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December 16, 2025 16:32

• 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.

December 16, 2025 14:47

• 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.

December 16, 2025 13:47

• 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.

December 15, 2025 22:55

• 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.

December 15, 2025 22:14

• 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.

December 15, 2025 21:32

• 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.

December 15, 2025 13:00

• 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.

December 15, 2025 10:06

• Residents of Kamensk-Shakhtinsky were left without water after a drone strike

  A pumping station in the Rostov region was knocked out after a drone attack, cutting off water supply to residents of a residential area in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, the Maslovka village, and the Pogorelovo station.

December 15, 2025 06:40

• Krasnodar residents asked Putin to intervene in the embankment development situation

  Residents of Krasnodar's Yubileyny microdistrict, protesting against embankment development, recorded a video message to Vladimir Putin. According to City Duma deputy Alexander Safronov, over a thousand people participated in the protest.

December 14, 2025 21:17

• Tour operators linked demand for holidays in Anapa to the opening of beaches

  Demand for bookings in Anapa increased during the New Year holidays, but the prospects for the 2026 resort season depend on the authorities' decision to reopen the beaches, according to tour operators. The scientist believes it's too early to talk about a complete cleanup of the beaches.

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