Russia

June 25, 2026 12:46

• Stories of torture victims in southern Russia highlight the importance of protecting their rights.

  Torture victims and their families have been facing the consequences of violence for years, and court proceedings are also protracted, according to stories from victims in Kuban, Rostov Oblast, Dagestan, and other regions of southern Russia. A fundraising campaign for legal and psychological support for victims has been launched to coincide with International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.

June 25, 2026 02:48

• A Sochi resident was fined for discrediting the military.

  A Sochi court fined a local resident for discrediting the armed forces for writing on a banknote using a self-inking stamp. He was also jailed for ten days.

June 25, 2026 01:49

• Lawyers considered it possible to release Murdiev from the prison

  Chechen teenager Roman Murdiev is in quarantine in a Volgograd pretrial detention center, but his sentence expires within the next three weeks. His defense doesn't rule out the possibility that Murdiev could be released before reaching the Kamyshin Correctional Colony.

June 25, 2026 00:50

• A soldier from the Rostov region was killed in Ukraine.

  Vladimir Korsunov from the Proletarsky district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have named at least 900 Don soldiers killed there.

June 24, 2026 00:56

• A second Chechen resident has been charged under the article on searching for extremist materials.

  The Achkhoy-Martan Court in Chechnya received an administrative case against a local resident accused of searching for prohibited materials online. His case marks the fifth known instance of this statute being applied in Russia and the second in Chechnya.

June 23, 2026 23:19

• The ECHR found Russia responsible for the torture and death of Georgian prisoners of war.

  The European Court of Human Rights unanimously found Russia responsible for the murder of three and the torture of eight Georgian prisoners of war captured during the August 2008 war. The court ordered Moscow to pay compensation to the surviving soldiers and the families of the deceased.

June 23, 2026 22:26

• A Ukrainian living in Kuban has been accused of spying and directing drones to Tuapse.

  A military court in Rostov-on-Don will hear the case of an elderly Ukrainian citizen accused of espionage and financing terrorism. According to security forces, the man was involved in the attacks on "fuel and energy facilities" in Tuapse.

June 23, 2026 19:01

• A Yeysk resident has been accused of plotting a terrorist attack on a technical college.

  A military court in Rostov-on-Don will hear the criminal case of an alleged member of a terrorist organization accused of preparing an armed attack on an educational institution.

June 23, 2026 18:21

• The President of South Ossetia resigned to pursue a career in Moscow.

  After meeting with Vladimir Putin, Alan Gagloev was appointed his advisor and announced his resignation as President of South Ossetia.

June 23, 2026 16:52

• A Stavropol resident has been arrested in connection with a case involving financing extremists.

  Investigators in Stavropol have charged a young resident of the Izobilnensky district with involvement in an extremist organization and its financing.

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