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22:01, 28 October 2025

A fighter from Dagestan was killed in a military operation.

Ibragim Nutsalkhanov from Yuzhno-Sukhokumsk was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly named at least 1,623 Dagestani soldiers killed there.

19:52, 28 October 2025

Members of the Coalition for Change have announced a hunger strike outside the Georgian parliament.

Former Georgian parliament member and member of the opposition Coalition for Change, Gedevan Popkhadze, has announced a hunger strike in protest against the widespread persecution of activists. Several of his coalition colleagues have joined the protest.

17:54, 28 October 2025

The arrest of eight Russians in Baku has been extended for three months.

A Baku court extended the pretrial detention of eight Russian citizens accused of drug trafficking and cybercrime for another three months. One of them complained of a lack of effective medical care.

Residents of the Uchkhoz microdistrict. October 28, 2025. Video screenshot: https://news-dagestan.ru/other/2025/10/28/56471.html

16:57, 28 October 2025

Makhachkala officials are under investigation after residents complained about landscaping.

Investigators opened a case against Makhachkala administration officials following complaints from residents of the Uchkhoz microdistrict about the state of the roads.

16:01, 28 October 2025

Fuel oil spills occurred on the shore in Anapa.

Small amounts of fuel oil emissions were discovered today on the seashore in the village of Blagoveshchenskaya and on the Bugayskaya Spit.

15:03, 28 October 2025

A contract soldier from the Astrakhan region was killed in combat.

Anatoly Yarizov was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 637 soldiers from the Astrakhan region have been confirmed killed.

14:08, 28 October 2025

Journalist Sadygov received 54 fines in Tbilisi for participating in protests.

Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Sadigov, arrested in Tbilisi, was fined the equivalent of nearly $100,000 by the court on charges of participating in protests.

13:09, 28 October 2025

An interrogation in the case of a pensioner from Dinskaya turned into an investigation of his son.

The son of a 90-year-old pensioner from the Kuban village of Dinskaya, accused of indecent assault, has been questioned as a witness. An investigator examined the contents of the man's phone and found no relevant information, but has initiated an investigation into suspicions of concealing the crime.

12:12, 28 October 2025

An Astrakhan resident was sentenced to 15 years in prison for terrorism.

The court sentenced Vladimir Savin to a prison term, finding him a member of a terrorist organization who was planning explosions and an assassination attempt on a member of the Astrakhan Regional Duma.

Special operation in Ukraine. Video screenshot: Russian Ministry of Defense

11:12, 28 October 2025

The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 7,800.

At least 3,857 soldiers from the North Caucasus Federal District and 3,943 from the Southern Federal District have been officially recognized as killed in the military operation in Ukraine.

10:13, 28 October 2025

Three soldiers from the Volgograd region were killed in Ukraine.

Andrei Kosov, Nikolai Iletsky, and Yuri Shcherbin were killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,454 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

A dump truck loaded with sand at a site in Voskresenskoye. Photo: Kuban Emergency Response Team https://t.me/opershtab23/14346

09:15, 28 October 2025

230 tons of sand and fuel oil were removed from the beaches in the village of Voskresensky.

Over the course of three days, 230 tons of fuel oil-contaminated soil collected on the coast were removed to a temporary storage site in the Voskresensky village in Anapa.

Displaced persons being transported to the Khojavend district. October 28, 2025. A video still from APA https://t.me/apa_az/107198

08:17, 28 October 2025

30 Azerbaijani families returned to the Khojavend region

Today, 113 members of Azerbaijani families who fled during the Karabakh conflict returned to two settlements in the Khojavend region.

07:19, 28 October 2025

A fighter from Dagognei was killed in a military operation.

Ali Murtuzaliev was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,621 fighters from Dagestan have been confirmed killed.

06:19, 28 October 2025

The sentence in Dzhabiev's case was appealed by the convicted men and the Prosecutor General's Office of South Ossetia.

All parties to the Inal Dzhabiev murder trial were dissatisfied with the verdict, and the South Ossetian Prosecutor General's Office and the convicted men, following the victims, appealed it.

04:20, 28 October 2025

A Sumgait resident was convicted of plotting an attack on a synagogue.

A Baku court sentenced Sumgait resident Abdullah Aliyev to 13 years in prison, finding him guilty of ties to a terrorist organization and plotting an attack on a Mountain Jewish synagogue in Baku.

03:21, 28 October 2025

A former director was convicted in Sochi of embezzling property from a road company.

A Sochi court sentenced Safarbiy Napso, former director of the Dagomys Road Repair and Construction Department, to four years in prison, finding him guilty of embezzling property from the company. He is the cousin of former Russian State Duma deputy Yuri Napso.

02:22, 28 October 2025

More than 200 residents of Bataysk have requested compensation following a drone attack.

The first payments to residents of Bataysk whose apartments were damaged during the drone attack on October 21 will be received in the coming days.

01:25, 28 October 2025

Authorities have declared a high-rise building in Sochi habitable after a gas explosion.

Eleven apartments in a building on Timiryazev Street in Sochi were damaged by a gas explosion, but the building's supporting structures were not damaged, the mayor said.

23:56, 27 October 2025

More than 40 people are under investigation following protests in Gyumri.

Armenia's Investigative Committee has opened criminal cases against 41 protesters at Gyumri City Hall. They are accused of participating in mass riots and interfering with justice.

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