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Residents of Leninkent, Dagestan, have been waiting for a school for eight years. "Novoe Delo"/Telegram channel

19:19, 27 January 2026

Residents of Leninkent complained about a shortage of school places.

Residents of the village of Leninkent reported that due to a shortage of space at the local school, they are forced to send their children to schools in Makhachkala. Furthermore, children are forced to cross the dangerous federal highway between Makhachkala and Buynaksk.

Participants in a protest near the building of the Special Penitentiary Service of Georgia in Tbilisi. January 27, 2026. Screenshot from video https://t.me/Tbilisi_life/44509

19:07, 27 January 2026

Protesters in Tbilisi demanded medical assistance for Zinovkina and Sander.

Several dozen activists held signs outside the Georgian Special Penitentiary Service building in Tbilisi, demanding medical care for political prisoners Anastasia Zinovkina and Nana Sander. Teacher Nino Datashvili, who also sought medical care in prison, joined the protest.

Mohyaddin Orujov. Photo: https://toplummedia.tv/

18:08, 27 January 2026

The sentence for Azerbaijani activist Orujov has been confirmed.

The Supreme Court of Azerbaijan rejected activist Mohyaddin Orujov's appeal, upholding his three-year sentence in a drug case. His defense intends to appeal the conviction to the ECHR.

17:52, 27 January 2026

A soldier from Kamyshin was killed in combat.

Dmitry Belkin was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,639 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

16:58, 27 January 2026

The prosecutor has requested a long sentence for comedian Ostanin.

At a Moscow court hearing, the prosecution requested a five-year, 11-month prison sentence and a 300,000-ruble fine for Yeysk stand-up comedian Artemy Ostanin. The maximum sentence under the extremism charge is six years in prison.

Water main accident cleanup in Makhachkala, January 27, 2026. Video screenshot: https://t.me/EordOperator/2286

15:52, 27 January 2026

A report on water supply to Makhachkala residents surprised Telegram users.

The consequences of the water main break in Makhachkala have been cleared and water supply has resumed, the water supply operator reported. Commenters noted that water was still not restored to homes several hours after the announcement.

Anna Minkova. Photo from Anna Minkova's Telegram channel

14:53, 27 January 2026

Sources reported the arrest of the former vice-governor of Kuban.

Law enforcement sources reported that security forces are conducting an investigation into former Kuban Deputy Governor Anna Minkova.

Rufat Safarov. Photo: https://www.meydan.tv/

13:53, 27 January 2026

The victim's testimony strengthened the defense's case that Safarov was innocent.

At the court hearing of Azerbaijani human rights activist Rufat Safarov, the victim admitted that he had not undergone a medical examination, despite the investigation file containing a medical report. The victim's testimony further confirmed the theory that the case was fabricated and Safarov's innocence.

12:54, 27 January 2026

A teacher from Makhachkala is suspected of torturing a student.

A Makhachkala resident has become a suspect in a criminal case involving the torture of a child. According to sources, the suspect is a teacher who beat the student with a belt.

11:54, 27 January 2026

Suspects in terrorist plot arrested in Azerbaijan

Three Azerbaijani residents have been taken into custody; according to investigators, they were preparing a terrorist attack on a foreign embassy in Baku.

10:55, 27 January 2026

Holocaust Remembrance Week was marked in southern Russia with educational events.

Library and educational institution staff, as well as representatives of Jewish communities in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts, held lectures, meetings, and other informational events to mark Holocaust Remembrance Week.

09:56, 27 January 2026

A contract soldier from Uryupinsk was killed in combat.

54-year-old Roman Kilyachkov was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,638 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

Displaced persons. January 27, 2026. Photo: Report https://report.az/ru/vnutrennyaya-politika/v-selo-mamedbejli-zangilanskogo-rajona-otpravlen-ocherednoj-karavan-pereselencev

08:56, 27 January 2026

20 Azerbaijani families have returned to the village of Mammadbeyli.

Today, members of 20 Azerbaijani families who fled the village during the Karabakh conflict returned to the village of Mamedbeyli in the Zangilan region.

07:57, 27 January 2026

The military shot down five drones in the Krasnodar region.

The Ministry of Defense reported the downing of five drones in Kuban, the only region in southern Russia where a drone attack was recorded last night.

06:58, 27 January 2026

A fighter from the Volgograd region was killed in Ukraine.

Vladimir Zaitsev from the Novoanninsky District was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,637 soldiers from the Volgograd Region have been officially recognized as killed.

05:56, 27 January 2026

The ECHR ruled the liquidation of the "Council of Teips of the Ingush People" illegal.

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled the liquidation of the "Council of Teips of the Ingush People" in 2020, as well as the fine imposed on its chairman, Murat Daskiev, in 2019, illegal.

04:57, 27 January 2026

Another water outage in Dagestan has left residents confused.

In Makhachkala, several districts have been without water for over a day due to a pipeline rupture. The authorities' promised restoration deadlines have long passed, but local residents say there is still no water. They wonder if such accidents are too common in Dagestan.

04:04, 27 January 2026

Lawyers and activists in Armenia have spoken out in support of the church.

More than a thousand citizens have signed a statement in defense of the Armenian Apostolic Church, initiated by a group of lawyers and public figures. They called the authorities' actions against the church unconstitutional.

03:16, 27 January 2026

Mourning events took place in southern Russia in memory of the victims of the Decossackization

Cossacks from the Rostov and Volgograd regions, as well as the Krasnodar Territory, attended memorial services for the victims of the Decossackization and honored their memory. A requiem concert was held in Volgograd for the victims of Cossack repression.

The sixth temporary plaque on Anna Politkovskaya's house. Photo: Ekaterina Grakhovskaya / Telegram channel ZPCh

02:17, 27 January 2026

The memorial plaque on Politkovskaya's house has been restored for the seventh time.

Moscow activists have restored the memorial plaque on Anna Politkovskaya's house for the seventh time, also installing a portrait of the murdered journalist on the wall.

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