Stavropol Region

February 02, 2026 11:54

• Alexei Safonov's sentence has been appealed to the Court of Cassation.

  The defense has filed a cassation appeal against the sentence of former head of the Stavropol traffic police department, Alexei Safonov, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for large-scale bribery.

February 02, 2026 01:55

• Operations at three airports in the North Caucasus have been suspended.

  Airports in Vladikavkaz, Grozny, and Magas have been suspended to ensure flight safety. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, a drone was shot down over Chechen territory.

January 30, 2026 13:25

• Authorities have officially acknowledged that more than 8,550 fighters from southern Russia were killed in the military operation.

  At least 4,213 fighters from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,344 from the Southern Federal District have been acknowledged by authorities and security forces as killed during the military operation in Ukraine.

January 29, 2026 23:48

• The Cassation Court upheld the acquittal of a farmer from Kabardino-Balkaria.

  The Fifth Cassation Court in Pyatigorsk upheld the acquittal of Tamara Erzhibova, head of the agricultural enterprise "Majesty," who was accused of fraud after delivering corn to the Prokhladny grain receiving facility.

January 29, 2026 05:45

• A soldier from Stavropol was killed in Ukraine.

  Ruslan Glushko from the Sovietsky District was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have acknowledged at least 905 combatants from the Stavropol Territory killed there.

January 27, 2026 22:43

• A Pyatigorsk resident has been sent to pretrial detention in connection with a terrorism financing case.

  Investigators in Stavropol suspect a local resident of providing financial support to members of a terrorist organization. A court ordered her remanded in custody.

January 27, 2026 10:55

• Holocaust Remembrance Week was marked in southern Russia with educational events.

  Library and educational institution staff, as well as representatives of Jewish communities in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts, held lectures, meetings, and other informational events to mark Holocaust Remembrance Week.

January 27, 2026 01:33

• During the week from January 19 to 25, one person was killed in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts.

  During the week of January 19–25, 2026, two casualties were recorded in armed and terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus and Southern Federal Districts of Russia: one person was killed and one was wounded. These are the results of the "Caucasian Knot" calculations based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

January 25, 2026 05:58

• Two fighters from Stavropol were killed in Ukraine.

  Valery Abramov and Ruslan Makarevich from the Aleksandrovsky District were killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 904 soldiers from the Stavropol Krai have been officially recognized as killed.

January 22, 2026 10:12

• A soldier from the Stavropol region was killed during military operations.

  Yevgeny Khrapach was killed in the military operation. Since its beginning, at least 902 fighters from Stavropol have been officially recognized as killed.

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