Krasnodar Territory

October 03, 2026 23:00

• Atamanchuk considered the refusal to review the appeal against his removal from the elections unlawful.

  The candidate for the State Duma, who was nominated in Sochi by the "Yabloko" party, Vladimir Atamanchuk, received a ruling on the return of his appeal. The document was signed by the judge who previously canceled the candidate's registration for the elections. Atamanchuk and his lawyers believe the return of the appeal is illegal: it was sent by mail on time, but the judge ignored the date of dispatch to prevent the case from being reviewed.

October 03, 2026 22:00

• Ecologists assessed the possibility of a connection between the case against Matveev and pressure on "Ecowatch".

  The Council of the "Ecological Watch for the North Caucasus" excluded Denis Matveev from the organization after his arrest. However, although the case against Matveev is not related to environmental activities, it has been used for negative publications about the organization, whose activities irritate the authorities and security forces, believes the coordinator of "Ecowatch". The terrorism charges against Matveev have become a reason for hate against the organization, analysts agreed.

October 03, 2026 21:00

• A native of Chechnya was fined in Kuban for performing prayers with fellow believers in his home.

  The head of the peasant farm gathered fellow believers in his home in the Otradnensky district of Krasnodar Krai to conduct Friday prayers. The court deemed his actions illegal missionary activity and imposed a fine of 10,000 rubles.

October 03, 2026 17:00

• Users criticized the new sand on Anapa's beaches.

  No complaints about the quality of sand and water from Anapa were received in the summer; the beaches after being replenished with new sand are absolutely safe, said the head of Rospotrebnadzor. Commentators believe the new sand is unsuitable for beaches.

October 03, 2026 14:40

• The election commission in Apsheronsk sued its member after he refused to recognize the election results.

  The territorial election commission filed a lawsuit to exclude Vladimir Kozorog from the commission, who previously refused to recognize the results of the State Duma elections in the Apsheronsky district, voting against the final protocol and formalizing a dissenting opinion.

October 03, 2026 08:28

• The public repentance of the Krasnodar activist was the result of pressure.

  A native of Dagestan, Kurban Magomedrasulov, was detained in Krasnodar after attempting to organize a rally; under pressure from security forces, he recorded a video apologizing for his posts.

October 03, 2026 00:54

• The Federal Penitentiary Service confirmed the death of the guard on the train in Kabardino-Balkaria.

  During the attack by a prisoner on a train in Kabardino-Balkaria, a guard was killed and three of his colleagues were injured. The attacker was killed, reported the Federal Penitentiary Service.

October 02, 2026 23:08

• Sources reported a riot by prisoners during the transport in Kabardino-Balkaria.

  Prisoners being transported on the Vladikavkaz – Adler train killed one and injured three FSIN officers, taking them hostage in the Kabardino-Balkaria region, sources in the law enforcement agencies reported. The state agency denied this information, citing a source in the FSIN.

October 02, 2026 20:15

• Former ataman of the Kuban Cossacks Vlasov has been sentenced to a long term.

  The court in Krasnodar sentenced former ataman of the Kuban Cossack Host and vice-governor of the region Alexander Vlasov to 14 years in prison for the theft of military equipment. His advisor Alexander Starodubtsev received six years in a penal colony.

October 02, 2026 14:57

• Two Sochi saleswomen were fired for a post about rising prices after the elections.

  Svetlana Izhilenko and Alisa Kunyashova were fired from the "Pyaterochka" store in Sochi due to the publication of a video about rising prices the day after the State Duma elections.

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