechnya and Dagestan for the elimination of the consequences of flooding.

The Russian government allocated another 4.4 billion rubles for the elimination of the consequences of flooding in Dagestan and Chechnya. This funding will be directed towards the restoration of housing stock.

Queue at the Astrakhan gas station. Screenshot from "Point A" dated 09.07.26, https://punkt-a.info/news/glavnoe/v-pervyy-den-novykh-pravil-otpuska-benzina-na-astrakhanskikh-azs-tvoritsya-khaos

20:49, 9 July 2026

The introduction of restrictions on gasoline sales has not helped to avoid queues in southern Russia.

New restrictions on gasoline sales have been introduced in the Astrakhan region. Against the backdrop of a report from the authorities of Kuban about an increase in the number of functioning gas stations, Telegram users complain about long queues, while residents of the Volgograd region and North Ossetia complain about rising fuel prices.

20:24, 9 July 2026

The court extended the house arrest of Samvel Karapetyan.

The house arrest of the leader of the "Strong Armenia" party, president of the "Tashir Group" Samvel Karapetyan, has been extended for 2 months.

19:30, 9 July 2026

The names of two potential rivals of Kadyrov in the elections for the head of Chechnya have been announced.

The Electoral Commission of Chechnya accepted documents from two candidates for the position of head of the region - the chairman of the Public Chamber of Chechnya, Ismail Denilkhanov, and a deputy of the republican parliament, Khalid Nakaev.

19:00, 9 July 2026

Social media users complained about restrictions on gasoline sales in the Volgograd region.

At a gas station in the Volgograd region, the driver was offered to come after one o'clock in the morning to buy gasoline without using a fuel card, although it is not certain that it will still be available by then. Users complained about the fuel shortage at gas stations. Bots intervened in the discussion, trying to assure commentators that this is a normal situation.

18:16, 9 July 2026

The prosecution withdrew the petition for the extension of Alina Djikaeva's arrest.

The Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow granted the investigator's request to withdraw the petition for the extension of the arrest of the chief editor of the Telegram channel "Sapa" Alina Djikaeva, who admitted guilt in bribing a police officer.

17:45, 9 July 2026

36 thousand residents of Dagestan are without electricity due to bad weather.

Power supply to more than 60 settlements has been disrupted in Dagestan due to heavy rains. A state of emergency has been declared in the Gergebil district of Dagestan due to flooding.

16:59, 9 July 2026

The sentence of Abdulmumin Gadzhiev was upheld in the cassation court.

The Supreme Court of Russia upheld the sentence of Abdulmumin Gadzhiev, Kemal Tambiev, and Abubakar Rizvanov.

Kurban Dalgatov. Photo: Chernovik https://chernovik.net/news/god-nazad-v-sovetskom-rovd-makhachkaly-byl-ubit-kurban-dalgatov-sledstvie-prodolzhaetsya

15:58, 9 July 2026

The defendants in the Dalgatov case refused the online broadcast of the hearings.

The court in Makhachkala has started to reconsider the case of the death of Kurban Dalgatov in the police department from scratch for the second time. One of the defendants suggested conducting an online broadcast of the hearings, but most of his former colleagues refused. If they do not admit guilt and are ready to prove their innocence regarding Dalgatov's death, why are they protesting against the broadcasts, wondered the head of the Public Monitoring Commission of Dagestan.

14:58, 9 July 2026

Employees of "Araratcement" achieved the reopening of the enterprise.

Employees of the factory "Araratcement", owned by the leader of the "Prosperous Armenia" party, Gagik Tsarukyan, demanded to reopen the enterprise, which had been sealed for several days. The factory director, after negotiations with the security forces, reported that he received permission to resume operations. Pashinyan threatened to fire employees of the enterprise for participating in protests.

Ibrahim Baibulatov. Photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/DX-HDDgDt-s/ belongs to Meta, a company whose activities are banned in Russia.

13:58, 9 July 2026

Baibulatov's defense considered the extension of the arrest unlawful.

The former head of the traffic police of the Khasavyurt district, Ibrahim Baibulatov, has had his arrest extended in a bribery case, while two other traffic police officers accused of bribery and extortion remain under house arrest. No investigative actions are being conducted, and the extension of the arrest contradicts the position of the Supreme Court, the defense stated.

12:58, 9 July 2026

The Commissioner of the Council of Europe requested explanations from Baku regarding the case of Afghan Sadigov.

The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Michael O'Flaherty, called on the authorities of Azerbaijan to provide information on the reasons for the resumption of the criminal case against journalist Afghan Sadigov. He noted that pre-trial detention should be applied as an exceptional measure. The Azerbaijani Prosecutor General's Office stated that the journalist's case is related to criminal charges and has nothing to do with his activities.

11:58, 9 July 2026

Satellite monitoring has recorded a leak from the sunken tanker near Anapa.

A leak of oil products has resumed from the sunken bow section of the tanker "Volgoneft-239" in the Kerch Strait, as evidenced by satellite images. The leak may be related to the increase in water temperature and the work on pumping out fuel oil from the tankers.

10:58, 9 July 2026

Dozens of residents of Dagestan have been evacuated after flooding in two villages.

Residents of 13 houses in the village of Majalis have been evacuated due to damage to the dam. About 30 people were evacuated to the village of Tashkapur due to the river overflowing its banks.

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