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Investigators conducted searches at a commercial water supply and sanitation organization as part of an investigation into negligence in providing water to residents of Kaspiysk.

The Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria, after reviewing video footage from the scene of the incident at the Ministry of Internal Affairs department, rejected the prosecutor's request for a retrial and upheld Diana Tsipinova's acquittal for assaulting a security officer. Lawyers believe the court very rarely sides with the defense, only when egregious violations are evident.

Security forces conducted a search of the home of Alexander Tararykin, head of the Krasnodar Krai Department of Cossack Affairs, on suspicion of abuse of power.

The Russian government reported no new fuel oil emissions on the shores of Anapa and the Temryuk district. Volunteers dismissed this claim as false, posting photos and videos of the emissions after the storm.

Following lawsuits from the Prosecutor General's Office, former Chairman of the Prikubansky District Court of Krasnodar, Rustem Trakhov, and Vladimir Bakhmetyev, who headed the Khostinsky and then Central District Courts of Sochi, were stripped of their status as retired judges. Consequently, they have also been stripped of the immunity granted by their status as judges.

The Court of Cassation decided to soften the pretrial detention measures for Khyna Dumav, Almaskhan Ardzinba, and Garry Kokai in the case of the detention of Russian political strategists in the office of the Abkhazian Herald newspaper.

Former SVO member Rustam Nogmov was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the murder of Nalchik pensioner Nina Selezneva. The court also ordered him to pay 3 million rubles in compensation for moral damages. The victims' defense team called the verdict fair.

At least four people, including the son of opposition leader Tofig Yagublu, were injured when security forces for the Azerbaijani president dispersed a protest in Washington demanding the release of political prisoners.

The "Caucasian Knot" account was blocked on the X platform after it posted about a petition to cancel Anacondaz's concert in Yerevan. The platform reviewed the blocking appeal and upheld the denial; it does not allow a second appeal. The account has remained blocked for over 34 hours.

The shootout in which security forces killed a Stavropol resident was preceded by the murder of a Kislovodsk resident, a suspect in a case involving the preparation of a terrorist attack in Stavropol. According to the FSB, the man was plotting a terrorist attack on orders from the Ukrainian side and offered armed resistance during an arrest attempt.

The FSB reported that it had foiled a terrorist attack on the building of the "Defenders of the Fatherland" foundation branch in Stavropol. The man who was preparing the explosion on orders from Ukrainian intelligence agencies was killed in the shootout.

Artem Stishak from the Mozdok district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have officially acknowledged at least 545 North Ossetian servicemen killed there.

The Tbilisi City Court has ordered pretrial detention for Eliso Kiladze, editor-in-chief of the publications "Khronika Plus" and CNews, as well as five other defendants in the case of fraudulent call centers operating in Georgia under the auspices of former Prosecutor General Otar Partskhaladze and former head of the State Security Service Grigol Liluashvili.

Sultan Alizhanov and Sultanbeg Shikhmuradov from the Kazbekovsky District were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, at least 1,812 Dagestani soldiers have been officially recognized as killed there.

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don found Timerlan Kartoev guilty of aiding and abetting the financing of terrorism and sentenced him to 16 years in prison.

The first group of 154 Azerbaijani displaced persons, who left during the Karabakh conflict, returned to the village of Khanabad in the Khojaly region.

Astemir Tokhov, Ramazan Kardanov, Ruslan Paritov, Zalim Shinakhov, and Albert Kumakhov from the Leskensky district were killed in the military operation in Ukraine. Since February 2022, at least 374 fighters from Kabardino-Balkaria have been confirmed killed there.

The Supreme Court of North Ossetia has seized the Moscow region property of former Vladikavkaz mayor Makharbek Khadartsev, valued at approximately 169 million rubles, and has ordered it to be transferred to the state.

Former acting head of the Kaspiysk police department, Ziyavudin Ashikov, convicted of financing terrorism and attempting to assassinate a security officer, requested three times to be sent to the war zone in Ukraine and was denied three times.

Administrative fines for photographing and filming drones have been introduced in Stavropol Krai. The maximum fine for individuals is three thousand rubles for a first offense.