Russia

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 22:36

• A new group of fighters flew from Chechnya to the SVO zone.

  Another group of volunteers trained at the Russian Special Forces University departed from Grozny Airport for the military operation zone in Ukraine.

December 04, 2025 06:12

• Five judges of a Rostov court are under investigation for bribery.

  Investigative Committee Chairman Alexander Bastrykin has requested approval from the High Qualification Collegium of Judges of the Russian Federation to prosecute five judges of the Sovetsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don, including Elena Kobleva, who was arrested in 2024.

December 04, 2025 05:21

• Eight soldiers from the Rostov region were killed in Ukraine.

  Armen Kazarov, Alexey Ignatenko, Oleg Klopov, and five other of their fellow countrymen were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have acknowledged at least 778 combatants from the Rostov region killed there.

December 04, 2025 04:25

• Rosaviatsiya has closed three airports in the North Caucasus.

  Airports in Grozny, Vladikavkaz, and Magas have been grounded for the third night in a row. A no-fly alert has also been declared in Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Stavropol.

December 04, 2025 03:27

• A former Wagner PMC fighter received a prison sentence in Azerbaijan.

  The Ganja Court for Serious Crimes sentenced Ismail Gasanov to 3.5 years in prison. He recruited from a Russian prison colony to the Wagner PMC and traveled to the Ukrainian war zone on the promise of release, money, and Russian citizenship.

December 04, 2025 01:30

• Volgograd Airport closed due to drone threat

  Rosaviatsiya (the Federal Air Transport Agency) has imposed temporary restrictions at Volgograd Airport, citing a threat to flight safety. A drone alert has been declared in the region.

December 03, 2025 23:39

• The head of the Azerbaijani community in the Urals, who replaced Shykhlinsky, has been arrested.

  The court arrested Vidadi Mustafayev, head of the Azerbaijani community in Ural, on charges of fraud. Mustafayev denied his guilt.

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