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Beach in Anapa. Photo: https://gorod-kurort-anapa.ru/

18:34, 3 June 2026

Tourists in Anapa have faced calls to leave the beaches as the season opens.

Tourists are urged to leave Anapa beaches, where new sand continues to be added. Only 4.5 kilometers of beaches are open to the public. The quality of imported sand is worse than that of the dunes; the new sand resembles clay, tourists noted.

17:36, 3 June 2026

A married couple from Makhachkala was convicted in absentia for raising money for drones for the Azov Battalion*.

The Southern District Military Court sentenced Makhachkala couple Nadezhda and Dmitry Valuev in absentia to 17 and 18 years in prison for raising funds abroad to purchase drones for the Azov Nationalist Battalion*.

16:55, 3 June 2026

A new group of fighters was sent from Grozny to the SVO zone.

Another group of fighters trained at the Russian Special Forces University departed from Grozny Airport for the military operation zone.

15:48, 3 June 2026

The ECHR awarded compensation to two Azerbaijani women for restrictions on their freedom of movement.

The European Court of Human Rights has found a violation of the right to freedom of movement and the right to an effective remedy in relation to two Azerbaijani citizens, Zeynab Abdullayeva and Elnara Sarijanova, who were banned from traveling abroad by the country's authorities due to criminal cases against their relatives.

14:55, 3 June 2026

The court ruled that the refusal to pay a contract soldier from Volgograd was legal.

The appellate court upheld the refusal to pay Volgograd contract soldier Taifur Bekbulatov his salary for the eight months he spent in the guardhouse.

13:57, 3 June 2026

Mansur Movlaev reported the kidnapping and torture of his brother.

Mansur Movlaev's brother, Zelimkhan Movlaev, was kidnapped in Chechnya and subjected to violence.

13:00, 3 June 2026

Prisyazhnyuk's conviction for a 20-year-old murder sparked a debate on social media about the investigation's lack of objectivity.

The investigation into the case of former St. Petersburg nationalist Kirill Prisyazhnyuk may be biased due to its age, and pressure from security forces may be exerted, Facebook* users noted, commenting on Prisyazhnyuk's arrest in Makhachkala.

12:56, 3 June 2026

A fire at an oil depot in the Rostov region has been extinguished after three days.

Rescuers extinguished a fire at an oil depot in the Matveyevo-Kurgan district that started on May 31 as a result of a drone attack.

11:59, 3 June 2026

The felling of trees near a cultural monument has outraged Rostov activists.

Activists have protested against development near a cultural heritage site in Rostov-on-Don. According to them, workers have already cut down trees at the site.

11:37, 3 June 2026

A Kuban court dismissed a case of discrediting the army.

The Kanevsky District Court dismissed the case against local resident Alexander Maltsev for discrediting the army, limiting itself to a verbal warning.

10:58, 3 June 2026

Karapetyan's associate has been arrested in Armenia for two months.

Alik Aleksanyan, a member of the "Strong Armenia" opposition bloc, has been taken into custody on suspicion of money laundering and bribing Armenian citizens to further the political interests of businessman Samvel Karapetyan.

09:59, 3 June 2026

A candidate from Prosperous Armenia is suspected of bribing voters.

A candidate from the Prosperous Armenia Party is suspected of bribing voters to vote for the opposition, the Anti-Corruption Committee said.

09:00, 3 June 2026

Drones shot down in Rostov Oblast

Last night, the military shot down drones in the Millerovsky District. According to the governor, there were no injuries.

Flooding in Makhachkala, March 30, 2026. Photo from Mayor Dzhambulat Salavov's Telegram channel.

08:01, 3 June 2026

Residents of Dagestan complained about delays in compensation for flood damage.

Residents of Dagestan affected by the March-April flood said they are still waiting for compensation from the authorities for lost property.

A Russian serviceman. Still from a Defense Ministry video: https://t.me/mod_russia/53671

07:02, 3 June 2026

The number of combatants from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has exceeded 9,200.

At least 4,550 soldiers from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,652 from the Southern Federal District have been officially recognized as killed in the military operation in Ukraine.

05:59, 3 June 2026

A fighter from Kamyshin was killed in combat.

Alexey Belyaev was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,801 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

04:52, 3 June 2026

Two Ingushetia residents have been convicted of selling weapons.

An Ingush court sentenced local residents Khasan Tsechoev and Magomed Esmurziev to lengthy prison terms in a maximum-security penal colony after finding them guilty of selling weapons and explosive devices.

03:53, 3 June 2026

The mother of a Sochi kindergarten student complained about a formal reply from a regional official.

The Adler District Prosecutor's Office, where Elena Baranetskaya filed a complaint about the inaction of the Kuban Ministry of Education and Science, forwarded it to the agency itself, whose director refused to acknowledge violations in the kindergarten's operations.

02:54, 3 June 2026

Khakhaleva's ex-husband agreed to voluntarily hand over his property to the state.

The court received a petition from the ex-husband of Krasnodar judge Elena Khakhaleva, who agreed to voluntarily transfer property belonging to him and his family to the state in connection with a lawsuit filed by the Russian Prosecutor General's Office.

01:56, 3 June 2026

Fire victims in Nalchik found the payments from the administration insufficient.

Only 13 families received 100,000 rubles each after the fire in the building on Kalmykov Street. Residents of one floor received 50,000 rubles each, but the rest of the victims received nothing, fire victims told the "Caucasian Knot."

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