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16:02, 14 April 2026

A sapper was killed in a mine explosion in Azerbaijan.

An employee of the Mine Action Agency was killed in the Fizuli district. The death toll from mine explosions since the 44-day Karabakh war has reached 422, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry stated.

15:04, 14 April 2026

21 Azerbaijani families have been returned to the former Karabakh conflict zone.

Today, 102 members of Azerbaijani families who fled during the Karabakh conflict returned to six villages in the Aghdere and Khojaly districts.

14:06, 14 April 2026

The decision to seize Kopaigorodsky's property was upheld on appeal.

The appellate court upheld the decision to seize property worth 1.6 billion rubles from the former mayor of Sochi and transfer it to the state.

13:08, 14 April 2026

Anapa has overtaken Sochi in the number of tour bookings for the May holidays.

Sochi has lost its lead to Anapa in the number of May holiday tour bookings, according to tourism industry representatives. According to them, the situation in Sochi has a greater impact on booking dynamics than the oil spill zone.

12:10, 14 April 2026

530 people remain in temporary accommodation centers in Dagestan.

349 adults and 181 children evacuated from flood zones in Dagestan are in temporary accommodation centers. 508 residential buildings remain flooded in the republic.

11:16, 14 April 2026

A train carrying fuel and fertilizers has been sent from Azerbaijan to Armenia.

A shipment of 1,298 tons of diesel fuel was exported from Azerbaijan to Armenia. The same train also carried 240 tons of agricultural fertilizer from Russia.

10:18, 14 April 2026

The number of people evacuated from Iran to Azerbaijan has exceeded 3,500.

Following the outbreak of hostilities in Iran, 3,505 people were evacuated to Azerbaijan, including 613 Azerbaijani citizens, 374 Russians, and 21 Georgian citizens.

09:20, 14 April 2026

The ban on travel on the Transkam has been lifted.

Restrictions on travel on the Transcaucasian Highway between Russia and South Ossetia have been lifted.

Shahin Syxlinski. Photo: https://vesti.az/politika/saxin-syxlinski-prigovoren-k-22-godam-liseniya-svobody-582318

08:26, 14 April 2026

Shahin Shykhlinski and his son were convicted in the case of an attack on a security officer.

A court in Yekaterinburg sentenced the head of the Azerbaijani diaspora, Ural Shahin Shykhlinski, and his son, Mutvala, to prison terms, finding them guilty of using violence against a special forces soldier during his arrest.

07:30, 14 April 2026

A fighter from the Volgograd region was killed in a military operation.

Andrey Barannik from the Zhirnovsky district was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,753 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

06:33, 14 April 2026

Participants of the congress in Paris called on Armenians to speak out against the current government.

Participants in the Congress on the National Mobilization of the Armenian Diaspora, held in Paris, expressed the need to mobilize against the current government in Armenia, to protect the Armenian Apostolic Church, and to defend the rights of refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh.

05:35, 14 April 2026

Residents of high-mountain villages in Dagestan spoke about the consequences of severe weather.

Dagestan's high-altitude villages were hit by heavy snowfalls, effectively cutting them off from the outside world. The storm knocked out power, and livestock died due to a lack of feed. However, authorities provided little information about the problems in these remote villages.

04:36, 14 April 2026

More than 13,000 claims for flood damages have been filed by Chechen residents.

The commission assessing the damage caused by the flood in Chechnya has received more than 13,000 applications from residents of the republic for compensation.

03:37, 14 April 2026

The trial of Dalgatov's death will begin anew due to the judge's resignation.

Since the powers of Judge Patimat Makhatilova of the Sovietsky District Court of Makhachkala were terminated after the collapse of an illegally constructed structure during the flood, the trial of Kurban Dalgatov, who died in a police station, will begin anew and may be delayed.

02:38, 14 April 2026

A volunteer from Gejukh suffered fatal injuries in Mamedkala.

A young resident of Dagestan who was helping residents of the flooded village of Mamedkala died in a Makhachkala hospital. He suffered a severe head injury during his volunteer work.

01:58, 14 April 2026

The death toll from the explosion in Vladikavkaz has risen to three.

One of the victims of the explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Vladikavkaz died in the hospital. The death toll from the incident has risen to three.

01:33, 14 April 2026

Chaotic development worsened flood damage in Makhachkala districts.

Pipes across the riverbed that floods homes in the Makhachkala villages of Gazoraspredelitel and Palmira were laid by local residents themselves during the haphazard development of these areas.

00:39, 14 April 2026

A Dagestani woman caught in an avalanche has died.

Doctors were unable to save a resident of the village of Shaitli, who suffered multiple injuries after being caught in an avalanche. She is survived by four children.

23:54, 13 April 2026

The weather forecast in Dagestan did not confirm fears of a third wave of floods.

The period during which the third wave of floods in Dagestan was predicted did not bring worsening weather conditions on the scale observed previously, stated the head of the republic, Sergei Melikov.

22:57, 13 April 2026

An additional rescue team has been sent to Dagestan from Kabardino-Balkaria.

Members of the Elbrus High Mountain Rescue Team have been sent to Dagestan to work in flood-affected areas.

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