Stavropol Region

July 03, 2025 05:57

• Over 6,950 soldiers from southern Russia confirmed killed in Ukraine

  Officials and security forces have publicly acknowledged that at least 3,479 fighters from the Southern Federal District and 3,473 from the North Caucasus Federal District were killed in the war zone in Ukraine.

July 01, 2025 05:56

• Two Dagestani residents convicted of desecrating Eternal Flame in Stavropol village

  A court sentenced two residents of Dagestan to 2.5 years in a penal colony after finding them guilty of desecrating the Eternal Flame at a memorial in the village of Kurskaya. The convicts were warming their feet by the fire.

June 20, 2025 17:28

• Teenager arrested in Stavropol under terrorism case

  The court has arrested a 17-year-old resident of Mikhailovsk, suspected under the article on organizing terrorist activities. The teenager is accused of social media posts and faces 15 to 20 years in penal colony.

June 17, 2025 17:32

• Alaudinov's call to declare mobilization is in conflict with law

  According to the Russian law, the Israeli-Iranian hostilities are no ground for declaring mobilization in Russia, but if necessary, authorities can declare it because of the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, analysts have pointed in their comments on Apti Alaudinov's calls to mobilize at least 500,000 people.

June 09, 2025 16:45

• Man accused of murdering Stavropol Vice-Mayor arrested

  The Leninsky District Court of Stavropol has placed the man accused of killing Zaur Gurtsiev, First Deputy Mayor of Stavropol, and his acquaintance into custody.

June 06, 2025 17:20

• Teens arrested in Stavropol Territory within extremist community case

  Seven minors from the Stavropol Territory, whom investigators treat as members of an extremist community, have been taken into custody. Another teenager has been placed under house arrest.

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.

June 03, 2025 14:32

• Four residents of Stavropol Territory sentenced for dancing lezginka near “Eternal Flame” monument

  In the Stavropol Territory, a court sentenced four young men accused of desecrating a symbol of military glory in the village of Grushevskoye.

June 02, 2025 16:39

• Advocates state difficulties of obtaining compensation for explosion damage in Stavropol

  If the incident is officially recognized as a terror act, compensation for the cars damaged in the explosion in Stavropol, in which Zaur Gurtsiev was killed, is available only to CASCO insurance owners.

May 29, 2025 18:01

• IED treated as explosion cause in Stavropol

  The explosion occurred after the first deputy of Stavropol Mayor was approached by his acquaintance, who had a small bag on his shoulder; it follows from the video. Investigators don’t rule out the version of a terror act.

May 28, 2025 16:13

• Resident of Stavropol Territory accused of failure to report a crime

  In the city of Georgievsk, a court considers a criminal case against Ramazan Abdullaev, who is accused of failing to report to the law enforcement bodies about the involvement of his female acquaintance in a terrorist organization.

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 19, 2025 18:43

• In Stavropol Territory, teens arrested on suspicion of preparing attacks on law enforcers

  Nine persons, including eight teenagers, suspected of preparing attacks on policemen, have been taken into custody in the Stavropol Territory. Some of them have told how they had sworn an oath to a terrorist organization without understanding the meaning of the words.

May 13, 2025 14:32

• Alexei Safonov sentenced to 20 years of imprisonment in bribery case

  In Cherkessk, a court has sentenced Alexei Safonov, the former chief of the Stavropol Territory GIBDD (road police), who became well-known for his mansion with a “golden toilet,” to 20 years of imprisonment in a high-security penal colony in a case on multi-million-rouble bribes for cargo transportation in violation of the rules and regulations.

May 10, 2025 18:50

• Military parades held in Northern Caucasus on Victory Day

  Military parades and processions took place in Kaspiysk, Vladikavkaz, Cherkessk, and Stavropol. In at least two cities, horsemen took part in the parade, and in Kaspiysk, “Akhmat” armoured vehicles were presented.

May 09, 2025 19:00

• Resident of Stavropol Territory sentenced for preparing a terror act

  Alexander Bogdanov, a resident of the Stavropol Territory, has been sentenced to 18 years in a strict regime penal colony on charges of involvement in a terrorist organization and preparing a terror act.

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).

May 03, 2025 23:13

• Court arrests four people after apologies for conflict in Zelenokumsk

  Four persons have been arrested; the fifth suspect has been put on the wanted list within the case of attacking policemen at a cemetery in Zelenokumsk. The detainees’ apologies, who, according to Telegram channels, belong to the Roma community, were posted by the regional branches of Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) and the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) in their resources.

April 26, 2025 18:01

• Cassation Court cancels decision on compensation for activists of “Marem” shelter

  In Pyatigorsk, the Fifth Cassation Court has cancelled the decisions on compensation for employees of the “Marem” shelter in Dagestan.

April 22, 2025 23:58

• On April 14-20, one person perished in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week from April 14 to 20, 2025, one person perished in the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

April 19, 2025 23:58

• Kadyrov outraged by idea of banning namaz in one of districts in Stavropol Territory

  When commenting on a document banning namaz (prayer) in the Andropovsky District of the Stavropol Territory that had already been cancelled by the district’s authorities, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has called the ban an “open discrimination and legal lawlessness.” The leader of Chechnya has suggested that the authorities of other regions should build more mosques if they do not want namaz in the street.

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