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Maxim Bondarenko. Photo: Telegram/Maxim Bondarenko

14:04, 3 February 2026

A court in Kuban has seized the homes and lands of Maxim Bondarenko.

The Kuban Prosecutor's Office asked the court to seize property worth over 250 million rubles belonging to former district head Maxim Bondarenko, who is known for his lawsuit against a pensioner over a comment about an "overzealous official." The court seized Bondarenko's houses, land, and cars.

Medical staff at a hospital in the Tsuntinsky district of Dagestan. February 3, 2026. Screenshot from video https://t.me/novoedelo/36859

13:08, 3 February 2026

The demand by members of the SVO to preserve a hospital in Dagestan has attracted the attention of officials

Residents of the Tsuntinsky District called on the authorities not to close the local hospital, while their fellow residents from the SVO zone also demanded that the 24-hour inpatient facility be maintained. In response, the Dagestan Ministry of Health promised to focus on the efficient organization of medical care for the villagers.

12:05, 3 February 2026

Six combatants from the Volgograd region were declared killed.

Kalachevsky District authorities presented awards to the families of six servicemen killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,665 soldiers from the Volgograd Region have been officially recognized as killed.

Elbrus Resort. Photo: https://resort-elbrus.ru/tracks

11:07, 3 February 2026

The Elbrus resort is closed due to the threat of avalanches.

Cable cars and ski slopes at a mountain resort in Kabardino-Balkaria are closed due to avalanche danger.

10:09, 3 February 2026

Four Azerbaijani citizens have been arrested for participating in fighting in Ukraine.

Four Azerbaijani citizens have been taken into custody; according to investigators, they participated in the fighting between Russia and Ukraine.

Ferry crossing in the Astrakhan region. Photo: Astrakhan Region Emergency Situations Ministry https://30.mchs.gov.ru/

09:10, 3 February 2026

Residents of two villages in the Astrakhan region are without a crossing after a tugboat accident.

Villagers living on an island in the Kamyzyak district were left without transportation after the tugboat service failed. Astrakhan inventors have long unsuccessfully proposed their design for inexpensive self-propelled ferries to the authorities, noted the head of the geographical society's branch.

08:10, 3 February 2026

A drone attack occurred in the Rostov region.

Last night, the military shot down a drone in the Kamensky district. According to the governor, there were no injuries.

An ambulance. Photo: Elena Sineok, Yuga.ru

07:32, 3 February 2026

Seven preschoolers from Paraul remain in hospital

Three of the 10 children hospitalized with poisoning at a private kindergarten in a Dagestani village have been discharged from the hospital. The cause of the poisoning was identified as a heating appliance improperly connected to the gas pipeline.

06:53, 3 February 2026

Safarbiy Napso's sentence has been reduced

The Court of Appeal replaced the four-year prison sentence of former director of the Dagomys Road Repair and Construction Department, Safarbiy Napso, with a suspended sentence due to compensation for damages.

05:57, 3 February 2026

A large family from Tuapse filed a lawsuit over the refusal to provide their daughter with baby food.

Tatyana Pimenova and Sergey Kartashov from Tuapse filed a lawsuit against the Ministry of Social Protection of the Krasnodar Territory, demanding that their newborn daughter be provided with specialized baby food.

04:58, 3 February 2026

Political analysts have stated that the political situation in Armenia is complex ahead of the parliamentary elections.

Parliamentary elections will be held in Armenia in June, and several parties have already announced their plans to participate. Political analysts believe the elections will be unfair, as the current government is already eliminating its competitors.

03:59, 3 February 2026

Makhachkala residents criticized the authorities' plans to build an ice arena.

A hockey tournament was held in the Khunzakh District of Dagestan, with teams from several regions participating. The head of the republic, Sergei Melikov, promised to build a modern ice arena, while residents of Makhachkala believe the money would be better spent on urgent needs.

03:32, 3 February 2026

The prosecutor's office is demanding an increase in the fine for Rauf Arashukov in the bribery case.

The prosecutor's office has appealed Rauf Arashukov's sentence for bribery of a prison colony employee, and is demanding an increase in the fine.

02:49, 3 February 2026

A Novoshakhtinsk resident was convicted for comments about the military on Telegram.

A court in Novoshakhtinsk sentenced local resident Vadim Davydenko to seven years in prison after finding his Telegram comments to contain calls for violence against Russian troops. Davydenko was also found guilty of illegally trafficking explosives for possessing 47 grams of gunpowder.

01:51, 3 February 2026

The soldier asked Melikov to return his mother's land plot to him.

A participant in the military operations in Ukraine recorded a video message to the President of the Russian Federation and the head of Dagestan, Sergei Melikov, asking for the return of land allocated to his late mother.

01:34, 3 February 2026

Cases of billion-dollar embezzlement in defense procurement have reached the court in Rostov-on-Don.

The criminal cases against the owners and employees of the Tenth Bearing Plant LLC in the Rostov region, who are accused of embezzling over 2.2 billion rubles, have been sent to court.

00:40, 3 February 2026

A native of Dagestan is suspected of involvement in the preparation of a terrorist attack in Adygea.

FSB officers in Adygea have named a 20-year-old native of Dagestan as involved in planning a terrorist attack on a major shopping center and recruiting young Muslims into a terrorist organization.

23:58, 2 February 2026

Pro-European protests in Tbilisi have continued for 432 days.

Protesters gathered outside the parliament building on Rustaveli Avenue for the 432nd time, demanding the release of political prisoners. Georgia's fifth president, Salome Zurabishvili, called the Georgian Dream party's plan to merge Georgia's largest universities a "declaration of war."

23:15, 2 February 2026

A fighter from North Ossetia was killed in the SVO zone.

Mikhail Indolov from the Mozdok district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have officially acknowledged at least 541 North Ossetian servicemen killed there.

22:34, 2 February 2026

A resident of Karachay-Cherkessia was sentenced for the murder of a tourist.

The Supreme Court of Karachay-Cherkessia sentenced a resident of the republic to 12 years in a maximum-security prison colony for the murder of a tourist from Moscow in 2022.

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