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03:49, 4 June 2026

A South Ossetian special forces commander escaped punishment for attempted murder.

The Rostov Garrison Military Court suspended proceedings in the case of the commander of the special forces of the Ministry of Defense of South Ossetia, Shalva Gabaraev, and he returned to the combat zone in Ukraine, accused of attempted murder and hooliganism.

02:50, 4 June 2026

Activists and environmentalists have criticized the condition of beaches in the Tuapse region.

Despite the official opening of the resort season, many beaches in the Tuapse district are not ready for safe recreation: the storm washed ashore with large amounts of debris and complicated the cleanup of oil spills, according to local residents, activists, and environmentalists.

01:51, 4 June 2026

A Maykop resident has been arrested in absentia in a terrorist case.

A court in Adygea has sentenced in absentia a resident of the republic suspected of involvement in two terrorist organizations banned in Russia.

00:52, 4 June 2026

Gagik Tsarukyan filed a lawsuit against Nikol Pashinyan.

Gagik Tsarukyan, leader of the Prosperous Armenia Party and former MP, has filed a lawsuit against Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan for the protection of his honor, dignity, and business reputation.

Protesters in Tbilisi. Screenshot of a photo by Mo Se from June 3, 2026, https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=4329101807404558&set=pcb.4329101960737876 (Meta, the company that owns the social network, is banned in Russia).

23:53, 3 June 2026

Supporters of Georgia's European integration have been protesting outside parliament for 553 days straight.

Supporters of Georgia's European integration protested for the 553rd day in a row. Those opposed to the government's policies also gathered outside the Constitutional Court in Batumi. Parents of children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy secured a meeting with the country's prime minister, but continued their protest demanding that their children receive medication.

23:18, 3 June 2026

207,000 people participated in the primaries in Dagestan amid reports of coercion and bribery.

Forcing public sector workers to participate in primaries has become commonplace throughout Dagestan. Promises of financial payments to voters, as reported by an activist from DagOgni, are an attempt by non-systemic candidates to circumvent administrative resources. A total of 207,000 people participated in the republic's primaries.

Mikael Badalyan. A still from a video from his Telegram channel, June 3, 2026, https://t.me/mikayelbad/47690.

22:28, 3 June 2026

Pro-Russian blogger Mika Badalyan is suspected of distributing election bribes.

Armenia's Anti-Corruption Committee has opened a criminal case against blogger Mikael Badalyan, who promised Armenian citizens living in Russia favors in exchange for participation in the upcoming National Assembly elections.

A still from a video message from residents of Krasyukovskaya, Rostov Oblast, to Alexander Bastrykin. Photo: Privet-Rostov / Telegram channel

21:34, 3 June 2026

Residents of a village in the Rostov region demanded that quarry development be stopped.

In the village of Krasyukovskaya in the Rostov region, local residents recorded a video message to the head of the Russian Investigative Committee asking him to stop the development of a sand quarry that could leave them without drinking water.

20:36, 3 June 2026

Residents of three villages in Kuban are being evacuated due to rising river water levels.

Residents of three settlements in the Krymsk district of Krasnodar Krai are being evacuated due to the partial overflow of the Kuban River over a dam near the village of Zapadny.

Cleaning the beach of fuel oil. Photo: Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations

19:51, 3 June 2026

80,000 rubles collected from fuel oil networks in Tyumen in less than a day.

A fundraising campaign was launched on Telegram to install oil-repellent nets on the beaches of the Tuapse village of Tyumensky. The required sum, 80,000 rubles, was raised in less than a day.

19:08, 3 June 2026

A former Kuban police officer has been convicted in the "Baza" case.

Moscow's Savelovsky Court sentenced Alexander Ablaev, former head of the Krasnodar Ministry of Internal Affairs duty unit, to five years in prison for allegedly accepting bribes from journalists at the online publication "Baza."

Beach in Anapa. Photo: https://gorod-kurort-anapa.ru/

18:34, 3 June 2026

Tourists in Anapa have faced calls to leave the beaches as the season opens.

Tourists are urged to leave Anapa beaches, where new sand continues to be added. Only 4.5 kilometers of beaches are open to the public. The quality of imported sand is worse than that of the dunes; the new sand resembles clay, tourists noted.

17:36, 3 June 2026

A married couple from Makhachkala was convicted in absentia for raising money for drones for the Azov Battalion*.

The Southern District Military Court sentenced Makhachkala couple Nadezhda and Dmitry Valuev in absentia to 17 and 18 years in prison for raising funds abroad to purchase drones for the Azov Nationalist Battalion*.

16:55, 3 June 2026

A new group of fighters was sent from Grozny to the SVO zone.

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

15:48, 3 June 2026

The ECHR awarded compensation to two Azerbaijani women for restrictions on their freedom of movement.

The European Court of Human Rights has found a violation of the right to freedom of movement and the right to an effective remedy in relation to two Azerbaijani citizens, Zeynab Abdullayeva and Elnara Sarijanova, who were banned from traveling abroad by the country's authorities due to criminal cases against their relatives.

14:55, 3 June 2026

The court ruled that the refusal to pay a contract soldier from Volgograd was legal.

The appellate court upheld the refusal to pay Volgograd contract soldier Taifur Bekbulatov his salary for the eight months he spent in the guardhouse.

13:57, 3 June 2026

Mansur Movlaev reported the kidnapping and torture of his brother.

Mansur Movlaev's brother, Zelimkhan Movlaev, was kidnapped in Chechnya and subjected to violence.

13:00, 3 June 2026

Prisyazhnyuk's conviction for a 20-year-old murder sparked a debate on social media about the investigation's lack of objectivity.

The investigation into the case of former St. Petersburg nationalist Kirill Prisyazhnyuk may be biased due to its age, and pressure from security forces may be exerted, Facebook* users noted, commenting on Prisyazhnyuk's arrest in Makhachkala.

12:56, 3 June 2026

A fire at an oil depot in the Rostov region has been extinguished after three days.

Rescuers extinguished a fire at an oil depot in the Matveyevo-Kurgan district that started on May 31 as a result of a drone attack.

11:59, 3 June 2026

The felling of trees near a cultural monument has outraged Rostov activists.

Activists have protested against development near a cultural heritage site in Rostov-on-Don. According to them, workers have already cut down trees at the site.

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