The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don issued 425 convictions under Russia's "terrorism" laws in the first half of 2026, accounting for more than a third of all such rulings nationwide, according to a study by the human rights project First Department and the independent Parubets Analytics research centre.

Adam Kadyrov, the 18-year-old son of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, has been named an "honorary citizen" of Kurchaloy district. It is the latest in a series of awards and honorary titles received by the head of Chechnya's son, who has accumulated dozens of distinctions since autumn 2023.

Armenia is considering fully or partially replacing the Russian company that operates the country's railway network, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said. Yerevan hopes to resolve the issue with Moscow through compromise rather than taking what he described as "sharp decisions".

A court in the Stavropol Region sentenced a 40-year-old resident of the village of Staroizobilnenskaya to ten months of correctional labor for desecrating a mass grave of Soviet soldiers.