Volgograd Region

May 12, 2025 13:26

• Social media users criticize Maria Shukshina for supporting idea of renaming Volgograd

  Actress Maria Shukshina spoke out in favour of renaming Volgograd to Stalingrad. Users of her Telegram channel expressed different opinions on the issue. Meanwhile, many Volgograd residents have noted the city needs to solve a lot of problems and renaming the city is not the main one.

May 09, 2025 18:55

• Communication restrictions during holidays affect Southern Russia

  Mobile Internet shutdowns during the Victory Day celebrations are planned in Kuban (Krasnodar Territory), Rostov and Volgograd Regions, sources have reported. The MTS operator in Dagestan has warned subscribers about "temporary difficulties" with mobile Internet.

May 07, 2025 14:14

• Lawyers explain mechanism for renaming Volgograd

  The official procedure for renaming Volgograd to Stalingrad, which President Putin “promised to think about,” involves a long sequence of bureaucratic steps, but can be implemented without a referendum.

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 05, 2025 15:34

• Residents of Frolovo complain about environmental situation

  In the city of Frolovo, residents complained about severe environmental problems resulting from the operation of the electrometallurgical plant. The management of the plant claims that the environmental situation has improved, and the local authorities have expressed their concern. At the same time, one of the activists has been invited to the local police department to give an explanation.

May 02, 2025 14:02

• Renaming Volgograd airport becomes an attempt to rehabilitate Joseph Stalin

  The decree on renaming the Volgograd airport to “Stalingrad” signed by the Russian President fits into a series of conscious and unconscious attempts to rehabilitate the name of Stalin, but there is no real public demand for that, historians and human rights defenders note.

April 30, 2025 14:12

• President Putin renames Volgograd airport as “Stalingrad”

  Andrei Bocharov, Governor of the Volgograd Region, informed Russian President Vladimir Putin that the military veteran community and participants of the special military operation asked to rename the Volgograd airport to “Stalingrad”. Vladimir Putin signed the appropriate decree on the same day.

March 30, 2025 18:01

• Volgograd activists call to support political prisoners with letters

  Organizers and participants of the evening of letters to political prisoners in Volgograd, despite fears of detentions and provocations by law enforcers, called support for those unfairly arrested and convicted for their civic position an important mission.

March 29, 2025 22:15

• Court finds ban for rights defender to see Nagavkin as lawful

  The refusal to allow Valentin Bogdan, a human rights defender, to visit Igor Nagavkin in the colony was found to be lawful. The court has ignored the arguments presented by the human rights defender.

March 19, 2025 21:17

• Volgograd student apologizes for criticizing Mufti

  A student from Syria studying in Volgograd recorded a video apologizing for his reaction to the Mufti’s words about the events in the Middle East.

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