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10:00, 15 November 2025

17 drones were shot down in the Rostov region.

The Ministry of Defense reported 17 downed drones in the Rostov region, which became the only region in southern Russia where a drone attack was recorded overnight.

09:01, 15 November 2025

Drone attacks were recorded in two districts of the Rostov region.

The military shot down drones in the Sholokhov and Chertkovsky districts of the Rostov region.

Displaced persons on a bus. Photo: Report https://report.az/daxili-siyaset/isgaldan-azad-edilen-erazilere-daha-80-aile-kocurulub

08:02, 15 November 2025

80 Azerbaijani families have returned to the villages of Mammadbeyli and Khidirli.

Today, members of 80 Azerbaijani families who fled the villages of Mammadbeyli and Khidirli during the Karabakh conflict returned to their villages.

07:02, 15 November 2025

A fighter from North Ossetia was killed in Ukraine.

Alexander Drozdov from the Mozdok district was killed in a military operation in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 513 North Ossetian soldiers have been officially recognized as killed.

Alexander Cherkasov, Svetlana Gannushkina (included in the foreign agent registry), and Elena Milashina at a picket on the 10th anniversary of the murder of human rights activist Natalia Estemirova. Moscow, July 15, 2019. Video still from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAjuUTq8GCE

06:03, 15 November 2025

The ECHR found the detention of Gannushkina* at the memorial event for Estemirova a violation.

The ECHR awarded compensation to human rights activist Svetlana Gannushkina*, who was detained and fined after a picket on the 10th anniversary of the murder of Natalia Estemirova.

04:05, 15 November 2025

Rostovvodokanal director convicted of disclosing state secrets

The court sentenced Rostovvodokanal CEO Evgeny Yurkin to 1.5 years in a penal colony, finding him guilty of disclosing state secrets.

04:05, 15 November 2025

Suspects in the Sukhumi shooting have been detained.

The suspects in the November 11 shooting in Sukhumi have been detained. One of them was detained in Adler, and his transfer to Abkhazia is being considered. One of the people wounded in the shooting died in the hospital.

Screenshot of the publication of the Ministry of Culture of Chechnya https://vk.com/minkultchr ?z=photo-211441648_457240554%2Fwall-211441648_165002

03:07, 15 November 2025

Chechen authorities have banned the use of male elements in women's clothing

The Ministry of Culture of Chechnya has appealed to designers with a warning about the prohibition of using elements in women's clothing that originally belong to men's national clothing.

03:06, 15 November 2025

Garibashvili's apartment in Tbilisi has been seized.

Former Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili's apartment in Tbilisi's prestigious Vake district has been seized to secure his bail in a money laundering case.

01:08, 15 November 2025

Ramazan Ekazhev's case has reached court in Ingushetia.

A court in Ingushetia is hearing a case involving a plot to bomb an oil depot, for which local resident Ramazan Ekazhev has been in custody for two years. Alikhan Khidriev is also involved in the case, charged only with illegal trafficking of explosive devices.

00:57, 15 November 2025

Five drones were shot down over the Rostov region.

Five aircraft-type drones were shot down in the skies over the Rostov region in three hours.

23:58, 14 November 2025

Kuban authorities reported no new fuel oil emissions.

Today, an appellate court upheld a 35.5 billion ruble fine against the owner of one of the boats that sank in the Kerch Strait, carrying fuel oil. Meanwhile, authorities reported that no new oil spills had been detected on the coast.

23:14, 14 November 2025

Police blocked the road for protesters in Tbilisi.

On the 352nd day of continuous protests, security forces blocked Tabukashvili Street, preventing supporters of Georgia's European integration from continuing their march to the parliament building.

22:37, 14 November 2025

Five soldiers from Dagestan were killed in Ukraine.

Nabi Nabiyev, Azim Ramazanov, and three other Dagestani fighters were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have officially acknowledged at least 1,669 Dagestani fighters killed there.

21:55, 14 November 2025

A serviceman from Kabardino-Balkaria was convicted of abandoning his unit.

A court in Nalchik sentenced serviceman Kardanov to a prison term, finding him guilty of evading military service.

21:01, 14 November 2025

Dozens of apartments were damaged in Novorossiysk after a drone attack overnight.

The damage assessment commission following the overnight drone attack on Novorossiysk recorded damage to 60 apartments, city mayor Andrei Kravchenko reported.

20:31, 14 November 2025

Hunger strikers outside the Georgian parliament have called for increased protests.

Eight opposition members are continuing their hunger strike outside the Georgian parliament for the 18th day. They believe the hunger strikers should consolidate protests demanding the release of political prisoners and new parliamentary elections.

19:57, 14 November 2025

Apti Alaudinov threatened disloyal Z-bloggers with criminal charges.

Some Z-bloggers are either covert enemies of Russia or unknowingly serve its interests by criticizing Akhmat, stated unit commander Apti Alaudinov. He promised to eliminate such Z-bloggers "through legal means, through criminal prosecution," if they do not apologize.

Mzia Amaglobeli. https://ru.netgazeti.ge/67895/

18:50, 14 November 2025

The prosecutor's office is demanding a harsher sentence for Mzia Amaglobeli.

At the appeal hearing against the sentence of Mzia Amaglobeli, founder of the publications Batumelebi and Netgazeti, the state prosecutor demanded that the journalist's punishment be increased, qualifying her actions under the original charge.

18:45, 14 November 2025

Kerimov was under the protection of the Federal Protective Service during the conflict with Kadyrov.

After Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov threatened a blood feud amid the Wildberries conflict, Dagestan Senator Suleiman Kerimov sought refuge in a secret compound on Sparrow Hills in Moscow, which is under the control of the Federal Protective Service.

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A participant of the second Chechen military campaign, one of the field commanders close to Shamil Basaev and Aslan Maskhadov. Shot dead in Berlin in 2019.

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