Chechnya’s prosecutor’s office says it has found no evidence that the parents and brother of Mansur Movlaev, who fled the republic, were abducted. The Investigative Committee registered a report about the disappearance of three family members and conducted a preliminary inquiry, but decided not to open a criminal case. The prosecutor’s office has ruled that the decision was lawful.

Ukrainian drones attacked Krasnodar Krai and Rostov Region overnight on 26 September. Fires broke out at two industrial sites in Krasnodar Krai’s Seversky District. Ukrainian officials later said one of the targets was the Ilsky oil refinery. According to the regional emergency response headquarters, three people were killed and two others injured.

Russia has resumed natural gas supplies to Armenia via the North Caucasus–Transcaucasia trunk pipeline. Gazprom Armenia announced the resumption.

Female members of the United National Movement (UNM) staged a protest performance outside the residence of Bidzina Ivanishvili, the founder of the ruling "Georgian Dream" party. IPN reports the event.

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.