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05:55, 22 April 2026

A mudflow occurred in the village of Kidero.

In the Dagestani village of Kidero, a mudflow cut off the road to the district hospital.

04:55, 22 April 2026

Several buildings were damaged in Primorsko-Akhtarsk after a drone attack.

When a drone crashed in Primorsko-Akhtarsk, two commercial buildings, one administrative building, and a private home were damaged.

03:56, 22 April 2026

Four Rostov residents convicted of arson attacks on substations

The court sentenced four residents of Rostov-on-Don to terms ranging from 13 to 20 years, finding them guilty of setting fire to two transformer substations and attempting to set fire to a main oil pipeline.

02:57, 22 April 2026

A political scientist assessed the parties' prospects for winning the Armenian parliamentary elections.

Prime Minister Pashinyan's Civil Contract party is using the threat of war as a fear factor in the parliamentary elections, while his rivals—Karapetyan's Strong Armenia, Kocharyan's Armenia bloc, and Tsarukyan's Prosperous Armenia—are using the threat of severing economic ties with Russia.

01:58, 22 April 2026

Social media users called the situation in Tuapse an environmental disaster.

Authorities are reporting normal air quality in Tuapse amid a fire at an oil depot near the port. Meanwhile, city residents are publicizing the aftermath of the "oil rain," declaring an environmental disaster.

00:40, 22 April 2026

A resident of North Ossetia is suspected of justifying terrorism.

FSB officers have accused a Vladikavkaz resident of justifying terrorism, after he had previously come under scrutiny for rehabilitating Nazism.

23:41, 21 April 2026

Protesters on Rustaveli Avenue supported the demands of parents of patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

On the 510th day of continuous protests, protesters on Rustaveli Avenue supported parents' demands for medications for children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The parents themselves decided to spend a second night in a row outside the government building.

22:42, 21 April 2026

More than 20 parties have submitted documents to the Central Election Commission of Armenia to participate in the elections.

The Central Election Commission of Armenia has accepted documents from more than 20 political parties and alliances expressing their intention to participate in the parliamentary elections on June 7. Registration of electoral lists will begin on April 23.

21:43, 21 April 2026

A piece of a drone in fuel oil washed up on the coast of Kuban.

A Kuban resident discovered a drone fragment stained with fuel oil on the seashore. In Tuapse, an environmentalist reported that an "oil rain" occurred amid a fire at an oil terminal.

20:45, 21 April 2026

Pictures of cats led to a Sochi resident being fined for Nazi symbols.

A Sochi court fined a local resident for publicly displaying Nazi symbols after he posted an image of "Kotolf Kitler" on Telegram.

19:47, 21 April 2026

Human rights activists helped secure Murtazov's flight to Armenia.

Zelimkhan Murtazov's brother thanked the human rights activists who helped secure permission for his departure from Kazakhstan and ensured his safe arrival in Armenia.

18:48, 21 April 2026

A prosecution witness in the case of Imam Tamaskhanov admitted to lying.

At the latest hearing in the case of Ingush imam Muhammad Tamaskhanov, witness Alikhan Ozdoyev told the court that he gave false testimony to investigators against the religious figure.

17:50, 21 April 2026

A Tuapse resident was convicted of inciting violence against people from the Caucasus.

The Krasnodar Regional Court refused to reduce the sentence of Tuapse resident Alexander Maksimenko, who received a prison sentence for inciting violence on ethnic grounds.

16:51, 21 April 2026

A native of Chechnya, Zelimkhan Murtazov, was able to leave Kazakhstan.

After 116 days in the transit zone of Astana airport, defector Zelimkhan Murtazov, a native of Chechnya, was able to leave Kazakhstan. According to his brother, Murtazov managed to fly to Armenia.

16:00, 21 April 2026

A soldier from Uryupinsk was killed in a military operation.

Maxim Biryukov was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,764 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

15:02, 21 April 2026

The victim in the Safarov case did not confirm the prosecution's version of events in court.

At a court hearing in Baku, the victim acknowledged the lack of evidence of the transfer of funds that human rights activist Rufat Safarov is accused of embezzling. The victim's testimony underscored the inadequacy of the charges, the defense argued.

14:05, 21 April 2026

A soldier was convicted in Nalchik for prolonged absence from his unit.

A court in Nalchik sentenced Ali Dzhambekov to a prison term, finding him guilty of evading military service during mobilization. The soldier spent two years and seven months at his registered address, but was only arrested after voluntarily returning to his unit.

13:09, 21 April 2026

Lawyers explained the rules for paying residents of Dagestan for flood damage.

Loss of housing due to flooding in Dagestan is compensated with a housing certificate to prevent misuse of the allocated funds. Mandatory payments for damaged vehicles and lost livestock are not provided for in the republic. Compensation denials can be appealed through the prosecutor's office or in court.

12:13, 21 April 2026

The number of blockaded Dagestani villages has dropped to 11.

Residents of 11 villages in the Tlyaratinsky, Dakhadaevsky and Tsumadinsky districts are currently without transportation.

11:16, 21 April 2026

Two fighters from the Volgograd region were killed in Ukraine.

Evgeny Arsyukov and Vadim Kiyashkin from the Zhirnovsky District were killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,763 soldiers from the Volgograd Region have been officially recognized as killed.

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A participant of the second Chechen military campaign, one of the field commanders close to Shamil Basaev and Aslan Maskhadov. Shot dead in Berlin in 2019.

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