Karachay-Cherkessia

December 05, 2025 21:25

• A Cherkessk lawyer was convicted in absentia for allegedly raising fake news about the army.

  A court in Cherkessk sentenced lawyer and activist Ramazan Mkhtse in absentia to eight years in prison, finding him guilty of disseminating false information about the Russian military motivated by political hatred.

December 05, 2025 19:21

• Human rights activists have identified a propaganda element in the new arrests in connection with the attack on Pskov paratroopers in Chechnya.

  New accusations of involvement in the 2000 attack on Pskov paratroopers in Chechnya have been routinely fabricated by security forces in recent years, but the appearance of a Ukrainian citizen and a Ukrainian serviceman among those arrested will be used for propaganda purposes.

December 05, 2025 02:00

• A gas fitter will appear in court in the case of the collapse of a multi-story building in Cherkessk.

  In Karachay-Cherkessia, a criminal investigation has been completed into the collapse of a five-story building following a gas explosion in one of the apartments, killing five people. The defendant is a gas distribution company employee, accused of providing services that did not meet safety requirements.

December 04, 2025 11:59

• Three people have been arrested in connection with the attack on Pskov paratroopers in Chechnya.

  Rustam Murzagishiev, a resident of Karachay-Cherkessia, Ilkhom Shukurov, a resident of Tatarstan, and Chingiz Savchenko, a Ukrainian citizen, have been arrested on charges of armed rebellion, participation in a gang, and attempted murder of military personnel. Investigators believe they participated in the 2000 attack on Pskov paratroopers in Chechnya.

December 02, 2025 01:42

• A moratorium on inspections of entrepreneurs was imposed due to an unauthorized fence on the Bermamyt plateau.

  The fence on the Bermamyt plateau in Karachay-Cherkessia was erected without permission, but regulatory agencies and law enforcement are restricted by a moratorium on inspections of businesses, according to a Ministry of Natural Resources employee. The ecologist countered that officials are still able to conduct contactless inspections.

November 29, 2025 13:03

• The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 8,100.

  At least 4,008 soldiers from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,092 from the Southern Federal District have been officially recognized as killed in the military operation in Ukraine.

November 25, 2025 22:52

• Social media users are outraged by the business on the mountain plateau in Karachay-Cherkessia.

  The access to the edge of the Bermamyt plateau is fenced with barbed wire and a barrier. Tenants are now demanding 100 rubles to enter the area, social media users reported.

November 25, 2025 00:48

• A court in Cherkessk confiscated the assets of Sagid Murtazaliev.

  The property of the former head of the Pension Fund in Dagestan, Sagid Murtazaliev, worth hundreds of millions of rubles, has been transferred to the state at the request of the Prosecutor General's Office.

November 23, 2025 10:03

• The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 8,050.

  At least 3,986 soldiers from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,064 from the Southern Federal District have been officially recognized as killed in the military operation in Ukraine.

November 21, 2025 19:20

• A resident of Karachay-Cherkessia received a lengthy prison sentence for treason.

  The Supreme Court of Karachay-Cherkessia sentenced a 45-year-old resident of the republic to 14 years in a maximum-security prison colony, finding him guilty of treason.

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