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17:35, 10 June 2026

Rostov activist Anastasia Shevchenko* was convicted of recruiting for the Azov Regiment**.

Anastasia Shevchenko* was sentenced in absentia to 17 years in prison. The sentence stemmed from a video in which Shevchenko* talked about donating to Azov.**

16:57, 10 June 2026

An Azerbaijani court has extended the arrest of Ali Karimli.

A Baku court has extended the arrest of Ali Karimli, head of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, for another five months.

16:36, 10 June 2026

The Court of Appeal refused to mitigate the sentence of blogger Arsen Markaryan.

Blogger Arsen Markaryan, sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for Nazi rehabilitation, appealed to the court for a sentence that did not involve actual imprisonment. The prosecutor's office, however, insisted on a harsher sentence.

15:03, 10 June 2026

Residents of Dagestan evacuated after a gas pipeline explosion have returned home.

Residents of the villages of Nizhniy Chiryurt, Gelbakh, and Bavtugay in the Kizilyurt district returned home after experts determined there was no threat to their homes.

14:42, 10 June 2026

Ten residents of Kabardino-Balkaria have been detained for extremism.

A 68-year-old resident of the Baksan district and his associates exerted physical and psychological pressure on other local residents, forcing them to observe religious canons, the Ministry of Internal Affairs stated.

13:45, 10 June 2026

The cause of the fire on the Mozdok-Kazimagomed gas pipeline has been revealed.

A gas pipeline fire in Dagestan was caused by a leak, authorities said.

12:48, 10 June 2026

Residents of Abkhazia demanded a response from the authorities to tourists displaying Georgian symbols.

Tourists displaying Georgian symbols should face strict measures, including entry bans, local residents stated on Facebook*, commenting on an incident involving a Sochi resident who was walking in Gagra wearing a Panama hat emblazoned with the Georgian flag.

11:49, 10 June 2026

A soldier was convicted in Nalchik for fraud against soldiers.

A court in Nalchik sentenced serviceman Akhmat Abshaev to one and a half years in prison. According to investigators, he defrauded two soldiers of two million rubles by falsely promising to help them transfer to other units.

10:51, 10 June 2026

The CEO of Ecologistics is accused of tax evasion amounting to half a billion.

Rustam Kochesokov, CEO of Ecologistika LLC, falsified tax reports, resulting in the company underpaying more than 500 million rubles in taxes, the Investigative Committee reported.

Screenshot of the page https://www.instagram.com/p/DZXtqb1I6yL (the activities of the company Meta (owner of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) are banned in Russia)

09:52, 10 June 2026

A Dagestani blogger has gone on a hunger strike in an Astrakhan pretrial detention center demanding a fair investigation.

Blogger Magomeddibir Magomeddibirov has declared a hunger strike in the Astrakhan pretrial detention center, where he has been held for about six months following a road rage incident. Shamil Khadulaev, head of the Dagestan Public Monitoring Commission, noted that the video shows the blogger's opponent hitting him first, but that security forces detained Magomeddibirov.

08:54, 10 June 2026

Authorities have announced a timeline for repairs to a gas pipeline in Dagestan following a fire.

The section of the Mozdok-Kazimagomed gas pipeline near Kizilyurt where the fire occurred is planned to be repaired within three days, Dagestani authorities reported.

The renovated beach in Vityazevo. Still from the Kuban Emergency Response Center video: https://t.me/opershtab23/15344

07:56, 10 June 2026

151 beach areas in Anapa have been deemed safe for recreation.

In Anapa, 151 beach areas were inspected for safety after cleanups, including sand resurfacing and restoration work, Rospotrebnadzor reported.

06:57, 10 June 2026

A Rostov court sentenced a Sevastopol resident for justifying terrorism.

The Southern District Military Court sentenced a Sevastopol resident to 5.5 years for comments on a messenger deemed to justify terrorism.

05:59, 10 June 2026

A soldier was convicted in Kabardino-Balkaria for leaving his unit without permission.

The Nalchik Garrison Military Court sentenced serviceman Yevgeny Solovyov to five years in prison for failing to report to his military unit for more than a year.

05:10, 10 June 2026

The court sided with the equity holders in a dispute with the developer of a Sochi aparthotel.

The Court of Cassation upheld the decision to deny the developer of the Gorizont aparthotel in Sochi's attempt to annul 886 shared construction agreements. The developer insisted that the money received from the participants was embezzled by former director Anzor Pruidze, who was convicted of fraud.

04:17, 10 June 2026

Analysts have identified the reasons for the Armenian opposition's electoral failure.

The pro-Russian opposition's performance in the parliamentary elections in Armenia can only be described as a defeat, while the ruling party, although it failed to achieve its key goal, retained its position.

04:02, 10 June 2026

The head of Tuapse announced the readiness of 66 beaches to open.

Tuapse will host 66 beaches this summer, including 15 public areas, according to Sergei Boyko, head of the Tuapse District.

03:03, 10 June 2026

Soltayev threatened Chechen bloggers with an extremist article

Purchasing paid verification and additional features on Instagram* is considered in Russia as financing extremist activity and may result in criminal prosecution, the Chechen ombudsman stated.

02:30, 10 June 2026

Residents of a nursing home in the Rostov region were evacuated after a drone attack.

In the Millerovsky district, a fuel tank caught fire after a drone attack, evacuating residents of private homes and nursing home residents.

01:57, 10 June 2026

A Moscow court has extended Alina Dzhikaeva's arrest.

The arrest of Sapa editor-in-chief Alina Dzhikaeva has been extended for another month.

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