Bryansk is a city and the administrative center of Bryansk Oblast, Russia, situated on the Desna River, 379 kilometers (235 mi) southwest of Moscow. It has a population of 379,152 at the 2021 census.
Pochep is a town and the administrative center of Pochepsky District in Bryansk Oblast, Russia, located 84 kilometers (52 mi) southwest of Bryansk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 14,991 (2021 Census); 17,161 (2010 Census); 17,064 (2002 Census); 16,868 (1989 Soviet census).
Mglin is a town and the administrative center of Mglinsky District in Bryansk Oblast, Russia, located on the Sudynka River 167 kilometers (104 mi) west of Bryansk, the administrative center of the oblast. Population: 6,919 (2021 Census); 7,916 (2010 Census); 8,261 (2002 Census); 7,704 (1989 Soviet census).
Brasovsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Bryansk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the east of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,185 square kilometers (458 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality of Lokot. Population: 21,471 (2010 Census); 24,972 ; 26,873 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Lokot accounts for 46.7% of the district's total population.
Krasnogorsky District is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the twenty-seven in Bryansk Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is 1,081 square kilometers (417 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality of Krasnaya Gora. Population: 10,250 (2021 Census); 13,208 (2010 Census); 16,863 ; 2,326 (1989 Soviet census). The population of Krasnaya Gora accounts for 53.7% of the district's total population.
Altukhovo is an urban locality in Navlinsky District of Bryansk Oblast, Russia. Population: 1,679 (2021 Census); 1,784 (2010 Census); 1,947 (2002 Census); 2,222 (1989 Soviet census).
Belye Berega is an urban locality under the administrative jurisdiction of the town of oblast significance of Bryansk of Bryansk Oblast, Russia. Population: 7,412 (2021 Census); 9,642 (2010 Census); 10,637 (2002 Census); 10,759 (1989 Soviet census).
Bolshoye Polpino is an urban locality under the administrative jurisdiction of the town of oblast significance of Bryansk of Bryansk Oblast, Russia. Population: 5,859 (2021 Census); 6,356 (2010 Census); 4,613 (2002 Census); 6,374 (1989 Soviet census).
The Left Bloc was a social movement that united activists of the Russian left and far-left organizations. It was formed in late November 2015 from a split in the Left Front. It is strongly critical of President Vladimir Putin.
Alexander Vasilyevich Bogomaz is a Russian politician who has been serving as the governor of Bryansk Oblast since 2015.
On 11 May 2021, a school shooting and bomb attack occurred in Kazan, Tatarstan, in the western part of Russia. Nine people were murdered, all of them by gunfire, and 23 others were injured. The 19-year-old shooter, Ilnaz Galyaviev, was identified as a former student. He pleaded guilty to the murder of two or more persons on 12 May and was sentenced to life imprisonment in April 2023.
On 20 September 2021, a mass shooting occurred at Perm State University, in the city of Perm, Perm Krai, Russia. Six people were killed and 47 others were injured. The attacker, identified as 18-year-old Timur Bekmansurov, was arrested after being wounded by police.
On 26 April 2022, three people were killed in a school shooting at a kindergarten in Veshkayma, Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia.
On 26 September 2022, a mass shooting occurred at a school in Izhevsk, Udmurtia, Russia. Eighteen people were killed and twenty-three others were wounded before the gunman, identified as Artyom Kazantsev, committed suicide.
The Ust-Ilimsk military commissariat shooting occurred on 26 September 2022, when 25-year-old local resident Ruslan Zinin wounded the military commissar Alexander Eliseev by shooting him with a sawed-off shotgun, after which he was detained.
In April 2022, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, an anti-war drawing by Maria Moskalyova, a sixth-grader in the Russian town of Yefremov, led to the political persecution of the girl and her single father Aleksey Moskalyov. The father was charged with discrediting the Russian military, and the girl was separated from her father and sent to a local orphanage. On 28 March 2023, a Russian court sentenced Aleksey to two years in prison. This is the first time in the Russian Federation that a court, after imprisoning a parent for political reasons, left the child without a guardian.
On 30 June 2023, a man shot and killed two people and injured another at the Chișinău International Airport in Moldova after he was denied entry into the country. The perpetrator was then shot and apprehended by security forces and died of his injuries three days later.
On 14 November 2019, a shooting occurred at the Amur College of Construction and Housing and Utilities in Blagoveshchensk, Amur Oblast, Russia. One student was killed and three others were injured. The attacker committed suicide.
The 2025 Bryansk Oblast gubernatorial election will take place on 14 September 2025, on common election day. Incumbent governor of Bryansk Oblast Alexander Bogomaz is eligible to run for a third term in office.
