A second teenager has been arrested in Adygea in connection with a sabotage case. March 17, 2026 15:01 A court in Maykop has remanded in custody another teenager, whom investigators believe was involved in the arson of cellular communications equipment.
Residents of a Dagestani village considered the problem of road flooding to be critical. March 17, 2026 14:03 Roads in the village of Novokuli regularly flood after rainfall, creating serious problems for pedestrians, and authorities are taking no action, villagers complained. The Investigative Committee reported on a criminal investigation into violations of the rights of village residents.
A man was injured in a drone attack in Slavyansk-on-Kuban. March 17, 2026 13:04 A person injured in an airstrike in Slavyansk-on-Kuban has been hospitalized. Several residential buildings in the city were damaged, and authorities have begun investigating the damage.
A serviceman from Kabardino-Balkaria was convicted of evading military service. March 17, 2026 12:06 The court sentenced Aslan Kazharov, a resident of the Urvan district, to six years in prison for twice leaving his military unit without permission during mobilization.
38 drones were shot down in four regions of the Southern Federal District. March 17, 2026 11:08 During the night, the military shot down 28 drones in the Krasnodar region, six in the Rostov region, three in the Astrakhan region, and one in Adygea.
Witness testimony strengthened the case of human rights activist Safarov's innocence. March 17, 2026 10:12 Prosecution witnesses in the case of human rights activist Rufat Safarov did not confirm the investigation's version of events in court. The defendant himself insists that the case was fabricated at the behest of the Azerbaijani authorities.
82 Azerbaijani families have returned to the former Karabakh conflict zone. March 17, 2026 09:13 Today, 368 members of Azerbaijani families who fled during the Karabakh conflict returned to seven villages in the Aghdere, Khojavend, and Jabrayil districts.
Activist Sherchenkov held a picket in Yerevan in support of Sidiki. March 17, 2026 08:16 Alexander Sherchenkov held a solo picket near the Russian embassy in Armenia demanding the release of Ruslan Sidiki, who was convicted in Russia and complained of torture after his arrest.
A drone attack was recorded in the Rostov region. March 17, 2026 07:24 Military personnel shot down drones in the Kamensky District of the Rostov Region. According to the governor, there were no injuries.
More than 5 million rubles have been paid to residents of Slavyansk-on-Kuban who suffered as a result of drone attacks. March 17, 2026 06:50 Slavyansk-on-Kuban authorities have paid over 5.3 million rubles to residents whose property was damaged as a result of drone attacks in November and December of last year.
A train carrying diesel fuel was sent from Azerbaijan to Armenia. March 17, 2026 05:50 A batch of diesel fuel totaling approximately 4,500 tons was sent from Azerbaijan to Armenia.
A lawyer reported pressure on Igor Paskar in prison. March 17, 2026 04:51 Volgograd resident Igor Paskar, convicted of setting fire to a rug outside the FSB building in Krasnodar, was sent to solitary confinement three times before being declared a repeat offender and placed in a cell-type facility, his lawyer reported.
Maksim Bondarenko's property has been confiscated. March 17, 2026 03:52 A court, following a lawsuit filed by the prosecutor's office, confiscated the property of former Primorsko-Akhtarsk head Maksim Bondarenko. He intends to appeal the decision.
The Supreme Court found evidence of a crime in Kvarchia's actions. March 17, 2026 02:53 The Supreme Court of Abkhazia has ruled that the actions of MP Kan Kvarchia during the incident at the Abkhaz Herald newspaper's offices last November contain elements of a crime under the article on threats of murder.
A Dagestani resident has been convicted of inciting extremism. March 17, 2026 01:54 A court in Dagestan sentenced a resident of the village of Urgula in the Tsumadinsky District to a suspended sentence after finding him guilty of inciting extremism for a Telegram post.
A Baku court announced the verdict in the case of Ryan and Mammadli. March 17, 2026 00:55 French citizen Martin Ryan was sentenced to ten years in prison on charges of espionage, and Azerbaijani Azad Mammadli received 12 years in prison on charges of treason.
A teenager was arrested in Adygea on charges of sabotage. March 16, 2026 23:59 A court in Maykop has placed a minor accused of setting fire to an MTS mobile phone base station in pretrial detention.
Pro-European protests in Georgia have continued for 474 days. March 16, 2026 23:01 Participants in a meeting on Rustaveli Avenue on the 474th day of protests reminded Georgian Dream representatives of the findings of the OSCE Moscow Mechanism report.
A Kizilyurt resident complained about conditions at the city hospital. March 16, 2026 22:24 A mother of young children criticized the work of the children's department at Kizilyurt Central Hospital and asked the competent authorities to inspect the department's sanitary conditions.
Authorities reported on the removal of nets from the protective embankment on the coast of Anapa. March 16, 2026 21:34 On the Anapa coast, specialists are completing the removal of nets from the protective embankment. The work covered areas from the Central Beach to Tortuga Beach in the village of Vityazevo, along the spit, and in the village of Blagoveshchenskaya.