South Federal District

April 03, 2026 14:14

• Security forces reported on the prevention of a terrorist attack in Bataysk.

  Two unemployed men from Rostov-on-Don intended to set fire to communications and power supply facilities, and had previously burned down a cell tower in Rostov-on-Don. They have been arrested, according to security officials.

April 03, 2026 13:14

• Environmentalists consider vacationing in Anapa to be only relatively safe.

  It's too early to say whether Anapa's beaches are fully ready for tourists, as the sunken parts of the fuel oil tankers have not yet been raised, and residual pollution remains on the sand. Filling the beaches with imported sand is only a temporary measure. However, for economic reasons, authorities have set a goal of opening the beaches this year, according to environmentalists.

April 03, 2026 08:32

• The arrest of the former head of the Rostov police department has been extended in connection with a bribery case.

  The Pervomaisky District Court of Rostov-on-Don extended the pretrial detention of Sergei Shpak, former head of the Rostov-on-Don Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, for six months. He is accused of bribery, fraud, and illegal circulation of payment instruments. During the court hearing, he filed a motion to be transferred to the special military unit.

April 03, 2026 02:37

• The court confiscated the assets of the arrested Kuban Health Minister.

  The property and business of Kuban Health Minister Yevgeny Filippov, his relatives, and trusted individuals have been transferred to the state by court order.

April 02, 2026 18:55

• The volunteer's report contradicts the goal of clearing Anapa's beaches of fuel oil.

  Ilya Sotnikov, a resident of the village of Blagoveshchenskaya, rode an ATV onto the village beach to pick up some collected fuel oil. His report will be reviewed in a few days. While the inspectors are legally correct, as the beach is a specially protected natural area, volunteers and environmentalists pointed out that the purpose of the trip was to assist with beach cleanups.

April 02, 2026 12:14

• Several private homes were damaged in a drone attack in Kuban.

  Private homes in the village of Supsekh were damaged by UAV debris, and drone fragments were also found in Anapa and Novorossiysk. The Russkaya compressor station, which supplies gas to the Turkish Stream gas pipeline, was also attacked.

April 02, 2026 11:08

• Imprisonment for comments and posts has become routine in courts in southern Russia.

  Over the past four months, courts in southern Russia have sentenced at least seven people to prison terms for social media posts. The actual number of such sentences is significantly higher, as not all terrorism justification cases are included in public court records.

April 02, 2026 09:45

• Kuban officials accused of corruption retained their posts.

  Four high-ranking officials in the Krasnodar Krai administration have retained their posts despite being arrested in connection with corruption investigations.

April 02, 2026 03:56

• A Krasnodar teenager was fined for acquitting a New Zealand terrorist.

  A military court in Rostov-on-Don has imposed a fine on a minor resident of Krasnodar accused of justifying terrorism for a comment about Brenton Tarrant.

April 01, 2026 21:20

• Those accused of plotting a terrorist attack were sentenced to lengthy prison terms in Rostov-on-Don.

  The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced two 25-year-old women from the Leningrad Region and a man from Udmurtia to prison terms ranging from 17 to 20 years on charges of plotting a terrorist attack in the capital of the Don.

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