Ivan Komarov, a member of the private military company Wagner, who has been placed in a pre trial detention facility on charges connected to violence against a woman, is reportedly planning a return to the zone where hostilities are taking place. This is what his wife, Alena, told URA.RU. She indicated that Komarov intends to rejoin the front lines and has already told investigators about his decision. Alena says her husband wants to travel directly from the detention center to the front before any criminal trial begins. A fellow inmate and colleague, Roman Kalmykov, who was also jailed following an incident, shares the same plan to head to the Northern Military District along with him. The two men were detained in Severouralsk in the Sverdlovsk region at the end of January. Law enforcement agencies were investigating them on suspicion of assault on a resident of the Beloyarsk region, but charges were filed later only for robbery. [Source: URA.RU]
On July 2, residents of Volgograd observed a procession of individuals bearing flags and wreaths associated with Wagner PMC as they moved up to Mamayev Kurgan. Those present described the act as an unofficial observance of War Veterans Day, a commemoration that has gained informal traction in Russia around July 1. The scene captured attention across several communities that day and prompted discussions about the role and memory of private military groups within the conflict. [Source: local eyewitness accounts]
Earlier, security services carried out arrests that included a former senior figure connected to Patriot media. This person had been involved in arranging the hire of Ilya Gorbunov, and the editor in chief of Konkretno.ru, Kirill Metelev, faced accusations related to coercive schemes involving the former general director of a St. Petersburg television channel, Malkevich. The developments were part of a broader series of investigations that officials described as targeting extortion and abuse of power within media and corporate circles. [Source: law enforcement statements]
In another development connected to the ongoing tensions, a man previously detained on rape charges in Tomsk was reported to have left SVO service. The movement of individuals tied to the region or to military operations continues to be monitored by authorities and the public as part of the wider security situation in the country. [Source: regional updates]