Overnight news: Fire at Kirishi Oil Refinery and five years in prison for a comment
The Kirishi Oil Refinery in the Leningrad Region is burning after a drone attack. The French city of Saint-Denis awarded the title of honorary citizen to political prisoner Azat Miftakhov, and Karelian businessman Semyon Martysh was sentenced to five years in prison.
Fire at the Kirishi Oil Refinery
Kirishi The oil refinery is on fire Leningrad area after the drone attack, confirmed OSINT analysis of Astra. It is a key fuel supplier for St. Petersburg and aviation kerosene for Pulkovo Airport. "There are reports of drone strikes in the industrial zone of the city of Kirishi. Shrapnel has also been recorded hitting an apartment," пишет Governor Alexander DrozdenkoResidents report air defense activity and powerful explosions.
Honorary citizenship for Azat Miftakhov
French city Saint-Denis placed the title of honorary citizen to the Russian political prisoner mathematician Azat MiftakhovThe mayor of the commune supported the human rights activists' initiative. Bally Bagayoko, who has been advocating for the scientist since 2023. At a meeting at City Hall, activists and colleagues discussed the international campaign for Miftakhov's release and noted that although his sentence ends in September 2027, there is a risk that Russian authorities will fabricate a new pretext for keeping the mathematician from prison.
Garbage station near Rostov the Great
Under Rostov Great residents of several villages were made Locals are protesting the Ministry of Natural Resources' plans to build a waste transfer station capable of handling 30 tons of waste per year. They collected nearly two thousand signatures in just one day. They fear the stench and environmental pollution, and also note that the proposed site is located near farmland, a local water intake, and the canals of the Kotorosl River.
Five years in prison for a Karelian businessman
Karelian businessman Martisha Seeds sent to a penal colony for five years for a comment approving of the explosion in the cafe where the Z-blogger died Vladlen TatarInitially, the district military court fined the man almost a million rubles, but an appeal increased the sentence to a prison term. Neither remorse, nor his young children, nor even the departmental medal "For Assistance to the Air Defense Forces," which he had previously received for volunteering with the Russian army, saved Martysh.
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