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23:47, 9 January 2026

Kaspiysk authorities reported the completion of repairs to the water main.

Work on the water main supplying Kaspiysk has been completed, and water supply will resume overnight, the city administration announced. Residents were outraged by officials' explanation that increased water consumption led to the accident.

22:48, 9 January 2026

Protesters in Tbilisi marched from the parliament to Freedom Square.

Participants in the march, on the 408th day of daily protests, supported activist Giorgi Tsulaia, who faces up to a year in prison for his protest on the sidewalk near parliament.

A video message from residents of the village of Temizhbeksky. Still from the video "Stavropol Notebook."

22:00, 9 January 2026

Residents of a village in Stavropol demanded that the head of the territorial department be replaced.

From December 30, when the power line was damaged due to bad weather, until January 4, residents of the village of Temizhbeksky were left without electricity and water.

21:01, 9 January 2026

Ulviyya Ali nominated for Free Press Award

Ulviya Ali, a journalist arrested in Azerbaijan in the Meydan TV case, has been nominated for the 2025 Free Press Awards by the international organization Free Press Unlimited. She is a finalist in the "Most Resilient Journalist" category.

19:57, 9 January 2026

Adam Kadyrov threatened to send Zelensky to Grozny.

Ramzan Kadyrov's third son, Adam, promised Vladimir Zelensky that he would deliver him to Grozny for trial if he received the order from his father or Putin.

Giorgi Tsulaia's case of "blocking sidewalks" has been returned for further investigation. Photo/https://www.sakartvelosambebi.ge/ge/akhali-ambebi/trotuarze-dgomis-sakme-reagirebistvis-politsiis-departaments-gadaetsa

18:52, 9 January 2026

The case against activist Tsulaia for "blocking sidewalks" has been returned for further investigation.

Giorgi Tsulaia, an activist with the United National Movement youth organization, faces up to a year in prison for protesting on the sidewalk in front of the parliament building. The court dismissed the administrative case, finding Tsulaia's actions to be criminal.

The road surface of the Transcaucasian Highway on the morning of January 9. Photo: South Ossetian Ministry of Emergency Situations / Telegram

17:55, 9 January 2026

Transkam is open to passenger cars

The Transcaucasian Highway, which connects Russia with South Ossetia, has been open to passenger vehicles since 4:30 p.m. Moscow time.

16:57, 9 January 2026

Activist Narek Samsonyan has declared a hunger strike.

A Yerevan court extended the pretrial detention of Narek Samsonyan and Vazgen Saghatelyan, co-authors of the "Imnemnimi" podcast, on charges of hooliganism. Following this ruling, Narek Samsonyan announced an indefinite hunger strike.

15:52, 9 January 2026

Azerbaijan sent its second batch of petroleum products to Armenia in three weeks.

Almost 2,000 tons of gasoline and diesel fuel will arrive in Armenia via Georgia.

Former internally displaced persons. January 9, 2026. Photo: Report https://report.az/ru/vnutrennyaya-politika/v-4-sela-agderinskogo-rajona-otpravilas-pervaya-gruppa-zhitelej

13:56, 9 January 2026

89 Azerbaijani families have returned to the former Karabakh conflict zone.

Today, 337 members of Azerbaijani families who fled during the Karabakh conflict returned to four villages. A total of 2,663 Azerbaijanis from 714 families have returned to villages in the Aghdere district.

Trolleybuses in Makhachkala. Still from a video by the Makhachkala administration https://t.me/makhachkalaofficial/14289

12:56, 9 January 2026

The mayor's office's idea to replace trolleybuses with electric buses has sparked skepticism among Makhachkala residents.

Makhachkala City Hall announced plans to auction off its trolleybus operation and use the proceeds to purchase electric buses, each costing 50 million rubles. Residents criticized the idea and recommended purchasing cheaper trolleybuses and buses.

11:56, 9 January 2026

A queue of cars formed in front of the Crimean Bridge.

Drivers of 525 vehicles are waiting their turn to cross the road bridge between Crimea and the Krasnodar Territory.

10:57, 9 January 2026

Seven fighters from Kuban were declared killed in a military operation.

In the Tuapse District, awards were presented to the relatives of soldiers killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 828 soldiers from the Krasnodar Territory have been officially recognized as killed.

Giorgi Gakharia. Photo: https://jnews.ge/55913/

09:58, 9 January 2026

Gakharia's arrest in connection with the dispersal of the "Gavrilov Night" protest has been upheld.

A Tbilisi court upheld the arrest in absentia of former Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia, who is accused of violently dispersing protesters in June 2019.

08:58, 9 January 2026

A drone was shot down in the Rostov region.

The military shot down one drone in the Rostov region, which last night became the only region in southern Russia where an aerial attack was recorded.

A serviceman in the military operation zone in Ukraine. Photo: Russian Ministry of Defense https://z.mil.ru

07:59, 9 January 2026

The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has exceeded 8,450.

At least 4,172 soldiers from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,280 from the Southern Federal District have been officially recognized as killed in the military operation in Ukraine.

Cars in front of Verkhniy Lars. Photo: North Ossetia Emergency Situations Ministry Directorate https://15.mchs.gov.ru/deyatelnost/press-centr/operativnaya-informaciya/5668115

06:59, 9 January 2026

A ban on travel along the Georgian Military Highway has been introduced.

Exit from North Ossetia via the Georgian Military Highway is prohibited for all types of transport due to deteriorating weather conditions.

05:59, 9 January 2026

A Chechen woman is seeking information about the fate of her kidnapped daughter.

Chechen native Julietta Khadzhimuradova has been trying for over 20 years to find her daughter, who was forcibly taken from her by a relative after her husband's death. The girl was taken to France, but disappeared shortly thereafter.

04:54, 9 January 2026

Two soldiers from North Ossetia were killed in combat.

Artem Sayapin and Sergei Kolomiets from the Mozdok district were killed in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, authorities have publicly named at least 538 North Ossetian fighters killed.

03:55, 9 January 2026

The prosecutor's office is looking into the prolonged water outage in Kaspiysk.

Telegram users expressed outrage at the Kaspiysk administration's failure to inform residents about the progress of city water main repairs and the timeline for resuming water supply. The prosecutor's office promised to provide a legal assessment of the situation.

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