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Contract soldier Igor Agapov and mobilized soldier Dmitry Kryzhko were killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,793 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

The case of Volgograd blogger Alexei Ulyanov, accused of extortion, has been referred to court.

Two weeks ago, Chechen Ombudsman Mansur Soltayev issued a call for representatives of the Chechen diaspora in Europe to participate in anti-LGBT* protests, but no one responded.

The Russian Wrestling Federation, headed by Mikhail Mamiashvili, has accumulated numerous problems, and athletes are facing pressure for not receiving fair compensation and support, stated Dagestani wrestling coach Magomed Guseinov in an address to the Russian president.

Meat prices in Makhachkala and Kaspiysk have increased slightly ahead of Eid al-Adha, but low-income families are unable to treat relatives and neighbors to the holiday tradition.

The father of Elza Kungaeva, a Chechen woman killed by Colonel Budanov, died in Norway. Visa Kungaev is buried in his ancestral village of Tangi-Chu, where soldiers kidnapped Kungaeva in the spring of 2000.

More than 20 homes and 48 surrounding areas remain in the flooded area in the Sunzhensky District of Ingushetia. In Karabulak, pumping water from flooded homes and yards has been completed.

A mass march organized by the Opposition Alliance in Tbilisi on Georgia's Independence Day was held under the slogan "For Victory, Together, Until the End!" Supporters of Georgia's European integration have been protesting in the capital for 545 consecutive days.

A court in Khasavyurt found three Interior Ministry officers guilty of falsifying a criminal case against local resident Yulduz Kurashova, but released them due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. Two security officers were given suspended sentences for torturing Kurashova.

The volunteer group that spent two weeks cleaning up oil spills on the beach in Gizel-Dere has been disbanded. Further work will be carried out under the supervision of the local administration.

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has ruled that Azerbaijani blogger Abdul Abilov's rights to a fair trial have been violated and ordered him to pay €4,100 in compensation.

Rinat Musayev from the Rutulsky District was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have officially acknowledged at least 1,953 Dagestani servicemen killed in the conflict.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan signed a charter establishing a strategic partnership between the two countries and initialed a framework agreement on the Trump Route project.

One of the cable cars at the Elbrus ski resort in Kabardino-Balkaria has been closed due to deteriorating weather conditions.

The progressive centrist party "Alliance" refused to participate in the parliamentary elections in Armenia; the Central Election Commission annulled its registration.

A court in Nalchik sentenced Islam Shogenov to five years in prison, finding him guilty of leaving his unit without permission during mobilization.

The charge against Artak Avetisyan, who called the Armenian Prime Minister a "traitor," has been reclassified from incitement to hooliganism.

Imprisoned opposition figure Tofig Yagublu, who suffers from pain, was allowed to undergo a specialized medical examination at a private civilian clinic. The politician's daughter expressed hope that the examination will lead to an accurate diagnosis and treatment for her father.

Former Kuban Vice Governor Sergei Vlasov, sentenced to 11 years in a maximum security penal colony five months ago, has gone missing in the military operation zone.

The first passenger train from Azerbaijan in six years, whose land borders were closed at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, arrived in Tbilisi today.