The Khasavyurt City Court of Dagestan has issued a verdict against police officers Shamil Aliyev and Ramazan Saypulayev, as well as operational commissioner Maya Akhmedova. Their case concerned accusations of torture and fabricated criminal charges against Yulduz Kurashova, according to the "Team Against Torture."

On the night of May 26, opposition journalist Afgan Sadigov posted a video message from Baku airport, claiming that authorities had prevented him from leaving Azerbaijan.

Georgia celebrates Independence Day on May 26. 108 years ago, in 1918, Georgia's democratic government declared independence from the Russian Empire.

A court in Cherkessk (Karabakh-Cherkess Republic) fined Jamal Bostanov three thousand rubles. The local resident was found guilty of distributing materials deemed extremist (Article 20.29 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation).

The Armenian publication ZARTNIR.MEDIA reported today on alleged documents from Russian intelligence agencies regarding the upcoming June 7 elections in Armenia and a possible change of power in the country. The authors of the publication claim that the documents were obtained after hacking the phone of a Russian intelligence officer. There is currently no independent confirmation of the authenticity of the materials.

The former head of the Alushta Muslim community, Lenur Khalilov, has been in a Federal Penitentiary Service medical facility in the Arkhangelsk region for two months. He is being held due to serious illnesses, including liver cancer.

The opposition party "Gakharia for Georgia" will introduce a parliamentary resolution protesting the "deepening alliance" agreement concluded between Russia and South Ossetia, as well as Moscow's policy of annexing Georgian regions. This information was announced at a briefing by party representative MP Shalva Kereselidze.

Heavy rainfall in the North Caucasus has caused widespread flooding in Ingushetia. According to the regional office of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, more than 60 private homes and adjacent areas were damaged in the republic.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced at a briefing that the poverty rate in the country had decreased to 7.1% in 2025, lifting approximately 90,000 citizens out of poverty. He attributed this progress to improved economic indicators.

Margarita Simonyan, head of Russian state-run media outlets Russia Today and Sputnik, once again harshly criticized Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, calling on the country's citizens to "destroy" him. She asserted that voting for Pashinyan would only be possible under the influence of a powerful hallucinogenic drug.