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19:38, 26 January 2026

An employee of the Kabardino-Balkarian Ministry of Construction is suspected of official forgery.

The head of a department within the Ministry of Construction and Housing and Communal Services of Kabardino-Balkaria is suspected of falsifying documents for the acceptance of a multi-story residential building that was constructed with violations.

18:50, 26 January 2026

Villagers in Dagestan complained about the lack of public transportation.

Residents of the village of Novolakskoye in the Kumtorkalinsky district are deprived of public utilities and transportation, including between nine villages in the district, they stated in an appeal to the authorities.

18:08, 26 January 2026

The memorial plaque has disappeared again from Politkovskaya's house.

The fifth temporary memorial plaque on journalist Anna Politkovskaya's Moscow home lasted less than a day. Activists also tore down the "Last Address" plaques installed on the same building.

17:50, 26 January 2026

Two soldiers from the Volgograd region were killed in Ukraine.

Stanislav Kharlapov and Artem Petrov from Kamyshin were killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,636 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

16:58, 26 January 2026

Human rights activists have called on Armenian authorities to return Aishat Baimuradova's body to her friends.

Friends of Ayshat Baimuradova, a Chechen woman murdered in Yerevan, are ready to give her a proper funeral, human rights activists said, calling on Armenian authorities to return her body. They have published a petition asking for Baimuradova's remains to be returned to those willing to bury her.

Arsanali Mutukov. Photo: United Press Service of the Courts of Krasnodar Krai

15:59, 26 January 2026

A Krasnodar resident was sentenced to 12 years in prison for arson of relay cabinets.

Arsanali Mutukov admitted his guilt in setting fire to two cabinets containing equipment on the railway.

15:05, 26 January 2026

Azerbaijani analysts criticized amendments to information legislation

The wording of the law on insulting public morality and obvious disrespect for society is not clearly defined, which opens up space for arbitrary interpretation by law enforcement and regulatory authorities.

13:00, 26 January 2026

A contract soldier from the Volgograd region was killed in combat.

Alexander Grishin from the Kumylzhensky district was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,634 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

Givi Targamadze. Photo: https://www.interpressnews.ge/

12:25, 26 January 2026

Georgian opposition figure Targamadze released from prison

Opposition politician Givi Targamadze was released from Rustavi Prison today after serving his sentence for failing to appear at a meeting of a Georgian parliamentary commission.

11:28, 26 January 2026

The military reported 34 drones shot down in Kuban.

Last night, 34 drones were shot down in the Krasnodar Krai, and four more were destroyed over the Sea of Azov. Fires that broke out at businesses in Slavyansk-on-Kuban following the air strike have been extinguished, and the injured person has been released from the hospital.

10:28, 26 January 2026

A Dagestani official is suspected of land fraud.

In Dagestan, the former head of the territorial administration of the Federal Property Management Agency has been detained on suspicion of illegally leasing and transferring ownership of a land plot.

09:29, 26 January 2026

A fighter from the Volgograd region was killed in Ukraine.

Vasily Ichetovkin from the Kamyshinsky District was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,633 soldiers from the Volgograd Region have been officially recognized as killed.

Passersby rescue a child from a car that fell into a canal. Makhachkala, January 24, 2026. Still from a video published on the Vesti Dagestan Telegram channel: https://t.me/dagvesti_05/4788

08:30, 26 January 2026

The mayor of Makhachkala's reaction to people falling into a canal outraged Telegram users.

The mayor of Makhachkala praised the bystanders who came to the aid of passengers in a taxi that fell into the October Revolution Canal and promised to investigate the cause of the incident. Cars carrying passengers have fallen into the canal on numerous occasions, but authorities have failed to address the issue, according to Telegram users. The driver said the taxi entered the water due to icy conditions.

07:31, 26 January 2026

A man was hospitalized after a drone attack in Slavyansk-on-Kuban.

A man was injured in a drone attack on a business in Slavyansk-on-Kuban and hospitalized. Authorities counted five private homes in the city damaged by the air strike overnight.

06:30, 26 January 2026

Kopaigorodskaya appealed the seizure of her Moscow apartment by the state.

The wife of Sochi Mayor Alexei Kopaigorodsky appealed the transfer of an apartment on Tsvetnoy Boulevard in Moscow to the state, claiming it is the only home for her four minor children.

05:31, 26 January 2026

Two people were killed in a grenade explosion in Goris.

In Goris, a grenade exploded during a dispute between relatives, killing two people and hospitalizing another. Among the dead was Goris Mayor Arushanyan's driver.

04:32, 26 January 2026

The prosecutor's office has demanded the seizure of the assets of Krasnodar judge Igor Nikolaychuk.

The Krasnodar prosecutor's office filed an anti-corruption lawsuit against the state regarding the seizure of the property of Igor Nikolaychuk, the former deputy chairman of the regional court, who combined his main job with entrepreneurial activity.

03:33, 26 January 2026

Three houses were damaged in a drone attack in Slavyansk-on-Kuban.

UAV debris fell today in Slavyansk-on-Kuban, knocking out windows in three houses and damaging the roof of one.

02:52, 26 January 2026

The director of a management company has been convicted after two people died from gas poisoning in Cherkessk.

The director of a management company in Cherkessk was sentenced to two years of forced labor for the deaths of two people in January 2024 from carbon monoxide poisoning.

01:53, 26 January 2026

Eight drones were shot down over the Rostov region.

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, 13 drones were shot down over the country's territory in three hours, eight of them in the Rostov region.

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