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The director of the water utility in Dagestan's Karabudakhkent district has been detained on suspicion of providing substandard water services, resulting in more than 50 people seeking medical attention for signs of acute intestinal infection.

Sheikhyusuf Kerimov from the Derbent district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have acknowledged at least 1,894 combatants from Dagestan killed there.

The mother suffered multiple fractures, but the seven-year-old child was not injured.

Two of the wounded are in serious condition.

Imprisoned activist Elvin Nazarov has experienced a sharp increase in pain in recent days, but he is not receiving the necessary medical examination and treatment in the penitentiary institution.

Many social media users considered the photo shoot with a Georgian flag, for which a Sochi resident and her son were deported from Abkhazia, to be a provocation. Other participants in the discussion expressed support for the detained Sochi residents.

Dagestani analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" cited ill-considered development, natural factors, and the deplorable state of hydraulic structures as among the causes of the devastating flood. They also unanimously praised the significant contribution of volunteers in the flood relief effort.

According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the number of people taken to temporary accommodation centers in Dagestan increased by 18 in the past 24 hours. 508 residential buildings in the republic remain flooded.

An avalanche buried two houses in the mountain village of Shaitli. According to rescuers, a woman and child were trapped under the snow.

At least 4,435 soldiers from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,565 from the Southern Federal District have been officially recognized as killed in the military operation in Ukraine.

Residents of the Adilyotarsky village council lost 400 head of cattle, 360 head of sheep and goats, and nearly 30,000 poultry as a result of the flood. Most of the villagers' homes were damaged by the flood, and many remain submerged.

In the Kalachevsky district, awards were presented to the relatives of soldiers killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,752 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

The court sentenced the owner of the warehouse that exploded in Vladikavkaz on April 10, and two organizers of pyrotechnics production, to two months' arrest.

The death of a three-year-old girl as a result of domestic violence is unique to Abkhazia, but human rights activists have documented similar cases. A law is needed that would protect victims of domestic violence, not just document its consequences.

Due to bad weather, all motor vehicle traffic is prohibited on the Transcaucasian Highway.

It's premature to talk about the complete safety of Anapa's beaches, which authorities have declared ready to open for the start of the holiday season. There's no public picture of the state of the environment, and it takes time for the ecosystem to recover.

In the Dakhadayevsky district, heavy rains caused a bridge to collapse on a road leading to five villages; there are no alternative routes.

The relatives of Shamil Artsuyev, a native of Chechnya detained at the Russian-Georgian border and whose fate they have been trying unsuccessfully to learn for almost four months, have demanded a personal meeting with the leadership of Russian security agencies and the Presidential Administration.

Participants in the daily protest gathered outside the Georgian Parliament for the 501st time, demanding new parliamentary elections and the release of political prisoners.

Following changes to the housing program, refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh complained about rising housing and rental prices in Armenia's regions. Analysts noted that the housing program, with its new provisions, still fails to address the needs of small families of internally displaced persons.