Crime

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 09, 2026 11:57

• The number of people pardoned in Azerbaijan has exceeded 15,000

  Over the past month and a half, 15,119 people have benefited from the large-scale amnesty announced by the Azerbaijani president, the Ministry of Justice reported.

December 18, 2025 15:20

• The murder of a schoolboy in Odintsovo has sparked discussions about Russia's national policy in North Caucasus Federal District public groups

  The nationalist nature of the murder of a 10-year-old Tajik boy in a school near Moscow demonstrated the failure of nationalities policy in Russia. The "Russian Community" condemned the incident, but users of Dagestani and Chechen Telegram channels pointed out the contribution of such groups in perpetuating Islamophobia as a norm for years.

December 18, 2025 13:30

• The prosecution requested a life sentence for Vardanyan

  At a hearing in the Baku Military Court, the prosecutor proposed a life sentence for former Nagorno-Karabakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan. Vardanyan stated that the trial did not meet the requirements of a fair trial.

December 18, 2025 03:48

• Kuban pensioners were brought to Rostov-on-Don for consideration of their case

  The case materials against Nikolai Nabiev, Sergei Kuzovenko, and Marina Zakharova, who are accused of creating an illegal armed group, have been submitted to the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don. Nabiev is hospitalized with a third heart attack.

December 18, 2025 01:01

• A resident of Adygea is suspected of preparing a terrorist attack

  A criminal case for participation in a terrorist organization and preparation for a terrorist attack has been opened against a 19-year-old resident of the village of Novaya Adygeya.

December 17, 2025 18:19

• The leaders of a Kalmyk prison colony received lengthy sentences in the case of a terrorist cell

  Pavel Bataev and his deputy Artur Tsamaev, accused of organizing a terrorist group on the territory of a correctional facility, received 22 and 24 years in prison.

December 17, 2025 11:54

• The court has authorized the seizure of the homes and cars of detained Ingush tax officials

  The Moscow District Court granted the Prosecutor General's Office's request to forfeit the homes and foreign cars of Magomed and Ilyas Kushtov, employees of the Ingush Federal Tax Service, suspected of abuse of power resulting in multimillion-dollar damages.

December 17, 2025 05:57

• Parties to the Dzhabiev murder case insist that their complaints be upheld

  The Supreme Court of South Ossetia has reviewed the cassation appeals filed by the parties in the Inal Dzhabiev murder case. The decision will be announced on December 22. The parties insist that their appeals be upheld.

December 17, 2025 03:00

• A court in Rostov-on-Don found a Ukrainian border guard guilty of plotting a terrorist attack

  The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Ukrainian border guard Denis Storozhuk to 22 years in prison, finding him guilty of plotting a terrorist attack. His accomplice, Valentina Zayarnaya, was sentenced to 12 years.

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