The Investigative Committee of Russia (ICR) is considering pilot error as the primary cause of the Ka-226 helicopter crash in Dagestan, which killed five people. This conclusion was reached after a preliminary analysis of the flight data recorder recovered from the crash site.

Afiyaddin Mamedov, a trade union activist imprisoned in Azerbaijan, has stopped contacting his family. 

Religious figure Akhmad Batlukhsky, who had previously criticized the local muftiate and its head, Akhmed Abdullayev, has been arrested in Dagestan. 

According to Memorial Human Rights Center, senior criminal investigator Miroshnichenko was dismissed from the FSB's Kabardino-Balkarian department "due to loss of trust."

Grain deliveries to Armenia via Azerbaijan have become possible thanks to Russia's efforts, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zakharova stated.

Azerbaijani political prisoner and opposition figure Tofig Yagublu has been awarded the prestigious World Freedom Congress award, according to his daughter, Nigar Hazi.

Приговоренный в Азербайджане к 18 годам исследователь талышской культуры Игбал Абилов продолжает научную деятельность в заключении. Виртуальная Талышская национальная академия объявила о начале приема статей для научного альманаха Acta Talyshica («Талышские исследования»), который будет издаваться под редакцией Абилова.

Ранее освобожденного по состоянию здоровья бывшего председателя мусульманской общины «Алушта» в Крыму Ленура Халилова снова задержали. По данным «Крымской солидарности», силовики пришли к нему домой. Ни Халилову, ни его жене не сообщили, куда его доставили.

Регионы Северного Кавказа значительно отстают от других субъектов РФ по уровню высоких зарплат, о чем свидетельствует рейтинг «РИА Новости».

The investigation against Khalid Nurmagomedov, former Deputy Minister of Education of Dagestan, has been completed and sent to the prosecutor's office. He is accused of systematically accepting bribes totaling over 60 million rubles between 2013 and 2023.