North Caucasus

May 12, 2026 17:33

• Two soldiers from Dagestan were killed in Ukraine.

  Baru Abdusalamov and Abdulgamid Saidgasanov from the Tabasaran district were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly named at least 1,928 Dagestani combatants killed there.

May 12, 2026 13:56

• A soldier was convicted in Nalchik for leaving his unit.

  A court in Nalchik sentenced Aslan Fidarov to a prison term, finding him guilty of leaving his unit without permission during mobilization.

May 12, 2026 11:53

• Access to eight villages in Dagestan is closed after roads were flooded.

  Transport links with eight villages in the Charodinsky district were interrupted after river water washed away the approach to a temporary bridge.

May 12, 2026 08:59

• Tsipinova's defense criticized the new demand for a review of the case.

  The Deputy Prosecutor General filed a cassation appeal against the second acquittal of lawyer Diana Tsipinova, maintaining her guilt in assaulting a police officer. The prosecutor's office is challenging the facts established by the courts, which falls outside the scope of the cassation review, the defense stated.

May 12, 2026 07:57

• Schoolchildren in the Stavropol Krai have switched to distance learning.

  Distance learning has been introduced in schools and colleges in Stavropol for two days, and kindergartens have been switched to a free-attendance system. This change in operating format is due to the forecast for worsening weather.

May 12, 2026 04:50

• Residents of a residential area in Makhachkala have secured the attention of officials to the problem of house seizures.

  Following a rally held by residents of the DOSAAF microdistrict, representatives of the Dagestani authorities and the mayor of Makhachkala met with them, promising that the residents would not be deprived of their homes.

May 12, 2026 02:51

• 300 people were evacuated from a high-rise building in Grozny due to a fire.

  A fire broke out in a high-rise building on Sadaeva Street in Grozny, hospitalizing several people with carbon monoxide poisoning and evacuating 300 people. The fire has been extinguished, and residents have been relocated to rented apartments while repairs are carried out.

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