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10:48, 7 February 2026

The cessation of issuing Russian documents has caused a stir in Abkhazia.

In Abkhazia, not only the issuance of Russian passports but also the exchange of driver's licenses for Russian ones has been suspended. Several Abkhaz politicians criticized their colleagues whose statements prompted the Russian side to close the issuance points, while local activists supported the decision.

A drone over the city. Illustration created by the Caucasian Knot using AI in the Copilot program.

09:46, 7 February 2026

52 drones were shot down in three regions of the Southern Federal District.

Last night, the military shot down 45 drones in the Volgograd region, six in the Rostov region, and one in the Astrakhan region. Flight safety restrictions imposed at Volgograd Airport have been lifted.

A memorial plaque on Anna Politkovskaya's house. Photo: RusNews https://t.me/rusnews/80078

08:47, 7 February 2026

Activists have restored the memorial sign on Politkovskaya's house for the ninth time.

This time, a commemorative inscription was painted onto the wall where the memorial plaques on journalist Anna Politkovskaya's house had been torn down. Activists also installed a plaque on the house stating that a memorial plaque had been destroyed there.

07:47, 7 February 2026

A drone attack was recorded in the Rostov region.

Last night, the military shot down drones in four districts of the Rostov region. According to the governor, there were no injuries or damage.

06:50, 7 February 2026

A serviceman from Stavropol was killed in Ukraine.

Dmitry Kramar from the Apanasenkovsky District was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 906 soldiers from the Stavropol Krai have been officially recognized as killed.

05:51, 7 February 2026

Human rights activists have recognized Konstantin Bernatov as a political prisoner.

The sentence of Stavropol Krai resident Konstantin Bernatov, convicted of financing extremist activity, is politically motivated and illegal, human rights activists believe.

04:53, 7 February 2026

Two people remain in hospital after an airstrike in Adygea.

Seven of the nine people who were hospitalized after the airstrike on the village of Novaya Adygeya have been discharged, and two people continue to receive treatment.

03:54, 7 February 2026

Archbishop Ajapayan placed under house arrest

The Court of Appeal granted the defense motion of Archbishop Mikael Ajapayan, Primate of the Shirak Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, and transferred him from prison to house arrest.

02:55, 7 February 2026

The head of a district in the Rostov region has been arrested for abuse of power.

The court has remanded Valery Gornich, head of the Proletarsky District, in custody until March 27 on suspicion of abuse of office.

01:56, 7 February 2026

Parties stated the importance of the upcoming elections to the National Assembly of Armenia

After the president signed a decree scheduling parliamentary elections for June 7, political parties and associations in Armenia wrote on their social media pages about the need to protect the country's interests and the problems facing its citizens.

00:57, 7 February 2026

The defendants in the Meydan TV case are outraged by the ban on filming the trial.

The defendants in the Meydan TV case requested that the indictment, which repeated the same sentences for each defendant, be shortened, but the court rejected their motion. They also requested that observers be allowed to film the trial, but this was denied.

00:43, 7 February 2026

Volgograd Airport operations have been suspended.

Restrictions have been imposed at Volgograd Airport, and a drone alert has been issued for the region.

23:44, 6 February 2026

Supporters of European integration took to the Georgian parliament for the 436th day in a row.

Protesters in Tbilisi spoke out against education reform and demanded the release of all those arrested for participating in the protests.

23:05, 6 February 2026

Kadyrov reported on the new dispatch of combatants to the front.

Another group of volunteers has been sent from Grozny to the combat zone after training at the Russian Special Forces University, Ramzan Kadyrov reported.

22:24, 6 February 2026

Twice-convicted Volgograd resident Melkonyan has been released again.

Arsen Melkonyan, who did not serve his sentence for the death of realtor Roman Grebenyuk after a conflict in a parent chat, was able to return to the war zone after being sentenced for threatening a judge, a pretrial detention center employee, and his ex-wife.

21:51, 6 February 2026

A former police chief in Rostov-on-Don has been convicted of bribery.

The court found former Rostov-on-Don police chief Alexei Abakumov guilty of accepting bribes and sentenced him to 8.5 years in a maximum security penal colony.

Participants in the conflict in the Luhansk basin. July 2025. Video screenshot: Maksym Divnich's Telegram channel.

21:21, 6 February 2026

Divnich reported on the verdict for Alikhan Bersayev

Chechen fighter Alikhan Bersayev has been convicted of leaving his unit without permission and will no longer be able to travel to the war zone, according to blogger Maxim Divnich, who participated in the conflict with Bersayev in the Luhansk basin.

20:37, 6 February 2026

Bastrykin took an interest in a complaint from villagers in Ingushetia about the road conditions.

Residents of the village of Barsuki in the Nazran district are having trouble getting the administration to repair the road leading to their school. The head of the Investigative Committee has ordered a criminal investigation.

20:26, 6 February 2026

More than 180 people supported human rights activists' call to return Baimuradova's body to her friends.

A petition by human rights activists calling for the release of the body of Chechen woman Aishat Baimuradova, killed in Yerevan, for burial by her friends has garnered over 180 signatures.

19:42, 6 February 2026

A Buinaksk resident was sentenced to a long prison term for assisting militants.

A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Yusuf Manukov from Buynaksk to nine years in prison, finding him guilty of aiding terrorist activity and publicly calling for terrorism.

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