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Chechnya and Ingushetia are among the regions with the lowest rental affordability
Economy
Chechnya and Ingushetia are among the regions with the lowest rental affordability
27 October 2025

According to RIA Rating, rental affordability in most regions of the North Caucasus Federal District (NCFD) is significantly lower than the Russian average.

Pashinyan recalled the nearly two-year peace with Azerbaijan
Politics
Pashinyan recalled the nearly two-year peace with Azerbaijan
27 October 2025

It's been a year and eight months since there have been any fatalities on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan as a result of gunfire. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan reiterated this.

Moscow is ready to strengthen cultural ties with Azerbaijan.
News
Moscow is ready to strengthen cultural ties with Azerbaijan.
27 October 2025

Mikhail Shvydkoy, Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for International Cultural Cooperation, announced Russia's readiness to fully resume humanitarian cooperation with Azerbaijan.

A gift to the Kremlin? Germany deported the Khangoshvili family to Georgia
Politics
A gift to the Kremlin? Germany deported the Khangoshvili family to Georgia
26 October 2025

Germany deported to Georgia 12 relatives of former Chechen field commander Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, who was killed in Berlin by an FSB officer. On October 23, police broke down the door to Zelimkhan's brother's apartment in Wünsdorf, Brandenburg. That same day, he and his family were taken to Berlin Airport. Learn more in our video.

A new criminal case has been opened against the mayor of Gyumri
Society
A new criminal case has been opened against the mayor of Gyumri
26 October 2025

Vardan Ghukasyan, the mayor of Gyumri, Armenia's second-largest city by population, has been charged with new statements regarding his comments on a possible union with other states. Investigators have characterized these statements as "public calls to renounce the country's sovereignty" (Article 422, Part 2 of the Armenian Criminal Code). The defense claims the charges are politically motivated, citing international norms.

Russia released Azerbaijani Yusif Khalilov following the return of Yevgeny Belousov
Politics
Russia released Azerbaijani Yusif Khalilov following the return of Yevgeny Belousov
26 October 2025

As a result of mutual agreements between Moscow and Baku, a detainee exchange took place. Russia released Yusif Khalilov, the leader of the Azerbaijani diaspora in Voronezh, in response to Azerbaijan's release of Yevgeny Belousov, editor-in-chief of Sputnik Azerbaijan.

Germany deported Zelimkhan Khangoshvili's relatives to Georgia
Human rights
Germany deported Zelimkhan Khangoshvili's relatives to Georgia
25 October 2025

German authorities deported 48 people to Georgia, including the brother and other relatives of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, a Chechen field commander and Georgian native killed in 2019.

Mehman Huseynov called the Azerbaijani president's family
Politics
Mehman Huseynov called the Azerbaijani president's family "agents of Russia."
25 October 2025

Prominent Azerbaijani opposition blogger, human rights activist, and former political prisoner Mehman Huseynov published a video with the caption: "The thief Ilham Aliyev and his family are agents of Russia. The Aliyev family has occupied our country."

Moscow Adds Azerbaijani Publicist to Foreign Agent List
Human rights
Moscow Adds Azerbaijani Publicist to Foreign Agent List
24 October 2025

Russia has added Ruslan Suleymanov, an Azerbaijani orientalist and employee of the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy (ADA) and the CBC-Azerbaijan television channel, to its list of foreign agents.

An activist convicted of supporting Shamil Basayev has declared a hunger strike
Human rights
An activist convicted of supporting Shamil Basayev has declared a hunger strike
24 October 2025

Political prisoner Darya Polyudova, serving her sentence in Correctional Colony No. 8 in Kostroma, has declared a hunger strike. She is drinking only water. This decision is due to the pressure she is facing in the prison colony.