Russia

August 05, 2026 12:46

• Social media users doubted lawyer Chigladze's version about the tourists' insurance fraud.

  Lasha Kapanadze's version, who is the lawyer of Georgy Chigladze, that the tourists could have provoked the conflict for the sake of an insurance payout, seems questionable, as travel policies primarily cover medical expenses, and the lawyer did not provide evidence supporting the described scheme, users of social media pointed out.

August 05, 2026 04:52

• The court found the restaurant car waitress guilty of poisoning children traveling to Tuapse.

  The cassation court upheld the sentence of the restaurant car waitress on the Murmansk - Adler train, where a mass poisoning of children occurred in August 2021. The lower court fined the waitress, but she was exempted from payment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations for criminal liability.

August 05, 2026 02:54

• The court's refusal to recognize the illegal closure of the case regarding violence in the kindergarten in Sochi has been overturned.

  The Krasnodar Regional Court granted the appeal of Sochi resident Elena Baranetskaya and overturned the decision of the Adler District Court of Sochi, which had refused to satisfy her complaint about the police's refusal to initiate a criminal case regarding the abuse of kindergarten students.

August 04, 2026 23:45

• Analysts characterized the "Caucasian Community."

  The union "Caucasian Community," which organized the harassment of residents of North Ossetia on social media, has no power or political background and does not enjoy broad public support. This union is not connected to the "Russian Community."

August 04, 2026 23:09

• Rospotrebnadzor has suspended the sale of drinks from Armenia

  The operator of the state marking system "Honest Sign" at the request of Rospotrebnadzor has blocked the sale of more than 70 thousand bottles of drinking water and carbonated drinks from Armenia. The agency's decision is motivated by violations of mandatory product requirements.

August 04, 2026 22:39

• The Prosecutor's Office of Dagestan accused a Muscovite of justifying terrorism.

  The reason for initiating a criminal case was the publication of audio files in a messenger, which, according to the investigation, justified terrorism.

August 04, 2026 20:08

• Human rights activists revealed details of the beating of Ibrahim Tochiev.

  Law enforcement officers who conducted a search in the home of Ingush resident Ibrahim Tochiev inflicted dozens of blows to his head and body; the Investigative Committee is conducting a check based on his appeal, human rights activists reported. Publicly, the head of the Investigative Committee did not respond to Tochiev's appeal.

August 04, 2026 18:52

• A native of Novorossiysk received a sentence for donations to LSR*

  The military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Evgeny Kalganov to a long term of imprisonment, finding him guilty of financing terrorism and treason.

August 04, 2026 05:52

• The increase in public transport fares has outraged the residents of Makhachkala.

  The fare for public transport in Makhachkala has increased from 32 to 37 rubles, which outraged the residents who complained that the transport runs irregularly, the service is not up to standard, and the city administration does not take people's opinions into account.

August 04, 2026 04:52

• Sochi residents complained about the flooded sewage basement in the apartment building.

  For about ten years, the basement of the apartment building on Lesnaya Street in Sochi has been flooded with sewage. Residents fear that the wastewater is undermining the foundation, complain about violations of sanitary and epidemiological standards, the lack of a safe place to hide in case of an air attack, and the bureaucratic responses from officials and responsible persons.

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