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18:39, 16 December 2025

Three patients at a sanatorium in Nalchik have received compensation for contracting hepatitis and HIV

A Nalchik court partially upheld the claims of three victims in a case involving hepatitis and HIV infection at a private sanatorium. A convicted nurse is ordered to pay them 9 million rubles in compensation.

17:51, 16 December 2025

The corruption case against the brother of the head of Ingushetia has reached court

A criminal case involving the embezzlement of funds from the Russian Pension Fund, in which Magomed-Bashir Kalimatov is one of the defendants, has been filed with the Cherkessk City Court.

17:30, 16 December 2025

Chechen officials chose to handle Taisumova's case secretly

Austrian resident Indira Taisumova's appeal to Ramzan Kadyrov to help her return her daughters attracted the attention of Chechen authorities and Mansur Soltayev personally, but they only contacted the woman informally and privately.

16:32, 16 December 2025

Human rights activists considered the prosecutor's office's response to a complaint by activists from Kabardino-Balkaria to be a formality

The Kabardino-Balkarian prosecutor's office explained its refusal to take action, citing security forces' failure to pressure the signatories of the petition in defense of Larisa Tuptsokova. Human rights activists dismissed this response as a formality.

14:47, 16 December 2025

On the anniversary of the tanker disaster, the problem of pollution of Kuban beaches remains relevant

The environmental consequences of the fuel oil spill in the Kerch Strait have not been eliminated even a year after the tanker disaster, scientists and authorities in Kuban acknowledged.

13:47, 16 December 2025

Taganrog residents asked Putin for help in restoring trolleybuses

Participants in a video message to Putin asked for help restoring trolleybus service in Taganrog. Operating the remaining trolleybuses is unsafe, and purchasing new ones requires significant financial investment, the mayor stated earlier.

12:48, 16 December 2025

A resident of Kabardino-Balkaria has been convicted in a multi-million dollar theft case involving the Elbrus mountain

A court sentenced a Kavkaz.RF employee to 2.5 years in prison, finding him guilty of embezzling more than 81 million rubles from the sale of ski passes at the Elbrus resort.

09:49, 16 December 2025

Alesker Mammadli remains in custody despite the need for treatment

A Baku court has refused to ease the pretrial detention of Toplum TV founder Alesker Mammadli, who is in need of surgery.

05:55, 16 December 2025

Turkish authorities have decided to deport Gultekin Hacibeyli

Gultekin Hajibeyli, a member of the Coordination Center of the National Council of Democratic Forces of Azerbaijan, received an official decision on her deportation from Turkey for five years.

02:58, 16 December 2025

Volunteers collected 128 bags of oil-contaminated sand in the Temryuk district in one day

In one day, five volunteers from the Dolphins headquarters collected 128 bags of a mixture of sand and fuel oil on the Tuzla Spit.

01:59, 16 December 2025

Activists called on the Catholicos to replace the head of the Karabakh diocese

More than 30 public figures from Nagorno-Karabakh called on Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II to consider replacing the head of the Artsakh (Karabakh) Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church.

01:14, 16 December 2025

The death of a patient at a Derbent maternity hospital has led to a criminal case

Investigators in Dagestan have found doctors to be at fault in the death of a 34-year-old Derbent resident during childbirth, despite the Ministry of Health citing a dangerous complication in her condition

22:55, 15 December 2025

A protester in Elista was arrested on terrorism charges

A Moscow court has arrested Eduard Baltykov, a 58-year-old businessman from Kalmykia who participated in protests in Elista. He is accused of participating in a terrorist organization.

22:14, 15 December 2025

Security forces perceived a threat in a complaint regarding the illegal demolition of houses in Kuban

Krasnodar Krai police issued a warning against "extremist" behavior and actions to a resident of the Anapa district, whom law enforcement officials believe is the organizer of a collective appeal to Putin.

21:32, 15 December 2025

The appellate court upheld the sentence of Grigory Melkonyants

The Moscow City Court upheld the five-year sentence for Grigory Melkonyants, co-chairman of the Golos* movement, rejecting his defense's arguments.

19:58, 15 December 2025

Activists in five countries honored the memory of Aishat Baimuradova

In memory of Aishat Baimuradova, a native of Chechnya who was murdered in Yerevan, rallies were held in Vilnius, Helsinki, Paris, Madrid, and Buenos Aires.

18:43, 15 December 2025

Azerbaijani activists praised the large-scale amnesty project

The amnesty proposed by Ilham Aliyev to mark Azerbaijan's Year of Constitution and Sovereignty will affect approximately 20,000 people. Local activists welcomed the amnesty initiative, noting that it will not resolve the issue of political prisoners.

17:25, 15 December 2025

The management of a sanatorium in Kabardino-Balkaria escaped punishment for infecting patients with hepatitis and HIV

A court in Nalchik sentenced a nurse at a private sanatorium to four years in prison, finding her guilty of mass infecting patients with dangerous diseases. The sanatorium's general director and doctor escaped punishment.

13:56, 15 December 2025

An Azerbaijani court has remanded an opposition activist into custody

The court remanded Vugar Gadirli, an activist with the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, in pretrial detention for three months. He is accused of illegal possession of weapons. The party claimed that security forces planted the weapons on him during a search.

13:00, 15 December 2025

Krasnodar Vice Mayor Netreba was sentenced to four years in prison

A court in Krasnodar sentenced former Deputy Mayor Vsevolod Netreba to a prison term and a large fine for attempted fraud. The official pleaded guilty in court.

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