Russia

April 23, 2026 00:59

• Aishat Khizrieva has been released from police custody.

  Ayshat Khizrieva, a native of Chechnya who was the target of an attempted kidnapping in Novosibirsk, has left the police station. She filed a report of stalking and attempted kidnapping.

April 22, 2026 19:08

• An Azerbaijani court has sentenced one of eight Russians arrested for money laundering.

  A Baku court sentenced Russian citizen Alexander Vaysero to four years in prison, finding him guilty of money laundering.

April 22, 2026 04:55

• Several buildings were damaged in Primorsko-Akhtarsk after a drone attack.

  When a drone crashed in Primorsko-Akhtarsk, two commercial buildings, one administrative building, and a private home were damaged.

April 22, 2026 03:56

• Four Rostov residents convicted of arson attacks on substations

  The court sentenced four residents of Rostov-on-Don to terms ranging from 13 to 20 years, finding them guilty of setting fire to two transformer substations and attempting to set fire to a main oil pipeline.

April 22, 2026 00:40

• A resident of North Ossetia is suspected of justifying terrorism.

  FSB officers have accused a Vladikavkaz resident of justifying terrorism, after he had previously come under scrutiny for rehabilitating Nazism.

April 21, 2026 19:47

• Human rights activists helped secure Murtazov's flight to Armenia.

  Zelimkhan Murtazov's brother thanked the human rights activists who helped secure permission for his departure from Kazakhstan and ensured his safe arrival in Armenia.

April 21, 2026 17:50

• A Tuapse resident was convicted of inciting violence against people from the Caucasus.

  The Krasnodar Regional Court refused to reduce the sentence of Tuapse resident Alexander Maksimenko, who received a prison sentence for inciting violence on ethnic grounds.

April 21, 2026 16:51

• A native of Chechnya, Zelimkhan Murtazov, was able to leave Kazakhstan.

  After 116 days in the transit zone of Astana airport, defector Zelimkhan Murtazov, a native of Chechnya, was able to leave Kazakhstan. According to his brother, Murtazov managed to fly to Armenia.

April 21, 2026 05:49

• The prosecution requested a five-year prison sentence for Adam Yahutl.

  During the closing arguments, the state prosecutor asked the court to sentence Adam Yakhutl, former deputy head of the transport police for the Southern Federal District, who is accused of fraud, to five years in prison.

April 21, 2026 03:51

• Anna Minkova admitted her guilt.

  Former Deputy Governor of Krasnodar Krai Anna Minkova pleaded guilty in court to fraud and money laundering.

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