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.
Marem responded to the verdict in the case of the death of a rehab patient in Dagestan. March 16, 2026 21:28 Human rights activists commented on the verdict in the case of the beating to death of one of the patients placed in a rehabilitation center in Kaspiysk, commenting on the verdict of human rights activists in the case of patients held against their will and essentially being held captive, where they are at risk of torture.
A security officer from Armavir was sentenced to prison for violence. March 16, 2026 20:43 The Armavir City Court found former police officer Anatoly Kostenko guilty of hooliganism with the use of violence and the destruction of another's property and sentenced him to one year and one month in prison.
A resident of Adygea was convicted for participating in the "United Circassia Council"* March 16, 2026 20:21 The Southern District Military Court found Maykop resident Ibragim Nagoyev guilty of participating in a terrorist organization and sentenced him to 11 years in a maximum security penal colony.
The plaque on Politkovskaya's house in Moscow has been restored for the 27th time. March 16, 2026 19:48 The twenty-seventh temporary plaque has been installed on the building in Moscow where Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya lived and was murdered.
Ullubiy Khanmurzaev has been placed under house arrest. March 16, 2026 19:22 The Kirovsky District Court of Makhachkala has changed the pretrial detention measure for Ullubiy Khanmurzaev, the former head of Dagestan's Buinaksk District, who is accused of fraud, and placed him under house arrest.
208 million rubles have been raised for the treatment of a nine-year-old boy from Dagestan. March 16, 2026 18:49 208 million rubles were raised for a drug to treat a nine-year-old boy with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. A significant amount was raised at a charity iftar in Kaspiysk.
The defense is seeking legal action from the Prosecutor General's Office to obtain information about Khalilov's detention in the UAE. March 16, 2026 18:15 Lawyers for Andzor Khalilov, a developer from Kabardino-Balkaria, filed a motion in court to compel the Prosecutor General's Office to provide information about Khalilov's detention for two months following his extradition from the UAE. Confirming this will help prove Khalilov's unlawful prosecution for terrorist financing.
A North Ossetian soldier was killed in Ukraine. March 16, 2026 17:50 Viktor Bekoyev from the Mozdok district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 572 fighters from North Ossetia have been officially recognized as killed.
Vardanyan requested a meeting with the Azerbaijani ombudsman March 16, 2026 16:54 In a conversation with his family, former Nagorno-Karabakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan attempted to convey a request to the Azerbaijani ombudsman for a meeting. According to him, a month after the trials ended, neither he nor the other convicted Nagorno-Karabakh leaders had received copies of the verdicts, and it was impossible to contact the ombudsman. The Azerbaijani side ended the call.
Makhachkala entrepreneurs complained of government pressure March 16, 2026 15:53 Makhachkala City Hall is conducting a large-scale campaign to demolish what it considers illegal staircases at stores and cafes. Entrepreneurs believe that these measures by the city administration are causing significant damage to small businesses.
The Volgograd prosecutor's office demanded that a regional Duma deputy pay almost 44 million rubles. March 16, 2026 13:55 The Volgograd Region Prosecutor's Office has filed a lawsuit to recover illegal income from the business activities of former deputy Stanislav Korotkov.
Security forces' theory about a Georgian spy in Abkhazia has surprised Facebook users* March 16, 2026 12:57 Social media users questioned the Abkhaz investigators' claim that the detained Georgian citizen was gathering information about the situation in the region.