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A mining farm in the village of Shamilkala. Still from a video by the Ministry of Energy of Dagestan https://t.me/minenergo_rd/4807

08:10, 17 January 2026

Energy workers discovered an illegal mining farm in Dagestan.

A mining farm operating in the village of Shamilkala, despite the ban on cryptocurrency mining in Dagestan, has been disconnected from the power grid.

07:11, 17 January 2026

Two districts of the Rostov region were in the zone of an air strike.

An air attack was recorded last night in the Sholokhovsky and Kasharsky districts.

06:12, 17 January 2026

Four soldiers from Stavropol were killed in a military operation.

Four servicemen from the Aleksandrovsky District have been declared killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 900 soldiers from the Stavropol Krai have been officially recognized as killed.

05:24, 17 January 2026

Artemy Ostanin's* accounts have been frozen

The bank accounts of Yeysk stand-up comedian Artemy Ostanin*, accused of insulting religious feelings and inciting hatred, have been frozen.

04:24, 17 January 2026

Residents of two buildings in Sochi have reported violations of their rights.

The land on Tsyurupa Street in Sochi, which houses a two-story building that burned down in 2016 and a 12-story building built in 2014, is municipal property. The owners have claimed their rights have been violated, and residents of the apartment building fear the building could be declared unauthorized and demolished.

03:25, 17 January 2026

Volgograd-based Americanist Ivan Kurilla* has been added to the register of foreign agents.

The Russian Ministry of Justice has added American historian Ivan Kurilla* to the register of foreign agents.

02:26, 17 January 2026

Armenian residents linked the liquefied gas shortage to gasoline supplies from Azerbaijan.

In Armenia, amid a shortage, the price of liquefied natural gas has risen significantly, forcing many drivers to switch to gasoline. They believe the authorities are attempting to force them to buy gasoline imported from Azerbaijan.

01:27, 17 January 2026

The property of Alexei Kopaigorodsky has been transferred to the state.

The court has seized the assets of former Sochi mayor Alexei Kopaigorodsky, totaling 1.6 billion rubles, and turned them over to the state.

00:28, 17 January 2026

Kaspiysk authorities attributed water supply problems to a new accident.

Water supply to Kaspiysk districts, which had not been restored to normal operation since late December, was interrupted due to a new water main failure. Work was scheduled to be completed on the evening of January 15, but officials later promised to complete it "by morning."

23:45, 16 January 2026

Bakhruz Samedov complained about the restriction of his rights in prison.

Researcher Bahruz Samedov, convicted in Azerbaijan, is being denied access to a notary to issue a power of attorney to manage the property of his only relative.

23:20, 16 January 2026

Pro-European protests in Tbilisi have continued for 415 consecutive days.

Supporters of Georgia's European integration protested outside the parliament building in Tbilisi for the 415th day in a row. Security forces detained activist Nino Bardzimishvili, who had been sentenced to jail for blocking a sidewalk.

22:22, 16 January 2026

Information about a traffic accident involving Adam Kadyrov has spread across Chechen social media.

The motorcade of Ramzan Kadyrov's third son was involved in a traffic accident in Grozny. Adam Kadyrov and his entourage were injured, sources claim. Official media outlets subsequently refuted reports of UFC champion Khamzat Chimaev's death in the accident.

21:33, 16 January 2026

A soldier from Ingushetia was killed in Ukraine.

Gapur Dzhimkhanov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, at least 178 fighters from Ingushetia have been officially recognized as killed there.

20:57, 16 January 2026

An Ingushetia resident asked Bastrykin to intervene in his family's dispute with officials.

Officials and security forces are pressuring the Tochiyev family, attempting to evict them from their home in the village of Verkhnie Achaluki, Ibragim Tochiyev stated in a letter to the head of the Investigative Committee. According to Tochiyev, the village administration managed to illegally revoke the family's title deeds to the land and house.

20:18, 16 January 2026

The case of the former head of the Dakhadaevsky district has reached court.

The prosecutor's office approved the indictment in the criminal case against the former head of the Dakhadayevsky district of Dagestan, Dzharulla Omarov, and four residents of the republic.

19:35, 16 January 2026

Arrested Aidiev dismissed from his post as head of the Lak Resettlement Department

Dagestan's Head, Sergei Melikov, has dismissed Magomed-Gadzhi Aidiev, head of the Dagestan government's department for resettlement of residents of the Novolaksky District and restoration of the Aukhovsky District.

18:57, 16 January 2026

A Stavropol resident received a prison sentence in a case involving the financing of the Anti-Corruption Foundation*.

A court in Budyonnovsk sentenced Konstantin Bernatov to three years in prison, finding him guilty of financing extremist activity.

A still from the trial of a teacher from Dagestan in Krasnodar. Photo: United Press Service of the Courts of Krasnodar Krai / Telegram channel

18:27, 16 January 2026

A court in Kuban fined a teacher from Dagestan for comments about Russians.

The Sovetsky District Court of Krasnodar fined Alijadzhi Magomedov 20,000 rubles for making an offensive statement about Russians. Magomedov apologized in court for using the offensive language.

17:41, 16 January 2026

Authorities reported the cleanup of fuel oil along 3,000 kilometers of coastline.

As part of the cleanup effort following the fuel oil spill near Anapa, three thousand kilometers of coastline have been cleaned, including a second time. 793 people are participating in the cleanup, according to the Russian Deputy Prime Minister.

17:40, 16 January 2026

The Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs announced the arrest of members of a neo-Nazi group.

Sixteen people, including ten minors, have been arrested by police in Tbilisi as members of a neo-Nazi group. At least ten people were injured by the radicals' actions, the Ministry of Internal Affairs stated.

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Anastasia Zinovkina. Photo: Batumelebi / https://batumelebi.netgazeti.ge/news/602093/, January 19, 2026

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