South Federal District

April 04, 2026 14:01

• A serviceman from Kamyshin was killed in combat.

  Andrei Martsinkevich was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,740 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

April 04, 2026 11:10

• The court agreed to transfer the defendants in the Kalimatov case from the Armavir pretrial detention center.

  Fourteen defendants in the case of large-scale theft from the Pension Fund, including the brother of the head of Ingushetia, have been transferred to the Cherkessk pretrial detention center following complaints from those arrested about conditions in the Armavir detention center.

April 04, 2026 08:19

• Five people were killed in an airstrike in Taganrog.

  An airstrike in Taganrog killed one person and seriously injured four others. A commercial vessel was damaged by a drone strike in the Sea of ​​Azov.

April 04, 2026 06:25

• A fighter from the Volgograd region was killed in Ukraine.

  Alexey Eltontsev from the Kamyshinsky District was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,739 soldiers from the Volgograd Region have been officially recognized as killed.

April 04, 2026 05:27

• A confidant of former Kuban judge Chernov has been accused of fraud.

  The criminal case against Vladislav Ovcharenko, who was long involved in the schemes of former Krasnodar Regional Court Chairman Alexander Chernov to acquire valuable assets, has been referred to court. Ovcharenko has been charged with fraud.

April 04, 2026 03:28

• Marina Melikhova reported that security forces disrupted an interfaith conference.

  The public organization "Era Vodoley" (Age of Aquarius), led by Marina Melikhova, planned to hold an interfaith conference in Krasnodar. Over a hundred people from across Russia had applied to participate, but security forces disrupted the event, expelling everyone who had arrived.

April 04, 2026 02:29

• Hoteliers and residents of Anapa are skeptical about the start of the holiday season.

  In Anapa, amid government announcements about the imminent reopening of beaches, hotel reservations are on the rise. However, both tourism industry employees and local residents are speaking cautiously about the start of the holiday season.

April 04, 2026 00:57

• Volgograd journalist Koshelev has been arrested.

  The Court of Appeal rejected the defense's appeal against the arrest of Volgograd journalist Vitaly Koshelev, accused of extortion, and remanded him in pretrial detention until May 23. His colleague, Alexei Serovoy, is under house arrest.

April 03, 2026 21:21

• A Kuban resident was fined for criticizing the air defense system.

  A court in the Temryuk district fined local resident Olga Sklyarova for discrediting the Russian army for discussing the operation of the air defense system with her neighbors.

April 03, 2026 18:15

• Rising ferry prices have alarmed residents of a village in the Volgograd region.

  Residents of the village of Trehostrovskaya in the Ilovlinsky District of the Volgograd Region are concerned about the more than doubling of the cost of their only route, the Don River ferry. They believe this "shocking" increase in service fees will force them to reduce their travel and significantly reduce the tourist appeal of the Donskoy Nature Park.

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