South Federal District

March 19, 2026 15:38

• Anapa's pebble beaches are excluded from the emergency zone.

  Eight pebble beaches in Anapa, from the village of Bolshoy Utrish to Vysoky Bereg, have been excluded from the emergency zone due to the fuel oil spill. Rospotrebnadzor (the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing) will decide whether to reopen them.

March 19, 2026 13:38

• Volgatransneft failed to challenge the method for calculating damages for the fuel oil spill.

  The Krasnodar Regional Court upheld the calculation method used by the Kuban Ministry of Natural Resources to estimate damage to wildlife following the fuel oil spill in the Kerch Strait at 34.2 billion rubles.

March 19, 2026 04:45

• The verdict in the case of the plot to blow up a court in Pyatigorsk has been confirmed.

  The court rejected the appeal of two Tajik citizens convicted in 2025 for plotting an explosion in the Pyatigorsk City Court building.

March 19, 2026 02:47

• The anniversary of the beginning of the Kalmyk rehabilitation went unnoticed in the republic.

  The 70th anniversary of the beginning of the Kalmyk people's rehabilitation passed without any commemorative events in Kalmykia. Residents of the region interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" stated that the national tragedy is being forgotten.

March 19, 2026 01:48

• The court seized the property of a Krasnodar City Duma deputy.

  The property of Krasnodar City Duma deputy Viktor Timofeev and his associates, valued at more than 10 billion rubles, has been transferred to the state.

March 18, 2026 23:56

• Volunteers reported significant chunks of fuel oil on the Bugay Spit.

  Volunteers reported that the sea has exposed chunks of fuel oil washed up during a storm on the Bugayskaya Spit.

March 18, 2026 22:21

• Eleven apartments were damaged after a drone attack in Krasnodar overnight.

  In Krasnodar, 11 apartments were damaged by drone attacks. Windows and balcony glazing were partially shattered, and roofs and facades were damaged.

March 18, 2026 20:05

• A court in Volzhsky has declared the "Russian Security Committee"* extremist.

  The Volzhsky City Court of the Volgograd Region has ruled to ban the "Committee for Security of Russia" (KOBR), an association of local residents who deny the collapse of the USSR.

March 18, 2026 19:25

• Telegram restrictions have impacted the work of residents of the Southern Federal District.

  Residents of the Rostov and Volgograd regions and Kalmykia reported that Telegram was often used for work-related communications, and existing restrictions created difficulties at work, while available workarounds weren't always effective. Some expressed a willingness to switch to domestic messaging apps, while others said they would continue using Telegram.

March 18, 2026 18:19

• The court has arrested the head of the Krasnodar Krai Ministry of Health, Filippov.

  The Oktyabrsky District Court of Krasnodar ordered the detention of Kuban Health Minister Yevgeny Filippov for two months.

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