The head of the Azerbaijani community in the Urals, who replaced Shykhlinsky, has been arrested. December 03, 2025 23:39 The court arrested Vidadi Mustafayev, head of the Azerbaijani community in Ural, on charges of fraud. Mustafayev denied his guilt.
Protests against the construction of "Arab cities" preceded a rally outside the Georgian parliament. December 03, 2025 22:28 A rally demanding disclosure of the details of the agreement with the UAE company took place on Rustaveli Avenue outside the Eagle Hills office. Participants began collecting signatures for an online petition. The demonstrators then moved to the Georgian Parliament, where European integration supporters have been demonstrating for the 371st day in a row.
The court found the Russian Defense Ministry responsible for the plane crash in Yeysk. December 03, 2025 20:41 In Krasnodar, the regional court reversed its decision in a lawsuit filed by a family from Yeysk who suffered damage when a Su-34 bomber crashed into a residential building in October 2022.
Former Kuban Vice Governor Voronovsky has been arrested in a corruption case. December 03, 2025 18:40 Moscow's Basmanny Court has remanded former State Duma deputy Anatoly Voronovsky into custody on charges of accepting a particularly large bribe.
The task force reported on the cleanup of "minor emissions" of fuel oil in Anapa. December 03, 2025 17:40 Algae in fuel oil and small emissions were discovered on the Bugayskaya Spit. The task force described them as insignificant and reported cleaning up the beach area.
A Krasnodar journalist has been placed on the wanted list. December 03, 2025 16:39 The profile of Alexander Savelyev*, a journalist from Krasnodar and the author of the "Protocol" project who lives abroad, appeared in the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs' wanted list database. He suggested that the search may be related to prosecution under the article on "foreign agency."
Gultekin Hajibeyli is deprived of contact with her family in a Turkish deportation center. December 03, 2025 15:42 Azerbaijani opposition politician Gultekin Hajibeyli is not allowed to see her son at a Turkish deportation center. Turkish authorities have not provided official information on whether Hajibeyli will be deported to Azerbaijan.
A court in Dagestan has reduced the sentence of the former head of a comprehensive service center. December 03, 2025 14:55 The Supreme Court of Dagestan has reduced the suspended sentence for the head of a budgetary institution in a case involving the embezzlement of 11 million rubles to seven years.
A video about a fine for filming a drone attack has become part of a campaign by Dagestani authorities. December 03, 2025 14:53 A video explaining the actions of a man fined for filming a drone attack on Kaspiysk serves as a stark reminder to residents of Dagestan of the consequences of publishing such videos.
The Prosecutor General's Office has demanded the seizure of property belonging to detained Ingush tax officials. December 03, 2025 13:00 The Prosecutor General's Office filed a lawsuit demanding that the homes and foreign cars of former Ingush Federal Tax Service employees Magomed and Ilyas Kushtov, suspected of abuse of power resulting in multi-million dollar damages, be forfeited to the state.
A Stavropol resident received a prison sentence in connection with Basayev's raid on Dagestan. December 03, 2025 11:09 The court sentenced Stavropol resident Albert Elakaev to nine years in prison, finding him a participant in the 1999 attack by Shamil Basayev's group on Dagestan.
The threat of a drone attack in Chechnya has been cancelled. December 03, 2025 10:26 The drone strike threat issued in Chechnya last night has been cancelled.
Krasnodar residents demanded that the construction of a highway near their homes be prevented. December 03, 2025 09:31 Residents of Kurchatov Street in Krasnodar called on authorities to reconsider plans to build a highway on the site of a green recreation area near their homes. Their appeals to officials have gone unanswered, they complained.
Flight restrictions at airports in the North Caucasus Federal District have been lifted. December 03, 2025 08:31 Airport restrictions imposed due to flight safety concerns have been lifted in Vladikavkaz, Grozny, and Magas. The military has not recorded any drone attacks in the North Caucasus Federal District republics, and regional authorities have announced the end of the drone threat.
A drone attack was recorded in the Rostov region. December 03, 2025 07:33 The military shot down drones in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky and four districts of the Rostov region.
A Vodokanal employee has been convicted in connection with the mass poisoning in Baksan. December 03, 2025 06:33 A court sentenced a Baksan Vodokanal employee to eight months of restricted freedom after finding him guilty of poisoning city residents with tap water.
An Azerbaijani resident has been accused of financing terrorism. December 03, 2025 05:34 Namik Nabiyev from Azerbaijan is accused of transferring more than $28,000 to the Islamic State*, although he claimed to have been collecting donations.
A Rostov resident has been accused of violating the ban on filming drone attacks. December 03, 2025 04:34 A criminal case has been opened against a Rostov-on-Don resident who filmed drone attacks in the region. Three other people have been fined administratively for violating the ban.
Refugees expressed dissatisfaction with the actions of the head of the Karabakh diocese December 03, 2025 03:35 Bishop Vrtanes Abrahamyan, head of the Artsakh (Karabakh) Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, attended a meeting with Prime Minister Pashinyan, where a group of clergy demanded the Catholicos' re-election. Karabakh refugees criticized Abrahamyan and called on him to resign.
More than 400 dead seals were found on the coast of Dagestan. December 03, 2025 02:36 The republic's Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment reported that 484 dead seals were found on the Caspian Sea coast in Makhachkala and three districts of Dagestan. Experts say the animals show signs of suffocation.