North Caucasus

January 14, 2026 11:58

• Authorities have acknowledged the unresolved problem of garbage dumping on the outskirts of Sunzha.

  A Sunzha resident criticized his fellow residents in a video message for allowing an illegal garbage dump to occur near a road on the outskirts of the city. The owner of the site had already been fined for polluting the area, but the problem remains unresolved, according to the Ingush Ministry of Natural Resources.

January 14, 2026 10:11

• The body of a man killed in a drone attack was found in a Rostov high-rise building.

  Rescuers found a man's body while clearing the rubble of a multi-story building damaged by a drone in Rostov-on-Don. The military reported 25 drones shot down overnight in the Rostov region and 13 in the Stavropol region.

January 14, 2026 09:14

• Schoolchildren in Nevinnomyssk have switched to distance learning.

  A drone strike caused fires in an industrial zone on the outskirts of Nevinnomyssk. City authorities have switched schoolchildren to distance learning following the air strike.

January 13, 2026 22:27

• The father of an injured conscript from Dagestan rejected the commanders' version of events.

  A conscript soldier from Dagestan, Magomedbek Khizbulaev, stated in the hospital that he had been beaten, and that his commanders' version of a fall from a tower was inconsistent with the nature of his injuries. His family received information about the incident from a fellow soldier; the military unit did not notify the family.

January 13, 2026 20:26

• Officials in Kaspiysk are under investigation due to a prolonged lack of water.

  A criminal case has been opened in Kaspiysk due to a prolonged water outage. For some residents, normal water service has still not been restored.

January 13, 2026 19:57

• The director of the Nalchik bus station responded to passenger complaints.

  A barrier and paid entrance to the Severny bus station in Nalchik are necessary to maintain order on the premises, but free parking will be provided for passengers.

January 13, 2026 18:48

• Khalit Mustafayev's family has vowed to seek reopening of the case into his death.

  The father of Khalit Mustafayev, who was killed by security forces during a pursuit in Stavropol in 2020, intends to seek reopening of the case against the security officer in higher courts. He escaped prosecution by going to the front. Mustafayev believes there is a corruption element in the dismissal of the case.

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