The Krasnoselsky District Court of St. Petersburg has remanded Nurdi Shamaev, a lawyer and native of Chechnya, in custody pending trial on charges of publicly justifying terrorism. He will remain in a pre-trial detention center until November 4.

Lenur Khalilov, a 58-year-old Crimean Tatar sentenced by a Russian court to 18 years in prison, is in critical condition at the Arkhangelsk Region Federal Penitentiary Service hospital. He suffers from metastatic liver cancer, Hepatitis C, hypertension, and other ailments. This information was reported by the Crimean Tatar Resource Center and the Memorial Human Rights Center.

Overnight into September 25, Ukrainian drones attacked fuel-energy and military-industrial facilities across various Russian regions. The Russian Defense Ministry reported intercepting and destroying 592 UAVs over Russian territory (including the Kuban and Don regions), occupied Crimea, and the Black Sea. Casualties have been reported.

Ingushetia, Chechnya, and Dagestan rank among the Russian regions with the highest shares of overdue loan debt. Data for the second quarter of 2026 comes from a study by the "For Borrowers' Rights" project—part of the "People's Front" (Narodny Front) civic movement—with findings published by Readovka.News.

In a new report titled "Nowhere Safe: Exporting the Rule of Fear Beyond Borders — Transnational Repression by the Russian Federation," UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Russia Mariana Katzarova examines the persecution of Chechens outside the country against the backdrop of a sharp rise in cases of transnational repression by Russian authorities.

Russia could halt gas supplies to Armenia starting November 1 if Yerevan fails to meet a number of political demands set by Moscow. This was reported by the Armenian newspaper *Hraparak*, citing its own sources.

Georgian Foreign Minister Maka Bochorishvili encountered a protest by Georgian expatriates in New York. The demonstration took place outside the restaurant Ubani, where the minister had arrived accompanied by representatives of the Foreign Ministry, Netgazeti reports.

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, Russian air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 40 fixed-wing drones over Russian territory and occupied Crimea during the night of September 24. The Rostov region and Krasnodar Krai were among the areas targeted.

Rescuers have discovered the bodies of two climbers who went missing while ascending Mount Dykh-Tau in the Bezengi Gorge, located in the Chereksky District of Kabardino-Balkaria. Regional branches of the Ministry of Emergency Situations (EMERCOM) and the Investigative Committee reported the discovery.

A preliminary forensic report on the death of 14-year-old Maryam indicates that she likely took her own life. Norwegian police announced this finding after receiving the autopsy results.