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15:01, 3 March 2026

A police officer has been found guilty in the death of Krasnodar resident Afrosin.

A court in Krasnodar found Dmitry Korchagin guilty of the death of detainee Ilya Afrosin. The former security officer was sentenced to six years in prison, although the prosecutor had requested an 11-year sentence.

14:03, 3 March 2026

A soldier from Uryupinsk was killed in Ukraine.

Sergei Kukushkin was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,705 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

13:05, 3 March 2026

A witness in the Anar Mammadli case did not confirm the investigation's version of events.

At a Baku court hearing, the head of the Election Observation organization testified in the case of human rights activist Anar Mammadli and journalist Anar Abdulla. He denied the prosecution's allegations of smuggling.

12:06, 3 March 2026

Two teenagers have been arrested in Stavropol in connection with a sabotage case.

Two 16-year-old residents of Stavropol, suspected of attempting to set fire to cell phone towers, have been taken into custody.

11:08, 3 March 2026

A contract soldier from the Volgograd region was killed in a military operation.

Maxim Skvortsov from the Kumylzhensky District was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,704 soldiers from the Volgograd Region have been officially recognized as killed.

10:12, 3 March 2026

Residents of a dormitory in Nalchik were dissatisfied with the university's response to their complaints.

Former employees of the agricultural university, fearing eviction from their official housing in Nalchik, considered the university's response to their complaints to be a formality. They proposed creating a commission to jointly assess the legality of each eviction case.

09:17, 3 March 2026

A drone attack was recorded in the Astrakhan region.

The Ministry of Defense reported that three drones were shot down overnight in the Astrakhan region.

The Lagonaki Plateau. A still from a video by Sasha Kolpakov https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nB8lQHTBjc

08:37, 3 March 2026

An official initiative has created a threat to endangered plants on the Lago-Naki plateau.

The majority of online voters opposed the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources' proposal to change the protection regime for endangered plants. The bill would ease restrictions on resort construction on the Lago-Naki plateau and threaten the local flora, environmentalists noted.

A girl in front of the 26th temporary memorial plaque on Anna Politkovskaya's house. Photo: SOTAvision (included in the register of foreign agents) https://t.me/sotavisionmedia/56702

07:38, 3 March 2026

Activists have restored the memorial plaque on Politkovskaya's house for the 26th time.

A memorial plaque has been reinstalled on the wall of the building where journalist Anna Politkovskaya lived and was shot. The previous plaque was torn down the day after it was installed.

06:38, 3 March 2026

The former director of Nalchik's water utility is suspected of fraud.

The former head of the Nalchik Vodokanal is suspected of causing 1.1 million rubles in damages to the budget of the company. Investigators claim he illegally awarded himself additional payments in addition to his main report.

05:38, 3 March 2026

The number of citizens evacuated from Iran to Azerbaijan has exceeded 600.

More than 600 people crossed the border between Iran and Azerbaijan through the Astara checkpoint, including 125 Russian citizens, as well as Serbian diplomats.

04:39, 3 March 2026

Dzhabrailov's daughter refused to believe the version of his suicide.

Alvina Dzhabrailova stated that her father could not have committed suicide; she believes he was killed because of his friendship with American businessman Jeffrey Epstein.

03:02, 3 March 2026

Vitishko criticized the dumping of clean sand on a section of the beach in Vityazevo.

In Vityazevo, work to replenish clean sand continues on a kilometer-long stretch of beach. Based on the results, decisions will be made regarding other areas of the emergency zone. Ecologist Yevgeny Vitishko believes that such actions simply conceal the problem, not solve it.

02:53, 3 March 2026

Aishat Baimuradova's killers threatened her acquaintance, a native of Dagestan.

A native of Dagestan, who lived in Yerevan and was friends with murdered Chechen native Ayshat Baimuradova, received threats from unknown individuals through her account. Law enforcement officials are searching for the young man in Russia.

02:03, 3 March 2026

A fatwa from the Chechen Muftiate has sparked debate about the amount of wealth required to pay zakat.

The minimum amount of wealth on which Muslims are required to pay interest on alms during Ramadan is 127,700 rubles, according to the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Chechnya. Social media users debated what income is included in the nisab.

01:07, 3 March 2026

The case of two employees of the Ingushetia perinatal center has been referred to court.

Investigative authorities in Ingushetia have completed their investigation into criminal cases against perinatal center employees accused of entering into fictitious contracts for the supply of medical supplies.

00:36, 3 March 2026

The name of the Dagestani fighter killed in Ukraine has been released.

Rashid Gasayniev from Khasavyurt was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly named at least 1,836 Dagestani combatants killed there.

Protesters on Rustaveli Avenue, March 2, 2026. Photo: Nino Kikvadze / Publika

23:51, 2 March 2026

Nine Georgian parties announced the formation of an opposition alliance on the 460th day of protests.

Georgia's fifth president, Salome Zurabishvili, welcomed the unification of nine Georgian parties into an opposition alliance. The rally outside the Georgian parliament on the 460th day of protests was preceded by a protest against fabricated drug cases.

Yulia Melnichenko during a picket on March 2, 2026. Photo: SOTAvision (listed as a foreign agent by the Russian Ministry of Justice).

22:53, 2 March 2026

Security forces attempted to send Melnichenko to a psychiatric hospital after a picket in Moscow.

Mozdok resident Yulia Melnichenko spent over six hours in police custody after yet another picket outside the Prosecutor General's Office. Law enforcement called a team from a psychiatric hospital and demanded Melnichenko be hospitalized, but medical staff saw no grounds for this.

21:58, 2 March 2026

A historian from Kalmykia is awaiting sentencing in a pretrial detention center in a case involving the rehabilitation of Nazism.

Elista resident Elveg Khartskhaev has been in pretrial detention for over seven months on charges of disrespecting Russia's military glory. The historian's prosecution stemmed from a social media post published about ten years ago.

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