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07:59, 24 October 2026

More than 170 homes in the Rostov region are without power after an airstrike.

In 11 municipalities of the Rostov region, more than 80 drones were destroyed overnight. In the Myasnikovsky district, a transformer substation was damaged during the attack, cutting off electricity to 172 private homes.

Employees of "Dagenergo". Photo: branch of PJSC "Rosseti North Caucasus" - "Dagenergo" https://t.me/s/rossetiskdagenergo

07:00, 24 October 2026

Electricity supply has been restored to the homes of residents in four districts of Dagestan.

Energy workers eliminated the consequences of the accident, after which residents of 11 settlements in the Khassavyurt, Khunzakh, Derbent, and Sergokalinsky districts were left without electricity.

06:01, 24 October 2026

A fighter from Uryupinsk was killed in the military operation.

Andrey Vitynik was killed in combat operations in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1859 fighters from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed in it.

05:02, 24 October 2026

The property of the former judge from Temryuk has been seized for the benefit of the state.

The court seized the property of former judge of the Temryuk District Court, Evgeny Metelkin, for the benefit of the state, amounting to more than 228 million rubles.

04:03, 24 October 2026

The appellate court significantly softened the sentence for Romeo Mikautadze.

Former Deputy Minister of Economy of Georgia Romeo Mikautadze agreed to the confiscation of property and the payment of a fine during the consideration of the appeal, which reduced his prison sentence from 10 to three years.

03:04, 24 October 2026

A resident of the DPR has been convicted in Krasnodar in a treason case.

A 27-year-old man from the Donetsk People's Republic has been convicted in Krasnodar under the article on treason.

02:05, 24 October 2026

Saraliyev reported on another prisoner exchange with Ukraine.

Another prisoner exchange took place between Russia and Ukraine in the ratio of 270 to 270, reported State Duma deputy from Chechnya Shamsail Saraliyev.

01:06, 24 October 2026

A verdict has been issued for the mediator in the bribery of the former head of Novocheboksarsk.

The court sentenced former official Lyubim Belov to eight years in a penal colony, finding him guilty of mediating in the bribery of former head of Novocheboksarsk Yuri Lysenko.

00:07, 24 October 2026

A soldier from Kuban was killed in the SVO zone.

Alexey Neverov was killed in combat operations in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the special operation, at least 894 fighters from the Krasnodar region have been officially recognized as killed.

23:56, 23 October 2026

Pro-European protests in Georgia have been ongoing for 695 days.

A magazine about the civil struggle of Georgian women was presented to activists gathered in Tbilisi in front of the parliament building on the 695th day of continuous protests.

Stepan Golich. Screenshot of the publication on his personal page "VKontakte".

22:57, 23 October 2026

Volgograd activist sent to pre-trial detention for fake news about the army

The court in Volgograd has detained elderly activist Stepan Golich, whose posts on social media were deemed "knowingly false information" about the Russian armed forces.

22:17, 23 October 2026

The sentence for Irina Polishchuk stood firm in the appeal.

The Rostov Regional Court upheld the four-year sentence of the former head of Zernograd, Irina Polishchuk, convicted in a case of abuse of power.

21:18, 23 October 2026

The court extended the arrest of Robert Kocharyan and his son.

The Anti-Corruption Court of Armenia extended the detention period of the country's second president Robert Kocharyan and his son Sedrak for two months, who are accused of financial abuses and money laundering.

20:35, 23 October 2026

A resident of the Rostov region is suspected of financing terrorism.

Investigators in Rostov-on-Don reported on the criminal prosecution of a resident of Shakhty, who was caught by the FSB in money transfers to a banned organization.

19:39, 23 October 2026

Three fighters from Kabardino-Balkaria killed in Ukraine

Hakim Shakhmurzaev, Musa Kalabekov, and Akhmat Gemuyev were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, at least 489 fighters from Kabardino-Balkaria have been officially recognized as killed there.

18:52, 23 October 2026

A resident of Kuban is accused of hooliganism for music at the memorial service of a participant in the special military operation.

The Labinsk inter-district investigative department has completed the investigation of a criminal case against a 52-year-old local resident. He is accused of hooliganism committed out of hatred and enmity.

David Korolev-Gagloev. Photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/DeuUDMQuXJD/ belongs to Meta, whose activities are banned in Russia.

18:48, 23 October 2026

Participant in the shooting in Vladikavkaz has been placed under arrest.

The Soviet District Court of Vladikavkaz has arrested David Korolev-Gagloev for two months in connection with the shooting of two restaurant visitors, including Chechen MMA fighter Ibrahim Islamov, known as Nikarho.

18:15, 23 October 2026

A fighter from Dagestan, who had been missing for two years, was buried.

The participant of the special military operation, Gadji Malamagomedov, who had been missing for two years, was buried in his native village. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 2177 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

Aframax Rio tanker. Photo by Anton Bykov, Yuga.ru

17:42, 23 October 2026

Volunteers called the discharges on the coast of Kuban insignificant.

The storm washed oil products onto the coast of Kuban, but their quantity is insignificant, noted volunteers. The Aframax Rio tanker, which caught fire due to a drone attack, is still waiting to be unloaded.

17:25, 23 October 2026

The case of the fallen elevator in Makhachkala has reached the court.

The Investigative Committee of Dagestan has completed the investigation into the criminal case regarding the elevator fall in an apartment building on Elza Ibrahimova Street in the Lenin District of Makhachkala. A 56-year-old developer of the building will stand trial.

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