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00:57, 7 February 2026

The defendants in the Meydan TV case are outraged by the ban on filming the trial.

The defendants in the Meydan TV case requested that the indictment, which repeated the same sentences for each defendant, be shortened, but the court rejected their motion. They also requested that observers be allowed to film the trial, but this was denied.

00:43, 7 February 2026

Volgograd Airport operations have been suspended.

Restrictions have been imposed at Volgograd Airport, and a drone alert has been issued for the region.

23:44, 6 February 2026

Supporters of European integration took to the Georgian parliament for the 436th day in a row.

Protesters in Tbilisi spoke out against education reform and demanded the release of all those arrested for participating in the protests.

23:05, 6 February 2026

Kadyrov reported on the new dispatch of combatants to the front.

Another group of volunteers has been sent from Grozny to the combat zone after training at the Russian Special Forces University, Ramzan Kadyrov reported.

22:24, 6 February 2026

Twice-convicted Volgograd resident Melkonyan has been released again.

Arsen Melkonyan, who did not serve his sentence for the death of realtor Roman Grebenyuk after a conflict in a parent chat, was able to return to the war zone after being sentenced for threatening a judge, a pretrial detention center employee, and his ex-wife.

21:51, 6 February 2026

A former police chief in Rostov-on-Don has been convicted of bribery.

The court found former Rostov-on-Don police chief Alexei Abakumov guilty of accepting bribes and sentenced him to 8.5 years in a maximum security penal colony.

Participants in the conflict in the Luhansk basin. July 2025. Video screenshot: Maksym Divnich's Telegram channel.

21:21, 6 February 2026

Divnich reported on the verdict for Alikhan Bersayev

Chechen fighter Alikhan Bersayev has been convicted of leaving his unit without permission and will no longer be able to travel to the war zone, according to blogger Maxim Divnich, who participated in the conflict with Bersayev in the Luhansk basin.

20:37, 6 February 2026

Bastrykin took an interest in a complaint from villagers in Ingushetia about the road conditions.

Residents of the village of Barsuki in the Nazran district are having trouble getting the administration to repair the road leading to their school. The head of the Investigative Committee has ordered a criminal investigation.

20:26, 6 February 2026

More than 180 people supported human rights activists' call to return Baimuradova's body to her friends.

A petition by human rights activists calling for the release of the body of Chechen woman Aishat Baimuradova, killed in Yerevan, for burial by her friends has garnered over 180 signatures.

19:42, 6 February 2026

A Buinaksk resident was sentenced to a long prison term for assisting militants.

A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Yusuf Manukov from Buynaksk to nine years in prison, finding him guilty of aiding terrorist activity and publicly calling for terrorism.

18:49, 6 February 2026

Russia has suspended the issuance of internal passports in Abkhazia.

The Russian Embassy in Abkhazia announced that the offices for issuing internal Russian passports, which opened in January, will be suspended after political figures in the republic questioned their legality. Southern Federal University professor Irakli Bzhinava, who expressed similar concerns, was detained in Rostov-on-Don.

17:53, 6 February 2026

The persecution of an activist from Karachay-Cherkessia followed a fundraising effort for Palestine.

A case has been sent to the Southern District Military Court against Karachay-Cherkess activist and father of five, Rustem Aybazov, accused of financing terrorism for transferring money to a woman in Syria. In fact, according to his family and friends, the prosecution began after a large-scale fundraising effort for humanitarian aid to residents of the Gaza Strip, some of which was seized and subsequently donated to the SVO.

17:40, 6 February 2026

The date for the Armenian parliamentary elections has been set.

Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan signed a decree setting the date for the next elections to the National Assembly.

Special military operation in Ukraine. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense press service

16:42, 6 February 2026

More than 8,600 fighters from southern Russia have been officially recognized as killed in the SVO zone.

At least 4,229 fighters from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,373 from the Southern Federal District have been recognized by authorities and security forces as killed during the military operation in Ukraine.

A memorial plaque on Anna Politkovskaya's house. Photo: Civil Initiative Party

16:35, 6 February 2026

The memorial plaque on Anna Politkovskaya's house has been destroyed for the eighth time in three weeks.

A wooden memorial plaque that hung on the railing of journalist Anna Politkovskaya's home for more than a week has been destroyed again by unknown persons.

15:36, 6 February 2026

Azerbaijani opposition figure Hasanov's sentence has been increased.

Elnur Gasanov, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan serving a prison sentence, has had his prison conditions tightened and he has been transferred to the closed section of the Umbaki Penitentiary Complex. His associates believe that Gasanov's conditions are being worsened for political reasons.

14:36, 6 February 2026

The brother of a Chechen who escaped from the SVO zone expressed hope for human rights activists to intervene.

Kazakh authorities are seeking to force Chechen native Zelimkhan Murtazov, who has been living at Astana airport for a month, to leave the transit zone voluntarily. However, due to the lack of a passport, he can only fly to countries where he faces a high risk of extradition to Russia, according to his brother, who has appealed to human rights organizations for assistance.

13:36, 6 February 2026

Commentators called on Abkhaz authorities to punish the schoolgirl's kidnapper.

Social media users have stated that the man who kidnapped a schoolgirl for marriage in Abkhazia must be held accountable under the law. They believe the incident itself should draw attention to both the safety of children in schools and the inadmissibility of reviving old customs.

12:36, 6 February 2026

Social media users pointed out the connection between the verdict against Karabakh leaders and the peace process.

Some social media users pointed out that the harsh sentence for Karabakh's military and political leadership was prompted not only by accusations of war crimes but also by Baku's intention to use them in negotiations with Armenia. Some believe that Azerbaijan could, on the contrary, release the convicted to demonstrate its commitment to peace.

Yuri Napso. Photo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AhGZKoCzUo

11:36, 6 February 2026

Investigators have dropped the rape case against Napso.

The Investigative Committee has closed the rape investigation against former State Duma deputy Yuri Napso. The investigation concluded that the case was initiated in violation of procedure, as Napso was a member of the electoral commission in the Rostov region at the time.

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