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21:51, 22 May 2026

A Jehovah's Witness* from Gukovo has been released from prison.

Vladimir Popov, 59, was released after spending nearly six years in prison on extremism charges. One of the six convicted Jehovah's Witnesses* from Gukovo remains in prison.

21:14, 22 May 2026

Rospotrebnadzor has suspended the import of Armenian mineral water "Jermuk."

20:31, 22 May 2026

A Dagestani resident has been accused of publicly justifying terrorism.

Statements made in public in 2024 have become the basis for criminal prosecution of a resident of Dagestan's Derbent district. The man faces up to five years in prison.

19:57, 22 May 2026

The home of a Tuapse resident with many children fell into disrepair after a fire at an oil refinery.

For three weeks, the authorities failed to provide assistance to Tuapse resident Anastasia Guchapsheva in repairing her home, which caught fire during a fire at an oil refinery in late April. The condition of the buildings, which were not properly dried out, only worsened during this time.

19:03, 22 May 2026

A participant in human rights missions in Chechnya has been declared a foreign agent.

The Russian Ministry of Justice has added human rights activist Stanislav Dmitrievsky*, who has worked in the armed conflict zone in Chechnya since 1995, to the register of foreign agents.

18:18, 22 May 2026

Issues of Armenia's future have become central to the election campaign.

Nikol Pashinyan stated that Armenia will never enter into conflict with Moscow, while his main opponents in the parliamentary elections focused on the country's future and the security of its residents.

17:16, 22 May 2026

Judges left the courtroom after the defendant in the Meydan TV case criticized the authorities.

At the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, a hearing on the Meydan TV case was disrupted after journalist Khayala Agayeva spoke out, declaring that the persecution of the publication’s employees was politically motivated and recalling corruption scandals involving Azerbaijani politicians.

16:20, 22 May 2026

A fighter from Karachay-Cherkessia was killed in the SVO zone.

Ilyas Karaketov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 195 fighters from Karachay-Cherkessia have been officially recognized as killed.

15:20, 22 May 2026

The procedure for recognizing Anapa beaches as suitable for swimming will be accelerated at the initiative of Kondratyev.

6.5 kilometers of beaches in Anapa have been filled with imported sand, and there are no fuel oil emissions on the coast. The decision has been made to immediately remove beaches from the "danger zone" as soon as the sand is filled, the governor of the Krasnodar Krai reported. The blogger reiterated that sifted sand is better suited for beaches.

14:20, 22 May 2026

The commemorative events marking the end of the Caucasian War included Abkhazia and Syria.

In Sukhumi, wreaths were lowered into the sea and a "Nart bonfire" was lit to commemorate the end of the Caucasian War. A procession was held in Damascus, Syria, and Circassians gathered in Aleppo to honor the memory of the fallen. Commemorative events were also held in cities and towns across the Caucasus republics.

13:22, 22 May 2026

Representatives of the Roma community apologized for a fight in a village in the Volgograd region.

Following a brawl between local residents in the village of Solodushino in the Nikolaevsky district, four participants were charged, and one victim was hospitalized. Representatives of the Roma community apologized for the incident, adding that the other side in the conflict was also at fault. Their opponents claimed the conflict had been going on for years.

12:21, 22 May 2026

Sources reported the arrest of Ingush theologian Akhmed Tangiyev.

Ingush theologian Akhmed Tangiyev, who previously served as deputy mufti of Karelia, was detained by security forces 10 days ago, sources reported, suggesting it was connected to reports of the detention of muftis who are members of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Russian Federation.

11:20, 22 May 2026

Security forces came to search the office of the Mother Armenia party

Security forces are conducting searches of the office and apartment of Andranik Tevanyan, chairman of the Mother Armenia party and second on the Prosperous Armenia party list. Tevanyan has been charged with treason, which he has called fabricated.

10:20, 22 May 2026

Historians have assessed the extent of study of the Caucasian War in modern Russian scholarship.

The Caucasian War has virtually disappeared from the academic agenda in Russia, but residents of the Caucasian republics retain interest, as evidenced by the demand for literature on this period. The politicization of the topic is reflected in the presentation of the material, which evolved in the late Soviet period.

08:19, 22 May 2026

A Stavropol resident was found guilty of participating in a terrorist organization.

The Southern District Military Court sentenced a 43-year-old Kislovodsk resident to 14 years in prison, finding him guilty of transmitting photos and videos of the "Visit Center of the Interactive Museum of History and Nature of the Park" to a terrorist representative.

07:20, 22 May 2026

A resident of Karachay-Cherkessia has been convicted again of financing terrorism.

Fatima Chotchaeva, a resident of the Malokarachaevsky district of Karachay-Cherkessia, was sentenced to eight years and six months in a general regime penal colony on charges of financing the armed group "Sabri Jamaat"*.

06:23, 22 May 2026

Circassian activists in Istanbul were barred from laying a wreath at the Russian consulate.

The commemorative event in Istanbul marking the 162nd anniversary of the end of the Caucasian War took place under strict restrictions: for the first time in many years, Circassian activists were prevented from entering the Russian Consulate General to lay a funeral wreath. Police also demanded that some banners be removed from the display.

05:33, 22 May 2026

A soldier was convicted in Nalchik for failing to report to his unit.

A court in Nalchik sentenced Ruslan Chakhkiev to five years in prison for evading military service during the mobilization.

04:34, 22 May 2026

A Dagestani soldier was killed in Ukraine.

Senior Lieutenant Ruslan Churukhov from the Tarumovsky District was killed in the military operation. Since its beginning, at least 1,948 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

03:35, 22 May 2026

The defense claimed the case against the head of the Khasavyurt traffic police department was falsified.

Ibragim Baibulatov, the recently suspended head of the Khasavyurt District Traffic Police, has been arrested for three months on charges of bribery. However, the case contains no evidence of any money being transferred to Baibulatov personally or to any other traffic police officer.

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