Russia

March 21, 2026 05:28

• Ingushetia's Deputy Minister of Property has been arrested in connection with a major theft case.

  The court has remanded the Deputy Minister of Property and Land Relations of Ingushetia, who is suspected of embezzling nearly 580 million rubles as part of a group, in custody for more than a month.

March 21, 2026 04:28

• Volzhsky authorities denied permission to hold a rally in defense of Telegram.

  The organizer of a rally in defense of Telegram received a refusal from city authorities, citing that such an event is contrary to public safety interests and that the designated location is not intended for such events.

March 21, 2026 03:29

• A bookstore in Makhachkala was fined for selling books with LGBT propaganda.

  The court fined the "Chitai-Gorod" bookstore, located in the "Etazhi" shopping center in Makhachkala, 800,000 rubles for selling three books containing LGBT propaganda.

March 21, 2026 01:32

• Aslan Trakhov was unable to challenge the seizure of his property.

  The Cassation Court upheld the seizure of property worth more than five billion rubles from the former chairman of the Supreme Court of Adygea, Aslan Trakhov, and persons associated with him.

March 21, 2026 00:33

• A soldier was convicted in Nalchik for going AWOL.

  The Nalchik Garrison Military Court sentenced serviceman Beslan Mestayev to five years in prison after he left his military unit stationed in Ingushetia without permission and was absent for almost a year.

March 20, 2026 22:35

• Radiation monitoring has been strengthened in Dagestan following reports of a strike on an Iranian nuclear power plant.

  Due to the situation in Iran and reports of a shell hitting the nuclear power plant, radiation levels in Dagestan are being measured three times a day. Rospotrebnadzor, the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing, is not releasing these measurements publicly.

March 20, 2026 18:43

• A lawyer in Kuban complained about being denied access to his client.

  Police in the Krasnodar village of Kalinino denied lawyer Alexei Ivanov a confidential meeting with his client. The lawyer filed a complaint with the Investigative Committee.

March 20, 2026 16:51

• A former employee of the Ukrainian Ministry of Emergency Situations was convicted of treason in Kuban.

  The Krasnodar Regional Court sentenced Ukrainian Emergency Situations Ministry Lieutenant Colonel Igor Lominoga to a lengthy prison term, finding him guilty of treason.

March 20, 2026 10:54

• More than 2,800 people have been evacuated from Iran to Azerbaijan.

  Since February 28, 470 Azerbaijani citizens, 323 Russian citizens, and 16 Georgian citizens have been evacuated from Iran to Azerbaijan. A total of 2,853 people have been allowed to cross the border between Iran and Azerbaijan.

March 20, 2026 05:04

• A native of the Kherson region was fined for discrediting the army in Temryuk.

  A court in Krasnodar Krai fined Alexander Stepanyuk for discrediting the military for his remark about being "deprived of his home."

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