Isa Usmanov, a Chechen programmer from Germany, won the international AI hackathon, Voice Hack Night, held in San Francisco. The event was organized by OpenAI in partnership with the Cerebral Valley technology community.
By decision of the Kharkiv City Council, Ukraine, Kubanska Street has been renamed in honor of Dzhokhar Dudayev.
The Southern District Military Court sentenced Sagid Murtazaliev, the former head of the Dagestan Pension Fund, in absentia to life imprisonment. He was found guilty of organizing a murder and financing an illegal armed group.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) released a study on the parliamentary elections in Armenia, warning of the growing influence of opaque political promotion schemes online.
In Kabardino-Balkaria, basic military training has been organized for high school students and technical college students. Officially, the events are being held under the name "military-patriotic training."
The Southern District Military Court convicted Ibragim Nagoyev, a resident of Adygea. He was found guilty of involvement in an extremist group and sentenced to 11 years in prison. He was charged with disseminating separatist ideas with the goal of establishing a sovereign state within the Russian Federation.
Magomed Guseinov, a distinguished coach of the USSR and Russia in freestyle wrestling from Dagestan, recorded a video message to Russian President Vladimir Putin calling for order to be restored within the national wrestling federation, headed by Mikhail Mamiashvili.
The Gorny Benoy children's camp in the Nozhai-Yurtovsky District of Chechnya will be unable to accommodate its first campers due to ongoing landslides.
The Moscow Magistrate's Court has fined Damir Mukhetdinov, First Deputy Chairman of the Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of the Russian Federation. According to the court, the fine was for violating Part 2 of Article 5.26 of the Code of Administrative Offenses, which involved displaying images containing religious symbols in his office. Experts appointed by the prosecution believe that these paintings express disrespect for Orthodox symbols and promote the superiority of one faith over another.
In 2025, a decrease in the number of newly diagnosed drug addiction cases was observed in several regions of the North Caucasus Federal District. This information is based on reports from regional health authorities.
Humanitarian aid intended for families affected by the flooding was delivered to the village of Troitskoye in Ingushetia's Sunzhensky District. The shipment, including food and household items, arrived from Dagestan.