North-Caucasian Federal District

May 30, 2026 12:11

• Fines imposed on Dagestan residents for social media logos have outraged Telegram users.

  In May, at least six people in Dagestan were fined for displaying the Instagram* logo on signs and in posts. Telegram users considered the security forces' zeal excessive.

May 30, 2026 11:12

• Gas supply to five Dagestani villages has been interrupted following a landslide.

  A landslide damaged a gas pipeline in the Buinaksk region, leaving residents of five villages without gas.

May 30, 2026 10:13

• A soldier was convicted in Nalchik for leaving his unit.

  A court in Nalchik sentenced Valery Tyshchenko to a prison term, finding him guilty of leaving his unit without permission during mobilization. A month earlier, the soldier had already been convicted on a similar charge.

May 30, 2026 08:30

• Residents of 42 settlements in Dagestan were left without electricity.

  Residents in four districts of Dagestan were left without power. A short circuit in the power grid has been blamed for the outage.

May 30, 2026 02:55

• The authenticity of Mintsayeva's video message has raised doubts among human rights activists and lawyers.

  The video of Belkisa Mintsayeva, who, after a month and a half of detention by security forces, declared herself fine, raises questions, particularly about why she didn't inform the human rights activists who were assisting her that she didn't need help.

May 30, 2026 02:10

• Security forces in Makhachkala did not release Prisyazhnyuk after his arrest ended.

  Kirill Prisyazhnyuk, after five days of administrative arrest in Makhachkala, was never released, and his wife, Sabikhat, was taken away for questioning after a search.

May 29, 2026 23:25

• A soldier from Stavropol Krai was killed in Ukraine.

  Stanislav Nemykin from the Novoaleksandrovsky district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have officially listed at least 947 soldiers from the Stavropol Krai as killed.

May 29, 2026 20:03

• A fighter from Kabardino-Balkaria was killed in Ukraine.

  Sergeant Dmitry Drobot was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 399 soldiers from Kabardino-Balkaria have been officially recognized as killed.

May 29, 2026 19:10

• A native of Stavropol received a prison sentence in a case of ISIS financing*.

  A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Arsen Biymurzaev, a native of the Stavropol region, to ten years in prison, finding him guilty of collecting 2.7 million rubles to finance the activities of militants of an international terrorist organization.

May 29, 2026 17:25

• Prisyazhnyuk's family reported that security forces attempted to break into their apartment in Makhachkala.

  Kirill Prisyazhnyuk, a former nationalist from St. Petersburg, was detained in Makhachkala and placed under administrative arrest for five days. His family was not informed of the reason for his arrest. His arrest expires today. Armed security forces are attempting to enter the apartment where his wife and children live.

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