Non-Moscow news for the night of March 18
🔹 A Ukrainian drone crashed into a residential high-rise building in Krasnodar — one person died, the governor reports Veniamin Kondratyev of Krasnodar KraiA total of three houses were damaged. At least five explosions also rocked the area. Novorossiysk, another ten are in the area Anapa и VityazevoDrone debris was found at two addresses in Lazarevsky district of SochiAn oil depot in the suburbs continues to burn. Labinsk.
🔹 In Altai Krai 29 rabies outbreaks have been identified—seven of them in the past two days. The new cases were recorded in the resort town. Belokurikha and villages Krasny Yar, Klyuchevsky DistrictQuarantine has been introduced there.
🔹 Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Dmitriy Patrushev sent to Novosibirsk Oblast a working group to review "measures to ensure the veterinary welfare of cattle." The delegation will be led by the head of Rosselkhoznadzor. Sergey Dankvert.
🔹 Vladimirsky The regional court upheld the arrest of a political prisoner as legal. Alexey Gorinov He was placed on preventive registration as "prone to extremism and terrorism." The defense insisted on falsifying the reports: according to the documents, Gorinov allegedly criticized the "SVO" during the days he was in solitary confinement and had no contact with anyone. However, the appeal was rejected. Gorinov himself reported that he continues to be transferred from the punishment cell to the punishment cell on trumped-up grounds.
🔹 Deputy Chief of Police of Yekaterinburg Andrey Ershov He stated that blocking messengers and games does not help in the fight against fraudsters. "There was a lull, but it wasn't long. All these criminals are located outside the Russian Federation, and 85% of the time they call via messaging apps. As soon as one app stops working, they switch to another. If the second app doesn't work, they switch to a third," Ershov explained. “And they are already working in MAX too.”
🔹 City Hall Krasnodar The Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF) refused to allow a rally against the blocking of Telegram in the city center, suggesting Klenovy Square on the outskirts as an alternative. Alexander Safronov He called this decision a "mockery" of residents and refused to hold the protest "in the bushes," submitting a second notice for March 29. If the administration refuses again, the communists promise to launch a secret "Plan B."
