The ban on heavy-duty vehicles on the Transkam Highway has been lifted. December 28, 2025 14:56 Restrictions on the movement of heavy trucks on the Transcaucasian Highway, which were introduced due to unsafe conditions, have been lifted.
Two soldiers from the Astrakhan region were killed in a military operation. December 28, 2025 13:56 Nikita Karnilov and Zhumabay Utegenov were killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 666 fighters from the Astrakhan region have been confirmed killed.
Telegram users criticized the firefighting efforts at a landfill in Novorossiysk. December 28, 2025 12:56 The fire at the Novorossiysk landfill is not shrinking despite efforts to extinguish it, the city's deputy mayor admitted. Telegram users deemed the authorities' efforts insufficient.
A locomotive derailment in Rostov-on-Don has caused train delays. December 28, 2025 11:57 Twenty-five passenger trains were delayed after a freight train's locomotive derailed in Rostov-on-Don. The prosecutor's office reported on its investigation into the incident.
A contract soldier from Uryupinsk was killed in combat. December 28, 2025 10:58 Sergei Pleshakov was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,603 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.
Human rights activists have called on Kokov to disclose data on how schoolchildren are taught their native languages. December 28, 2025 09:58 The Kabardino-Balkarian Ministry of Education refused to provide data on the number of schoolchildren of Kabardian and Balkar ethnicities who chose Russian as their native language. Students and their parents could have faced pressure to abandon the study of their national languages, human rights activists stated in a letter to the head of the republic.
Two regions of the Southern Federal District were hit by drone attacks. December 28, 2025 08:59 The Ministry of Defense reported that four drones were shot down overnight in the Volgograd and Rostov regions.
Georgian TV channel employee fired after critical remarks December 28, 2025 07:59 Kakha Melikidze, director of the pro-government Georgian Public Broadcaster, has been fired after making public statements criticizing the channel's editorial policy.
Drones were shot down in four districts of the Rostov region. December 28, 2025 06:57 Last night, the military shot down drones in the Kasharsky, Bokovsky, Chertkovsky, and Sholokhov districts of the Rostov region.
A fighter from Dagestan was killed in Ukraine. December 28, 2025 05:57 Murad Badirkhanov was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,751 soldiers from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.
A court in Nalchik sentenced a serviceman for leaving his unit without permission. December 28, 2025 04:55 The Nalchik Garrison Military Court sentenced Ratmir Zakuev, who had been absent from his duty station for about a month, to five years in a maximum security penal colony.
A group of former internally displaced persons returned to the village of Vengli in Azerbaijan. December 28, 2025 03:56 Ten families of former internally displaced persons have returned to the village of Vengli in the Agdere district and have been given keys to new apartments.
Logvinenko refuses to admit guilt in accepting a bribe December 28, 2025 02:57 Former Rostov-on-Don mayor Alexei Logvinenko invoked Article 51 of the Russian Constitution and refused to testify against himself during interrogations.
Akhalaia accused security forces of pressuring December 28, 2025 01:58 Former Georgian Defense Minister Bacho Akhalaia, arrested on charges of organizing violence at a protest, said he testified under pressure from security forces who threatened to arrest his wife.
21 drones were shot down over the Rostov and Volgograd regions. December 28, 2025 00:59 On the evening of December 27, air defense forces shot down 15 drones over the Rostov region and six drones over the Volgograd region.
A nurse at a sanatorium in Nalchik appealed her conviction for infecting patients. December 27, 2025 04:33 An appeal against the verdict was filed by a nurse at a private sanatorium in Nalchik, who was sentenced to four years in prison for infecting more than 70 people with hepatitis C and HIV.
Moldy Khabaev was convicted of assaulting a prison officer. December 27, 2025 03:35 Mould Khabaev, convicted of the 1995 attack on Budyonnovsk and serving his sentence, was sentenced to six years in prison for attacking a prison employee.
The former head of the village of Elbrus was convicted of land fraud. December 27, 2025 02:36 A court in Maykop found former Elbrus village head Uzeir Kurdanov and local resident Larisa Kadyrova guilty of fraud involving a plot of land in the Elbrus National Park and sentenced them to prison terms.
Elena Khoshtaria's arrest has been extended. December 27, 2025 01:37 A Tbilisi court has extended the pretrial detention of opposition politician Elene Khoshtaria, who is accused of defacing Kakha Kaladze's election poster.
A fighter from Akhtubinsk was killed in a special operation zone. December 27, 2025 00:38 Daniyar Kamendagaliev was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 664 soldiers from the Astrakhan region have been confirmed killed.