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18:53, 19 August 2025

North Ossetian soldier killed in Ukraine

Viktor Andreyev from the Digorsky district was killed in the combat zone. Since the start of the Russian operation in Ukraine, the authorities have publicly named at least 476 North Ossetian servicemen killed there.

17:55, 19 August 2025

Rostov engineer sentenced to treason

An energy engineer at an industrial enterprise in Rostov-on-Don has been sentenced to a long prison term on charges of treason.

16:58, 19 August 2025

Armenia and Iran Declare Strategic Partnership

Relations between Armenia and Iran will be elevated to the level of strategic partnership, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said after a meeting with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Yerevan. Armenia and Iran also agreed to build a second bridge on their common border.

15:31, 19 August 2025

The defense appealed the verdict against Zarema Musayeva

A brief appeal against the sentence of Zarema Musayeva has already been filed. She decided to appeal it after she read the reasoned part of the decision of the Shali court, which sentenced her to four years in a penal colony.

13:50, 19 August 2025

Residents of the Volgograd Region reported problems due to mobile Internet shutdowns

Problems related to the increasingly frequent disconnections of mobile Internet arise when paying in stores, calling a taxi, working, trying to contact relatives. In some areas, there is no mobile Internet for a long time, residents of the Volgograd Region said. The authorities called for an understanding attitude to the situation.

12:50, 19 August 2025

Residents of Lermontovo considered a boat crossing instead of a bridge insufficient

The head of the Tuapse District reported on the opening of a boat crossing at the site of the collapsed bridge in Lermontovo. Commentators called for speeding up work on organizing an alternative road.

Arshad Khankishiev. Photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/DNhaL4cNyyF/ belongs to the Meta company, whose activities are prohibited in Russia

11:50, 19 August 2025

Sources reported that an Azerbaijani businessman was stripped of his Russian citizenship

Azerbaijani businessman Arshad Khankishiev, former head of the national-cultural autonomy of Azerbaijanis in the Chelyabinsk region, which was liquidated by the court, has been stripped of his Russian citizenship.

10:50, 19 August 2025

A fighter from Stavropol was killed in the SVO zone

Kirill Kazachenko was killed in combat. Since the start of the military operation in Ukraine, the authorities have acknowledged that at least 794 fighters from Stavropol have been killed.

Irakli Kupradze. Screenshot of photo "News Georgia" https://t.me/NGnewsgeorgia/25392.

09:50, 19 August 2025

Part of the opposition has nominated a candidate for mayor of Tbilisi

The opposition parties Lelo - Strong Georgia and Gakharia for Georgia have nominated Lelo Secretary General Irakli Kupradze as a joint candidate for mayor of Tbilisi, despite the refusal of the majority of opposition parties to participate in the municipal elections.

08:50, 19 August 2025

A fighter from the Volgograd region was killed in Ukraine

Sergei Zubrilin was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,304 fighters from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

07:50, 19 August 2025

Defense Ministry reports drones shot down in southern Russia

13 drones were shot down tonight over the Volgograd region and five over the territory of the Rostov region.

Crimean Bridge. Photo from Sergey Aksenov's Telegram channel

05:50, 19 August 2025

Traffic on the Crimean Bridge has resumed without traffic jams

There are no queues at the entrances to the Crimean Bridge either from the Crimean side or from the Kuban side; according to motorists, inspection takes 10-15 minutes.

04:51, 19 August 2025

Fire breaks out at oil refinery in Volgograd after drone attack

Drone debris fell in the south of Volgograd, the roof of one of the hospital buildings caught fire, and a fire also broke out on the territory of an oil refinery.

03:52, 19 August 2025

Property worth 360 million rubles seized from Sergei Simonenko

The Court of Appeal upheld the legality of the seizure of property and money of the former Deputy Head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for Krasnodar Krai, Sergei Simonenko, in favor of the state.

02:53, 19 August 2025

Russian citizen accused of trying to bribe Georgian border guard

The Georgian prosecutor's office has brought charges against a Russian citizen who attempted to bribe a border guard for permission to cross the border.

01:54, 19 August 2025

Power outages cause irreparable losses for businesses in Dagestan

Entrepreneurs in Dagestan are suffering significant losses due to power outages, but are not trying to demand compensation for damages, considering litigation with Dagenergo to be a sure loser.

00:55, 19 August 2025

Shareholders from Nalchik left without legal support in dispute between developer and investor

An investor in an apartment building on Moskovskaya Street in Nalchik has won a court victory over the developer and is demanding that the contracts with the equity holders who purchased more than a hundred apartments be declared null and void. The developer is refusing to negotiate, so the lawsuits have been filed against the home buyers, the lawyer said.

23:57, 18 August 2025

Dagestani soldier killed in Ukraine

Tamirlan Dzhafarov from the Akhtynsky district was killed in the combat zone. Since the start of the Russian operation in Ukraine, the authorities have publicly named at least 1,519 Dagestani fighters killed there.

Said-Akhmed Visangiriyev. Photo: https://vladtv.ru/society/165536/

22:55, 18 August 2025

Publicity of torture data leads to new case against Visangiriyev

A criminal case has been opened against Chechen native Said-Akhmed Visangiriyev, who reported torture and threats in a prison colony in the Vladimir region, under the article on beatings due to a conflict with another prisoner who provoked him. The conflict occurred even before Visangiriyev reported torture.

Protesters outside the parliament building. Photo: NEWS.On.ge

21:58, 18 August 2025

Pro-European protests in Georgia continue for 264 days straight

Activists blocked traffic on Tbilisi's Rustaveli Avenue on the 264th day of continuous protests. Relatives of political prisoners visited Akhmeta and Telavi today, where daily rallies in support of Georgia's European integration are also taking place.

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