South Federal District

February 10, 2026 14:58

• Aslan Trakhov has been stripped of his judicial immunity.

  The panel of judges stripped the former chairman of the Supreme Court of Adygea of ​​his status as a retired judge. Aslan Trakhov has therefore been stripped of the immunity that his status as a judge provided.

February 10, 2026 11:58

• A contract soldier from Uryupinsk was killed in a military operation.

  Pavel Nestrugin was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,676 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

February 10, 2026 11:00

• Drones shot down in the Astrakhan region

  The military shot down two drones in the Astrakhan region, which became the only region in southern Russia to experience a drone attack last night.

February 10, 2026 01:03

• A Krasnodar resident was sentenced for justifying terrorism.

  A military court in Rostov-on-Don found a 19-year-old Krasnodar resident guilty of justifying terrorism online. He was sentenced to a prison term.

February 10, 2026 00:15

• A Sochi court refused to lift the freeze on the business of deputy Doroshenko's children.

  The Central District Court of Sochi rejected the petitions of Milana and Eldar, the children of State Duma deputy Andrei Doroshenko, to overturn the interim measures imposed on the Prosecutor General's Office's anti-corruption lawsuit.

February 09, 2026 22:57

• A Sochi native has been accused of supporting sabotage activities.

  The Kuban Prosecutor's Office has approved charges against Sochi native Yevgeny Bursanidi. Investigators allege that, while outside of Russia, he persuaded a regional resident to commit sabotage on a railway.

February 09, 2026 19:57

• Human rights activists have recognized Kalmyk activist Baltykov as a political prisoner

  The criminal prosecution of Eduard Baltykov from Kalmykia is part of a security forces campaign against indigenous activists, according to the human rights project "Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial"*.

February 09, 2026 14:55

• The former chairperson of the Rostov court received a 10-year prison sentence

  Elena Kobleva received a ten-year prison sentence for fraudulently returning boats and seine nets in exchange for overturning a magistrate's court ruling. Two other defendants in her case—the bribe-giver and the middleman—received ten-year and six-year prison sentences.

February 08, 2026 18:09

• Rising water levels in the Sochi river have alarmed social media users.

  The Herota River has risen due to heavy rainfall, leading to possible flooding and landslides, authorities reported. Social media users attributed the sudden rise to improper construction.

February 08, 2026 16:09

• Volunteers reported collecting 12 bags of fuel oil on the banks of the Kuban River.

  The wind exposed layers of fuel oil right in the protective embankment; in one day, volunteers collected 12 bags of clean fuel oil.

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