Russia

May 09, 2026 05:59

• Former chief oncologist sentenced in Rostov region

  A court in the Rostov region sentenced the former chief physician of the regional oncology center, Evgeny Glumov, to two years in prison, finding him guilty of abuse of office.

May 09, 2026 03:52

• The court seized land from the elite Mayak village in Gelendzhik in favor of the state.

  The Gelendzhik City Court upheld the Krasnodar Krai Prosecutor's Office's claim to return the land and real estate of the elite Mayak village near Gelendzhik to state ownership.

May 09, 2026 01:54

• An Ingushetia resident was convicted of possessing ammunition and a grenade.

  The Nazran District Court sentenced Ingushetia resident Issa Polonkoev to six and a half years in prison after ammunition and a grenade were found during a search of his home. An appeals court upheld the sentence.

May 09, 2026 00:55

• The charges against former Kuban Vice Governor Nesterenko have been reclassified.

  The case of former Vice Governor of Krasnodar Krai Alexander Nesterenko has been submitted to the Leninsky District Court of Krasnodar. Previously accused of abuse of office, he now faces three counts of abuse of office.

May 08, 2026 16:46

• The discussion about the South Ossetian soldier killed in the SVO zone touched on political aspects.

  The death of a South Ossetian combatant who was deployed to the Northern Military District (NVO) with the Russian army sparked a debate about the need to fight outside of one's homeland. Some comments contained diametrically opposed opinions on the status of South Ossetia, while others called for a refrain from hate speech and expressed condolences to the family. The total number of South Ossetian combatants killed since the beginning of the NVO has reached 93.

May 08, 2026 13:45

• Baku demanded an explanation from Moscow over Nagorno-Karabakh's location on the map.

  The appearance of a map on Channel One, on which Nagorno-Karabakh was marked, prompted the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry to demand clarification from the Russian side.

May 08, 2026 09:46

• Chechin's wife demanded urgent hospitalization after he fainted.

  Russian citizen Anton Chechin, serving a sentence in Georgia, lost consciousness and hit his head. Chechin's diagnosis requires regular monitoring, but he hasn't even had a routine CT scan, according to his wife. She contacted the penitentiary service and the ombudsman, demanding that her husband be urgently hospitalized.

May 07, 2026 19:32

• The Armenia-EU summit gave Pashinyan an advantage ahead of the parliamentary elections.

  The Armenia-EU summit addressed only general issues and did not touch on topics important to Yerevan, particularly Karabakh refugees and prisoners of war. Nevertheless, it clearly demonstrated that the current government is taking real steps toward the country's European integration, which could be important for voters in the parliamentary elections, according to Russian and Armenian analysts.

May 07, 2026 13:33

• Pashinyan cited the election campaign as the reason for his refusal to attend the Moscow parade.

  Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced that he will not attend the Victory Day Parade in Moscow, as he will be campaigning for the parliamentary elections. The statement comes amid dissatisfaction with Armenia's actions, voiced by Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova.

May 07, 2026 06:41

• The property of former Deputy Defense Minister Tsalikov has been seized.

  The court has seized Ruslan Tsalikov's property worth more than 7 billion rubles.

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