Volgograd Region

January 11, 2023 16:40

• Volgograd resident claims torture after setting fire to rug at FSB door in Krasnodar

  After detention, law enforcers tortured, including with the use of electric current, Igor Paskar, a resident of Volgograd, accused of committing a terror act attack and vandalism: he set fire to a rug near the FSB building in Krasnodar; he claimed torture at the trial at the Southern District Court.

January 09, 2023 21:08

• Volgograd oppositional activist fined for discrediting army

  Ruslan Nurushev has been fined by 40,000 roubles for posting a leaflet criticizing the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine. For similar leaflets he was already been fined by 85,000 roubles.

January 07, 2023 23:57

• Volgograd resident fined for criticizing Russian president

  Kirill Shekurov, a resident of Volgograd, was fined by 40,000 roubles for posting criticism of Vladimir Putin, Russian President, on the Internet.

January 05, 2023 23:31

• Mobilization deprives contractors from Southern Russia of chance to quit

  In Southern Russia, garrison military courts refuse to satisfy claims lodged by military servicemen, who seek dismissal due to the expiry of their contracts, citing the mobilization decree.

January 01, 2023 22:26

• Residents of most regions of Southern Russia celebrate New Year without mass celebrations

  Amid the military operation in Ukraine, authorities of most regions of Southern Russia have banned mass celebrations on the occasion of the New Year, with the exception of festive events for children. Mayors of several cities have also changed the format of New Year celebrations.

December 29, 2022 23:50

• Wives of mobilized Volgograd residents complain to prosecutor's office

  Women from the Volgograd Region have stated that their husbands are being held in custody after they refused to take part in hostilities; they receive no medical care and adequate food.

December 21, 2022 18:05

• Court imposes new fine on Volgograd activist

  The court has fined Tamara Grodnikova, a Volgograd activist, by 40,000 roubles for her failure to pay the earlier imposed administrative fine under the article on discrediting the army; now she must pay 70,000 roubles within two months.

December 19, 2022 20:57

• Descendants of Volga Germans share memories of victims of Stalinist repressions

  Some of the Germans who had lived near the Volga River, and who suffered from deportation during Stalin's time, after returning to Russia found their houses occupied and settled in other territories, the members of the German community in the village of Verkhniy Eruslan, Volgograd Region, have reported.

December 18, 2022 23:59

• In the Volgograd Region, orphan complains about provided housing

  Anastasia Khodosevich, a resident of the dwelling settlement of Rudnya, has complained that officials provided her, as an orphan, with an apartment with a broken roof and without hot water and heating.

December 15, 2022 15:05

• Mother of Volgograd teenager tells details of his repeated detention

  The 14-year-old teenager from Volgograd, who was mistaken by law enforcers for a drug dealer in August and brutally detained, was again illegally detained in November, his mother has stated. According to her story, psychological pressure was exerted on her son; now he is forced to visit a psychologist.

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