Astrakhan Region

June 03, 2025 18:35

• Analysts assess prospects for switching to new self-government model for regions of Southern Russia

  The switch to a single-level model of self-government is unfit for the republics of Northern Caucasus, as it breaks the established political alignments. However, even in the event of a transition to a new model, the negative effect for the republics of Southern Russia will be less than for other regions.

May 27, 2025 19:55

• Four residents of Southern Russia detained as members of Basaev's gang

  Detentions of suspects in the attack of Basaev’s and Khattab's militants on Russian militaries in 1999 and 2000 were conducted in Dagestan, Ingushetia, Astrakhan Region and Stavropol Territory. The suspects – Radjab Khasaev, Arsen Koldasov, Batyr Arsanov and Rasul Takhtamirov – have been arrested.

May 27, 2025 13:50

• Astrakhan residents demand to repair monument to victims of political repressions

  In their appeal, residents of Astrakhan have demanded from the city police to identify the persons responsible for damaging the monument to victims of political repressions and find out whether the damage was inflicted as a result of act of vandalism or whether it resulted from poor-quality repairs to the monument by a contractor. The Astrakhan residents call on government officials to ensure the restoration of the pedestal.

May 06, 2025 18:10

• Fighters from seven regions of Southern Russia returned from Ukrainian captivity

  The 205 persons returned to Russia as part of a prisoners of war (POWs) exchange with Ukraine include servicemen from seven regions of the North-Caucasian and Southern Federal Districts (NCFD and SFD).

April 19, 2025 23:17

• Vitaly Zhuravlyov’s new case sent to court

  Vitaly Zhuravlyov, a resident of Akhtubinsk, has been charged with two episodes of repeated discrediting of the Russian Armed Forces for his comments posted on a social network.

April 19, 2025 21:44

• Believer from Astrakhan returned to penal colony unit after 20 days in punishment cell

  Anna Safronova, a Jehovah’s Witness* from Astrakhan, who complained about cruel treatment in a penal colony in Stavropol, has been released from a punishment cell. The administration of the penal colonies often uses placement to punishment cell specifically in relation to prisoners who are believers.

April 18, 2025 23:58

• Vitaly Zhuravlyov, accused of discrediting Russian Army, declared political prisoner

  Human rights defenders have recognized Vitaly Zhuravlyov, a resident of the Astrakhan Region, convicted under the article on repeated discrediting the Russian Army, as a political prisoner and demanded that his criminal prosecution be stopped and he be released.

April 18, 2025 23:16

• Lawyer names criteria for prosecuting Astrakhan teens under sabotage article

  Schoolboys from the Astrakhan Region have pleaded guilty to committing a sabotage act. In order to prosecute them under this article, investigators must prove that the aim thereof was to undermine the country’s economic security, a lawyer has emphasized.

April 04, 2025 23:39

• Advocate treats harsh treatment of believers in Stavropol colony as systematic

  Olga Asanova, an advocate for Anna Safronova, a Jehovah's Witness*, imprisoned in a Stavropol colony, has informed the Prosecutor's Office about the torture of her client for refusing to wear a Saint George ribbon. This case fits into the general trend of tougher treatment of the convicts professing this religion, Yaroslav Sivulsky, a member of the European Association of Jehovah's Witnesses*, has stated.

April 01, 2025 22:38

• Believer from Astrakhan complains about cruel treatment in penal colony

  In the Stavropol penal colony, convicted Jehovah’s Witness* Anna Safronova from Astrakhan is being sent to a punishment cell for long terms and forced to stand on her feet during 10-13 hours.

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