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04:35, 31 January 2026

The arrest of the brother of the Catholicos of All Armenians has been extended.

An Armenian court has remanded in custody for two months the brother of Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II, Gevork Nersisyan, who is accused of hooliganism and obstructing election campaigning.

03:36, 31 January 2026

Nine Ukrainian citizens were convicted in Rostov-on-Don for planning terrorist attacks.

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced nine residents of Kherson, finding them guilty of attempting to assassinate local officials. The defendants were sentenced to 14 to 20 years in prison.

02:37, 31 January 2026

Lawyers commented on a video of Rostov kindergarten students addressing "Akhmat"

Recording children on video without parental consent is prohibited, but school administrators often obtain permission for such filming, lawyers noted in response to a video message from Rostov kindergarten students addressed to "Akhmat." They noted that the video touches on interethnic and ethical issues.

01:38, 31 January 2026

A victim of torture in a Rostov prison hospital has been questioned as a witness.

Following the reopening of the investigation into abuse of power by staff at Rostov Prison Hospital MOTB-19, one patient has been questioned as a witness, but he does not yet have victim status. Investigators are gathering materials for the case.

00:39, 31 January 2026

The seizure of property from former Kuban judge Chernov has been approved.

The Court of Cassation refused to change the decision to seize the property of the former chairman of the Krasnodar Regional Court, Alexander Chernov, in favor of the state.

23:40, 30 January 2026

Protesting students joined the rally outside the Georgian Parliament.

Students and faculty from Georgia's two largest universities held new protests against the government's decision to merge the universities, and then joined a rally outside the parliament building on Rustaveli Avenue.

22:41, 30 January 2026

A court in Krasnodar confiscated the property and business of Aslan Trakhov and his son.

The Prosecutor General's Office's second claim for the confiscation of assets of former head of the Adygea Supreme Court Aslan Trakhov and his son, former chairman of the Prikubansky District Court of Krasnodar Rustem Trakhov, has been upheld.

21:44, 30 January 2026

The Ministry of Justice has declared the "Watch in Volgograd" project a foreign agent.

The anti-corruption project "Watch in Volgograd"*, created by activist Evgeny Kochegin, has been added to the register of foreign agents. Project representatives stated that the Ministry of Justice has classified random individuals and even deceased people as their participants.

20:47, 30 January 2026

A contract soldier from the Volgograd region was killed in Ukraine.

Andrei Minakov from the Novoanninsky District was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,650 soldiers from the Volgograd Region have been officially recognized as killed.

19:51, 30 January 2026

Kadyrov called Suleiman Kerimov "brother" 15 months after threatening blood feuds.

The head of Chechnya posted a photo with Senator Suleiman Kerimov from Dagestan, whom he threatened with blood feud amid the Wildberries conflict in the fall of 2024. In the caption, Ramzan Kadyrov called Kerimov his brother.

19:17, 30 January 2026

Two Dagestani residents are suspected of extremism.

Investigators suspect two residents of Dagestan of involvement in an organization that studied and distributed extremist materials.

Alikhan Tsakayev and Ramzan Kadyrov, photo from the Grozny State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company website https://grozny.tv/news/main/74840

19:12, 30 January 2026

The new title recalled the investigation into the circumstances of the detention of the head of the Chechen Ministry of Emergency Situations.

Alikhan Tsakayev was awarded the rank of lieutenant general almost two years after the high-profile arrest of the head of the Chechen Ministry of Emergency Situations in Dagestan and the Investigative Committee's silence on the results of its investigation into the conflict between an official close to Kadyrov and local security forces.

18:40, 30 January 2026

Social media users debated attempts to frame the victim for a murder in Dagestan.

The murder of Malvina Magomedova, whose charred remains were found in Dagestan, was the result of her choice to marry a man with multiple criminal records, several social media users pointed out. Other commenters countered that the habit of blaming the victim distracts attention from the main issue—the killer's responsibility.

18:23, 30 January 2026

The Elbrus cable car accident case has reached court.

The investigation into the collapse of a chairlift on Mount Elbrus, which killed three people in September, has been completed. Eleven passengers on the chairlift also suffered injuries.

17:32, 30 January 2026

A Dagestani soldier was killed in the SVO zone.

Alijadzhi Rabadanov from Kaspiysk was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,788 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

17:24, 30 January 2026

A member of an influential family left Chechnya due to a death threat.

Human rights activists helped a young man from an influential Chechen family avoid reprisals from his relatives by organizing his evacuation from the republic.

16:25, 30 January 2026

Authorities have not yet begun pumping fuel oil from the parts of the tankers that sank near Anapa.

Work is underway to install cofferdam piles in the Kerch Strait, while the protective structures themselves have already been installed over the sunken parts of fuel oil tankers. Pumping will begin only after the piles are installed, Rosmorrechflot reported.

15:25, 30 January 2026

Two soldiers from the Astrakhan region were killed in a military operation.

Dmitry Dryanin and Pavel Nikeshin were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 685 soldiers from the Astrakhan region have been officially recognized as killed.

14:26, 30 January 2026

The defense cited the deterioration of Narek Samsonyan's condition as a consequence of his imprisonment.

Narek Samsonyan, co-author of the "Imnemnimi" podcast, was brought to the Yerevan court hearing in a wheelchair. His defense and the opposition blamed his condition on his imprisonment and a 15-day hunger strike.

13:25, 30 January 2026

Authorities have officially acknowledged that more than 8,550 fighters from southern Russia were killed in the military operation.

At least 4,213 fighters from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,344 from the Southern Federal District have been acknowledged by authorities and security forces as killed during the military operation in Ukraine.

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