Russia

October 08, 2025 15:18

• A believer from Karachay-Cherkessia has been convicted of extremism

  A court sentenced Svetlana Ogoreva, a resident of Karachay-Cherkessia, to a suspended sentence, deeming her attendance at Jehovah's Witnesses* services to constitute membership in an extremist organization. The defendant denied the extremism charge.

October 08, 2025 14:31

• The person who ordered the murder of Anna Politkovskaya has remained unpunished for 19 years

  Residents of Moscow and St. Petersburg today laid flowers at the grave of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, the Novaya Gazeta office, and a memorial to the victims of repression. Some of those convicted in her murder have already been released, but the mastermind behind the attack remains unconvicted, Politkovskaya's colleagues recalled on the 19th anniversary of her death.

October 07, 2025 15:03

• Aliyev congratulated Putin amid the crisis in relations between Moscow and Baku

  Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev called Vladimir Putin and congratulated him on his birthday amid worsening relations between Russia and Azerbaijan.

October 04, 2025 05:34

• Viktor Goncharov's arrest has been extended.

  The court remanded former Deputy Governor of the Rostov Region Viktor Goncharov in custody until November 5.

October 04, 2025 05:34

• Viktor Goncharov's arrest has been extended.

  The court remanded former Deputy Governor of the Rostov Region Viktor Goncharov in custody until November 5.

October 04, 2025 03:35

• The sentence against former Kuban judge Grachev was upheld.

  The cassation court upheld the sentence of former Temryuk District Court judge Pavel Grachev, who was sentenced to 8.5 years in prison for bribery and knowingly issuing an unjust decision. The sentence of the second defendant in the case, Isa Pliev, was also affirmed.

October 04, 2025 02:36

• Analysts have identified the reasons for the rise in fuel prices in southern Russia.

  The rise in fuel prices in southern Russia is linked to numerous attacks on oil refineries, as well as maintenance and harvesting. Residents of Chechnya and Dagestan fear that the gasoline hike will be followed by a surge in food and non-food prices.

October 04, 2025 01:37

• The director of a defense company in Rostov-on-Don has been convicted of fraud.

  A court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced former head of the Aircraft Instrument Repair Plant, Soslan Urumov, to six years in prison after finding him guilty of fraud in the repair of military equipment.

October 04, 2025 00:38

• Volgograd airport operations have been suspended.

  To ensure flight safety, temporary restrictions have been introduced at the Volgograd airport. Prior to these restrictions, telephone and mobile internet service was disrupted in the city.

October 03, 2025 23:39

• A Kuban resident was convicted of intending to join the LSR*

  A military court in Rostov-on-Don has sentenced Igor Yakovenko, who is accused of intending to leave Kuban for Ukraine and join an organization banned in Russia.

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