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02:56, 17 May 2026

Accomplices of Safarbiy Napso convicted in Sochi

A Sochi court sentenced former employees of the Dagomys Road Repair and Construction Department, accomplices of the former director of Safarbiya Napso, to prison terms ranging from two to six and a half years. They were found guilty of fraud and abuse of power.

01:57, 17 May 2026

An Armenian man committed suicide after being arrested for damaging an election poster.

Armen Hovhannisyan was detained for tearing down an election poster and then sent to Nubarashen Psychiatric Hospital, where he committed suicide.

00:58, 17 May 2026

Drones were shot down over Kuban and Rostov Oblast.

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, drones were shot down over ten regions of the country, including Krasnodar Krai and Rostov Oblast.

An Akhmat fighter beats a woman. Still from Sapa Kavkaz, May 16, 2026, https://t.me/sapakavkaz/7165.

23:59, 16 May 2026

Chechnya reportedly expelled a participant in the beating of women from the Akhmat club.

MMA fighter Jihad Yunusov, who assaulted two female neighbors over a domestic dispute, has been expelled from the Akhmat club. The Ministry of Internal Affairs reported on the investigation. The Chechen authorities have responded much more harshly to incidents of insulting women from Kadyrov's families and those close to him, the blogger noted.

Participants in the march in Tbilisi. Screenshot from Publika photo from May 16, 2026, https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1759768858755990&set=pcb.1759768995422643 (Meta, the company that owns the social network, is banned in Russia).

23:05, 16 May 2026

Participants in a march in Tbilisi called for the release of Paata Burchuladze.

On the 535th day of daily protests, marchers in Tbilisi demanded the release of convicted protesters, including opera singer Paata Burchuladze.

22:13, 16 May 2026

Ten Strong Armenia supporters have been detained in connection with obstructing the ruling party's campaign.

Strong Armenia supporters at a Civil Contract election rally began chanting Samvel Karapetyan's name. They were detained on suspicion of obstructing election campaigning.

21:21, 16 May 2026

442 residents of a village in Kabardino-Balkaria are trapped due to the destruction of a bridge.

A temporary bridge washed out in the village of Gerpegezh in Kabardino-Balkaria, leaving 100 homes without transportation. Authorities attributed the bridge's destruction to precipitation.

20:20, 16 May 2026

Three soldiers from Kabardino-Balkaria were killed in the SVO zone.

Akhmed Teuvazhukov, Ruslan Nagoyev, and Islam Sizhazhev were killed in the military operation in Ukraine. Since its beginning, at least 395 fighters from Kabardino-Balkaria have been officially recognized as killed.

The oil spill receded from the Anapa coastline day after day. Screenshot from Scanex photo: https://www.scanex.ru/company/news/vtoroy-katastroficheskiy-razliv-nefteproduktov-v-kerchenskom-predprolive-i-ego-evolyutsiya-v-chernom/

19:24, 16 May 2026

A change in wind speed allowed Anapa to avoid a second major beach pollution incident.

The oil spill discovered in the Black Sea on April 11 was presumably the result of a drone attack on a tanker. It skirted the coastline near Anapa and only slightly affected the Russian coast.

18:24, 16 May 2026

Residents of Dagestan reported delays in payments after the flood.

Residents of flood-affected areas of Dagestan complained that a month after the flood, they are still waiting for payments for lost property and financial assistance; some have had to submit applications multiple times.

17:24, 16 May 2026

Activists in Yerevan demanded the release of Russian political prisoners.

At a picket outside the Russian embassy in Yerevan, those gathered demanded the release of political prisoners.

16:23, 16 May 2026

"Strong Armenia" called the talk of a single opposition prime minister candidate slanderous.

The Strong Armenia Party demanded that Public Television refute reports that the opposition's sole candidate for prime minister is former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan.

15:23, 16 May 2026

An ecologist complained about the chaotic nature of the Tuapse beach cleanup.

The scale of pollution on Tuapse's beaches is significant, yet authorities are doing insufficient to address the issue, despite planning a full resort season. Volunteers at only a few beaches receive government support, while others lack both cleanup and equipment, the ecologist noted. Some volunteers said they are awaiting permission to begin their work.

Entrance to the village of Shukyurbeyli (Shukyurbeyli). Photo: Report https://report.az/ru/vnutrennyaya-politika/ocherednaya-gruppa-pereselencev-otpravilas-v-selo-shukyurbejli-dzhebrailskogo-rajona

14:24, 16 May 2026

18 Azerbaijani families returned to the Jabrayil region.

Today, 77 members of Azerbaijani families who fled the Jabrayil region during the Karabakh conflict returned to the village of Shukurbeyli.

Novomed Children Medical Center. Photo from the medical center's website https://новомеддети/

13:26, 16 May 2026

A doctor at a children's medical center in Novorossiysk faced threats over the death of a patient.

A medical center employee in Novorossiysk is receiving death threats from relatives of an eight-year-old boy who died of anaphylactic shock, doctors said, calling for the boy's death to be prevented. The patient's death is being investigated under a criminal charge of causing death by negligence.

12:27, 16 May 2026

Three soldiers from the Volgograd region were declared killed in action.

In the Kamyshinsky District, awards were presented to the families of three soldiers killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,782 soldiers from the Volgograd Region have been officially recognized as killed.

An excavator clears a mountain road. Photo: Dagestanavtodor https://dagavtodor.ru/

11:30, 16 May 2026

The number of blockaded Dagestani villages has grown to nine.

Residents of the village of Fite were left without transportation after a landslide hit the highway. Eight villages in the Charodinsky District of Dagestan remain blocked.

10:32, 16 May 2026

An opposition figure demanded an investigation into the involvement of Armenian students in a pro-government protest.

College students in Armavir were forced to participate in a pre-election event for Armenia's ruling party, an opposition representative stated.

09:34, 16 May 2026

A drone attack was recorded in Kuban.

The Ministry of Defense reported downed drones in the Krasnodar Territory and over the waters of the Azov and Black Seas.

08:36, 16 May 2026

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

Dmitry Zalevsky from the Kamyshinsky District was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,779 soldiers from the Volgograd Region have been officially recognized as killed.

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