South Federal District

December 05, 2025 08:29

• A court in Sochi sentenced members of the "Citizens of the USSR"* movement.

  A Sochi court sentenced local residents for participating in and inciting others to participate in the activities of an extremist organization. A mother and son, Yulia and Yaroslav Rybin, received five and three years in a general regime penal colony, respectively.

December 05, 2025 06:40

• A soldier from the Rostov region was killed in the SVO zone.

  Sergei Bespalov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have acknowledged at least 779 combatants from the Rostov region killed there.

December 05, 2025 05:47

• The verdict against those involved in the Crimean Bridge terrorist attack has been appealed.

  The defense appealed the life sentences handed down to eight defendants in the Crimean Bridge terrorist attack case.

December 05, 2025 02:41

• The former deputy head of the Defense Ministry's construction department has been arrested in Rostov-on-Don.

  The Southern District Military Court has arrested Dmitry Taksidi, former deputy head of the Defense Ministry's military construction complex construction department, accused of lobbying for the company's interests during the construction of a facility in the Krasnodar Territory.

December 05, 2025 01:02

• A judge of one of the Rostov courts is suspected of buying his position.

  Investigators suspect Elmira Ponomareva of bribing the former chairperson of the Sovetsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don, Elena Kobleva, to secure her appointment as a justice of the peace.

December 04, 2025 19:35

• A Volgograd blogger has been arrested in connection with an extortion case.

  A court sentenced Volgograd blogger Alexey Ulyanov to two months' pretrial detention on extortion charges. In court, he admitted receiving money for his publications, but that everything was legal.

December 04, 2025 17:40

• Another fire broke out at a landfill in Novorossiysk.

  The fire at the landfill near Novorossiysk has been extinguished, but the smoldering area extends to 220 square meters, and soil is still being filled in. Fires at the landfill are recurring due to violations of operating procedures, the ecologist noted.

December 04, 2025 14:43

• The Supreme Court upheld the sentence of Nikita Zhuravel.

  Former Volgograd student Nikita Zhuravel's appeal against his treason conviction was dismissed.

December 04, 2025 09:59

• Airports in southern Russia have resumed operations after a drone attack.

  Airports in Grozny, Magas, and Vladikavkaz have resumed operations without flight delays. At Volgograd Airport, a flight to Dubai and an arrival from Moscow were delayed.

December 04, 2025 07:59

• The operation of the Bird Rehabilitation Center in Anapa is under threat due to a 1.6 million ruble debt.

  The government is providing no assistance to the Zhemchuzhnaya Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, which houses more than 100 birds affected by the oil spill near Anapa.

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