Kabardino-Balkaria

March 09, 2026 00:00

• Future conscripts from the North Caucasus Federal District have not noticed any changes in the conscription rules.

  Since the beginning of the year, conscription has formally become year-round, and failure to appear at the military registration and enlistment office after receiving an electronic summons leads to restrictions on rights. However, these measures are currently rarely enforced. In Chechnya, Dagestan, and Ingushetia, there are virtually no Alternative Civil Service personnel, according to human rights activists. Prospective conscripts reported that the changes have not yet directly affected them.

March 08, 2026 15:00

• Participants in a rally in Nalchik shared memories of their return from exile.

  A memorial service was held in Nalchik to commemorate the victims of the deportation of the Balkar people, which took place 82 years ago. Participants recalled how their families rushed to return to their homelands when the ban on leaving their places of exile was lifted.

March 08, 2026 10:03

• Residents of Kabardino-Balkaria celebrate the 82nd anniversary of the deportation.

  Today, Kabardino-Balkaria marks the 82nd anniversary of Stalin's deportation of the Balkar people to Kazakhstan and Central Asia.

March 07, 2026 19:17

• A soldier from Kabardino-Balkaria was killed in the SVO zone.

  Hamlet Arakelov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 384 soldiers from Kabardino-Balkaria have been officially recognized as killed.

March 06, 2026 19:50

• Utility workers in Nalchik are under investigation after an incident involving a pensioner.

  A criminal case has been opened against employees of the Nalchik Vodokanal following an incident on Pushkin Street, where an elderly woman fell into an open manhole.

March 06, 2026 18:08

• Five prisoners from Kabardino-Balkaria have been convicted in connection with an ISIS cell.

  A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced five prisoners in a penal colony in Kabardino-Balkaria to lengthy prison terms, finding them members of a terrorist organization.

March 06, 2026 09:49

• The defense considered the lack of a quorum in the Kambiev murder case to be a delay in the trial.

  The Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria was unable to assemble a three-member panel to review the murder case of judoka Aslan Kambiev. The court is awaiting the outcome of the appeal against the cassation court's ruling, a lawyer suggested.

March 06, 2026 07:50

• Two soldiers from Kabardino-Balkaria were killed in Ukraine.

  Ivan Kulakovsky and Vladimir Zakharchenko were killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 383 soldiers from Kabardino-Balkaria have been officially recognized as killed.

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