Former teacher of the Department of Journalism at Vladimir State University Tatyana Filippova, who was fired from the university after the start of the war with Ukraine, urged people not to enroll in the journalism department. “I looked at the admission figures for my former department of journalism at VlSU. The former greed - two whole groups are about to be released - is in the past. This year, 11 places are budget, including 4 by quotas, 4 by contract.

A video of dead fish in Klyazma near the village of Bogolyubovo, Vladimir Region, is being distributed on the Internet. According to the regional branch of the Green party, the death toll is widespread, and the river “has become like a real graveyard for fish, including the Red Book sterlet.” “This section of the river has important environmental significance: the Bogolyubovsky meadow and the adjacent Klyazma floodplain are part of the specially protected natural areas of the Vladimir region.

A court in Murom sentenced a local resident to 5 years in prison on charges of fraud. Posing as an employee of military investigative agencies, he deceived the relatives of a participant in the war with Ukraine. “He gave them false information that the fighter was being investigated for falsifying medical documents and wasting uniforms and ammunition. To be convincing, he showed fictitious service IDs and other documents.

Residents of Vladimir report on social networks about a shortage of gasoline at gas stations. “Chesnok” writes that three days ago at a number of gas stations in Vladimir they limited the sale of fuel, and today several gas stations have already closed.

The Vladimir City Museum of History and Local Lore hosted the opening of the exhibition project “Northern Military District: Freedom, Loyalty, Courage,” dedicated to the military invasion of Ukraine. “The event was attended by employees of the investigative department of the Investigative Committee, military personnel, representatives of volunteer groups, public organizations, the Vladimir diocese and the public.

The Federal Fire Service at the end of 2025 lacked at least 203.75 thousand employees (34.5% of the required number), according to the report of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, notes the publication “Important Stories”. By the end of 2025, there were 386.83 thousand people in the fire department. In February 2026, the head of the department said that federal fire departments were only 65.5% staffed.

“One of the sources of belief in conspiracy theories is powerlessness and inability to change one’s life and the state of things in the world around us,” writes Candidate of Historical Sciences and PhD Ilya Yablokov in his monograph “Russian Culture of Conspiracy.” In April, members of the initiative group “Agrarian Council” began protests against the resettlement of 50 families of farmers from South Africa to the Vladimir region.

At a meeting on June 5, the commission rejected the proposal to perpetuate the memory of three veterans of the Great Patriotic War and one deceased participant in the war with Ukraine. The commission referred to a provision that prohibits the use of genitive constructions in street names.

In the village of Cherkutino, Vladimir region, a monument was erected in honor of the reformer Mikhail Speransky, who was born there. The composition was created by sculptor Igor Chernoglazov - the monument reaches 5.5 meters in height. The governor of the Vladimir region, Alexander Avdeev, took part in the opening ceremony. This is the second monument to Mikhail Speransky in the Vladimir region: the first was installed in 2024 near the regional court building.

Ekaterina Novikova from the city of Vladimir left Russia after the start of a full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war. Today at the congress of the opposition democratic party “Peaceful Russia” in Berlin, her candidacy was nominated to the political council of the party. “I have no media background or experience in party participation. I have been in the opposition since 2020, when I was 17 years old. Now I'm 23 years old.

The first day of the founding congress of Peaceful Russia has ended in Berlin. Politician Ilya Yashin has become the chairman of the democratic opposition party, a Dododa journalist reports from the scene. “Our task is to restore hope to people. I urge you to create a party that will not just educate, not just preach, but will set the task of taking power in Russia.

The Sobinsky City Court of the Vladimir Region issued a verdict against a 62-year-old resident of the village of Zarechnoye. According to investigators, a conflict arose between the stepfather and his wife’s 22-year-old son from a previous marriage, who returned from the war with Ukraine. During the quarrel, the stepfather, while intoxicated, grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed his stepson multiple times in the chest and stomach.

From July 10 to 19, Suzdal will host the Second Denis Matsuev Summer Festival, the country's largest open-air classical music festival. The Putin Cultural Initiatives Fund allocated a grant of 80 million rubles for its implementation. Taking into account co-financing, the total cost of the festival amounted to 202 million rubles. Moreover, last year the same fund allocated 28 million rubles for the Denis Matsuev festival. The reason for this sharp increase in expenses is not specified.

The Aleksandrovsky City Court of the Vladimir Region imposed administrative arrest for a period of 1 day on local activist Yuri Sayenko for the picket on May 1. The court found that Sayenko violated the law on holding public events, since he allegedly held not a single, but a group picket, which requires filing a notification.

Before the war, VlSU’s partners were universities in Italy, Germany, Japan and South Korea. In 2025, Vladimir State University concluded 7 cooperation agreements with foreign universities from China, Cameroon, Egypt and Sri Lanka, according to the Vladimir State University website. VlSU concluded 6 more cooperation agreements with universities from Thailand, China, Vietnam, Uzbekistan and Belarus in the current year 2026.