A serviceman from the Astrakhan region was killed in Ukraine. December 24, 2025 11:15 Asylbek Dosaliev was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 663 soldiers from the Astrakhan region have been confirmed killed.
A drone was shot down in the Volgograd region. December 24, 2025 09:31 Military forces shot down a drone launched from Ukraine in the Volgograd region.
43 Azerbaijani families have been returned to the former Karabakh conflict zone. December 24, 2025 08:50 Today, 169 members of Azerbaijani families who fled the Karabakh conflict returned to the villages of Sos and Khorovlu. In total, more than 24,000 Azerbaijanis from 6,206 families have returned to Karabakh's towns and villages.
A fighter from Khasavyurt was killed in a military operation. December 24, 2025 07:35 Gasan Antayev was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,742 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.
A Volgodonsk resident was arrested for desecrating a monument to the commander of the Pskov paratroopers. December 24, 2025 06:38 In Volgodonsk, a monument to Hero of Russia Sergei Molodov, who commanded the 6th Company of Pskov Paratroopers, was doused with green paint and defaced with graffiti. A local resident was detained and charged with desecrating monuments.
Journalist Ganimat Zahid sentenced in Baku December 24, 2025 05:38 A Baku court found journalist Ganimat Zahid guilty of inciting violence against the state and sentenced him in absentia to seven years in prison.
The court rejected Valentina Shostak's complaint about the investigation's inaction. December 24, 2025 04:39 Valentina Shostak, an activist from Goryachy Klyuch, filed a complaint against the investigator's inaction, who refused to consider her complaint about possible crimes committed during the September 12-14 elections and forwarded it to the regional electoral commission. The court dismissed the complaint.
A soldier was convicted in Nalchik for going AWOL. December 24, 2025 03:40 A military court in Nalchik sentenced Abdullah Umarov to one year in prison after he left his military unit without permission and was absent for about a month.
A Kuban animal rights activist has been summoned again for questioning in a case of discrediting the army. December 24, 2025 02:41 Tikhoretsk animal welfare inspector Denis Dzhalaganiya was summoned to the police again for questioning in connection with a case of discrediting the army. The summons was prompted by another complaint from Stavropol animal rights activist Oksana Zhiteneva, who had previously attempted to accuse Dzhalaganiya of a similar offense.
A soldier in Nalchik received a prison sentence for evading military service. December 23, 2025 23:38 A court in Nalchik sentenced Vaisul Karagulov to one year in prison, finding him guilty of leaving his unit without permission during mobilization.
A soldier from Kabardino-Balkaria was killed in a military operation. December 23, 2025 22:36 Zalim Tutukov from the Leskensky district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly acknowledged that at least 350 soldiers from Kabardino-Balkaria have been killed there.
A believer from the Krasnodar region has been convicted of extremism. December 23, 2025 21:41 The Sovetsky District Court of Krasnodar sentenced Anatoly Yevtushenko to two years in prison, finding him a member of an extremist cell. During the court hearing, Yevtushenko pleaded not guilty and did not recant his beliefs.
The Dolphins headquarters asked internet users for support. December 23, 2025 19:09 During the New Year holidays, several dozen people are expected to arrive to clean up fuel oil in the Temryuk district, where deposits of old emissions are regularly discovered, the Dolphins headquarters reported, asking social media users to order groceries.
A soldier from the Volgograd region was killed in the SVO zone. December 23, 2025 17:50 Andrei Volodin was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,595 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.
A resident of Adygea was convicted of recruiting for a terrorist organization. December 23, 2025 17:30 The court sentenced a Central Asian man to 15 years in prison for allegedly attempting to recruit underage female residents of Maykop to join a terrorist organization.
Mearakishvili refused to eat in police custody December 23, 2025 17:07 Activist Tamara Mearakishvili was found in a Ministry of Internal Affairs detention center after disappearing from her apartment in Tskhinvali, where she refused to eat. She is suspected of espionage, and her detention has attracted the attention of Tbilisi.
A contract soldier from Zhirnovsk was killed in combat. December 23, 2025 16:34 Igor Pankratov was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,594 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.
The mitigation of the sentence in the case of Dzhabiev's death shocked the victims. December 23, 2025 16:01 The Supreme Court of South Ossetia has reduced the sentences of the police officers convicted in the torture and death of Inal Dzhabiev, and released one of them. The court's decision came as a surprise to Dzhabiev's widow and her lawyer, who had demanded a harsher sentence.
A new threat of eviction has alarmed residents of a dormitory in the Elbrus region. December 23, 2025 15:02 Authorities have once again initiated the eviction of residents from a former government dormitory in the village of Neutrino. Residents who acquired ownership of this property many years ago and have already won a lawsuit are now at risk of ending up homeless.
The head of Krymsk has been detained on charges of abuse of power. December 23, 2025 14:02 Krymsk Mayor Yanis Budagov has been charged with abuse of power in transferring a plot of land to a local resident.