About 30 Chechen refugees and oppositionists were placed in repatriation centers in Turkey, from where they could be deported to the Russian Federation. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan issued a statement about the “exceptionality of such a situation.”
Former Prime Minister and President of the Russian Federation, current Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev visited Chechnya. He was met at the airport by the head of the republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, and members of his entourage.
The smallest payments on mortgage loans are made by residents of Chechnya (10.4 thousand rubles per month) and Ingushetia (10.9 thousand rubles). The highest mortgage payments in relation to income were recorded among residents of Karachay-Cherkessia (paying on average about 92% of monthly earnings), Tuva (83%) and North Ossetia (78%).
In the ranking of Russian cities by area of apartments under construction, Stavropol took 14th place - 1.7 sq. m. m per inhabitant. These data were provided by analysts from DOM.RF and Rosstat.
Georgia must be admitted to the European Union to avoid Russian domination of the Black Sea. This was stated by the country's President Salome Zurabishvili at the Munich Security Conference.
Armenia is not an ally of Russia on the issue of Ukraine. This was stated by Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan at a meeting with representatives of the Armenian diaspora in Germany. “It pains us very much that we cannot influence this situation. The Ukrainian people are friendly people,” the politician said.
In the urban village of Okny, Podolsky district, Odessa region, a park has been renamed. It is named after the volunteer Chechen battalion named after Sheikh Mansur.
The murder of Alexei Navalny would be devastating and tragic for human rights and democracy around the world. This will again prove what kind of regime exists in Russia today. This is the opinion of Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili, which she shared in an interview with Bloomberg.
Ukraine received $1 million in humanitarian aid from Azerbaijan in the form of electrical equipment.
According to the annual report of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Armenia (SVR), a "unfreezing" of the country's membership in the CSTO in 2026 is unlikely, while its assessment of the prospects for relations remains unchanged from last year's.
Security forces reported the death of a Kislovodsk resident during an arrest on suspicion of involvement in the plotting of the terrorist attack foiled in Stavropol in December 2025.
A memorial plaque to journalist Anna Politkovskaya, installed on the Moscow building where she was killed, was destroyed twice in one day, Radio Liberty reported, citing the Telegram channel SOTA. The toppled and smashed temporary plaque bore the same inscription as the original.