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A protester in Tbilisi on the 427th day holds a banner reading, "Who ate the country!" Photo: TV Pirveli / https://tvpirveli.ge/ka/siaxleebi/sazogadoeba/120155-utskveti-protestis-427-e-dge-rustavelis-gamzirze-saprotesto-aqtsia-mimdinar

22:37, 28 January 2026

Freed activists joined protesters in Tbilisi

Supporters of Georgia's European integration gathered for a protest outside the parliament building in Tbilisi for the 427th day in a row. Activists who had served sentences for blocking a sidewalk also participated.

21:42, 28 January 2026

Abkhazia netizens were outraged by the announcement of an English teacher as a spy.

British citizen and English teacher Kuldip Singh was expelled from Abkhazia after being accused of espionage. Social media users pointed out the lack of evidence for the accusations.

20:51, 28 January 2026

A court in Nalchik convicted a military man of fraud against wounded soldiers.

The Nalchik Garrison Military Court sentenced serviceman Alexander Pavlyukov to nine years in a maximum-security penal colony for fraud against wounded soldiers, whom he promised evacuation from the front lines for money.

A still of Rustavi Azot employees in Georgia going on strike. January 28, 2026. Photo: TvPirveli / https://tvpirveli.ge/ka/siaxleebi/sazogadoeba/120133-gapitsva-rustavis-azotis-qarkhanashi-tanamshromlebi-khelpasebis-matebas-itk

20:08, 28 January 2026

Workers at Georgia's largest chemical plant have gone on strike.

Several hundred employees of Rustavi Azot have declared a strike in the city of Rustavi. The employees are demanding higher wages, otherwise they have vowed to engage in continuous protests and paralyze the work process.

Khadijat Kadyrova. Photo: https://chechnya.gov.ru/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/RK_Taymaskhanov_Galas_31012024_4.jpg

19:52, 28 January 2026

Kadyrova Khadizhat (Karina)

Khadizhat (Karina) Ramzanovna Kadyrova is the second daughter of Ramzan Kadyrov and a Chechen statesman. Since 2024, she has served as First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Chechen Government and Head of Administration.

Alexander Khachaturov. Photo: Alexander Khachaturov's social media

19:34, 28 January 2026

A father is seeking to establish the cause of death of a Volgograd resident in the SVO zone.

Ernest Khachaturov questions the forensic examination findings, which identified heart disease as the cause of his son Alexander's death in the SVO zone. He is demanding a re-examination. According to his fellow soldiers, Alexander Khachaturov was killed in action.

18:56, 28 January 2026

The Investigative Committee has opened a case against a former judge from Sochi.

Investigative Committee Chairman Alexander Bastrykin has opened a criminal case against Valery Sluka, a retired judge of the Sochi Central District Court. The case involves seven counts of mismanagement of municipal land plots in Sochi.

18:12, 28 January 2026

Ullubiy Khanmurzaev ended his hunger strike in the detention center.

Ullubiy Khanmurzaev, the former head of the Buinaksk district and a suspect in fraud, ended his week-long hunger strike in Makhachkala's Pretrial Detention Center No. 1. According to investigators, he instructed local school directors to fictitiously employ his common-law wife.

17:43, 28 January 2026

A court has reduced the sentence of a Sochi teacher in a case involving a swastika display.

A court in Krasnodar reduced the sentence of 54-year-old teacher Irina Kostrova by two months. She was convicted of using a Nazi-era propaganda poster on social media. She will now serve one year and four months in a penal colony.

Beach in the Temryuk district. January 2026. Photo: https://t.me/opershtab23/14901

17:03, 28 January 2026

Volunteers reported fuel oil deposits on the shore.

Old fuel oil emissions and nets left over from washed-out protective embankments have been discovered on the shores of Anapa and the Temryuk district, volunteers reported.

Nurlan Gakhramanli. Photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/DGTDtUzMO79/ belongs to the Meta company, which is banned in Russia.

16:04, 28 January 2026

The condition of the Meydan TV case suspect on hunger strike in pretrial detention has worsened.

Journalist Nurlan Gahramanli, who is on a hunger strike, reported that his blood pressure had risen. Only after Gahramanli's lack of assistance became public did prison doctors come to him.

16:01, 28 January 2026

Two soldiers from the Volgograd region were killed in the SVO zone.

Mikhail Turobov and Sergei Timokhin have been killed in combat since the start of the military operation in Ukraine. At least 1,648 fighters from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

15:01, 28 January 2026

The attack on security forces in Dagestan was the third in nine months.

Law enforcement sources reported a shootout in which two unidentified individuals were killed after allegedly opening fire on law enforcement officers. However, there are no visible signs of a shootout in the photos of the car the victims were traveling in.

13:00, 28 January 2026

Ingush authorities see the Sunzha landfill situation as a threat to their reputation.

The Sunzha authorities' sluggish response to residents' complaints about an illegal dump has drawn federal attention to the problem and created an "uncontrollable reputational risk," the head of the regional control center complained to the Ingush government. This discussion came amid a statement by an Interior Ministry general that unresolved housing and utilities issues are fueling protest activity.

12:04, 28 January 2026

A new drone attack has been recorded in two regions of the Southern Federal District.

This morning, the military shot down two drones in the Astrakhan region and one in the Krasnodar region.

A water truck in Gukovo. Photo from the Rostov Region Minister of Housing and Communal Services' Telegram channel https://t.me/Pshenichnaya_AU/1980

11:09, 28 January 2026

The investigation found the prolonged lack of water in Gukovo residents' homes to be the result of negligence.

Two criminal cases have been opened in connection with the prolonged water outage in homes of residents of Gukovo, Zverevo, and several villages in the Rostov region. Investigators stated that officials failed to promptly address the emergency and committed violations in water delivery.

People at a temporary accommodation center in Novaya Adygeya. Photo from Asker Savva's Telegram channel https://t.me/savv_asker/7278

10:11, 28 January 2026

Residents of houses in Novaya Adygeya submitted about 1,000 requests for assistance to the authorities.

Authorities have received approximately 1,000 requests for financial assistance from residents of houses damaged in the airstrike in Novaya Adygeya. Twenty-five people are currently being held at a temporary shelter.

09:14, 28 January 2026

The military shot down 30 drones in four regions of the Southern Federal District.

Last night, 24 drones were shot down in the Krasnodar Krai, four in the Astrakhan Region, and one each in the Rostov and Volgograd Regions. Another nine drones were destroyed over the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea.

Displaced persons return to Khorovlu. January 28, 2026. Photo: Report https://report.az/ru/vnutrennyaya-politika/v-selo-horovluv-vyehala-ocherednaya-gruppa-byvshih-vynuzhdennyh-pereselencev

08:15, 28 January 2026

20 Azerbaijani families returned to the village of Khorovlu

Today, members of 20 Azerbaijani families who fled the village during the Karabakh conflict returned to the village of Khorovlu in the Jabrayil region.

07:15, 28 January 2026

Seven fighters from the Volgograd region have been declared killed in Ukraine.

Authorities in the Sredneakhtubinsky District presented awards to the relatives of soldiers killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,646 soldiers from the Volgograd Region have been officially recognized as killed.

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