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Activists were allowed to attend the Rostov-on-Don court hearing for Kuban pensioners Nikolai Nabiev, Sergei Kuzovenko, and Marina Zakharova, who are accused of creating an illegal armed group. They reported that the pensioners appeared ill and exhausted.

Chechen authorities reported completing construction of houses for flood victims in less than a month and a half, although high-quality construction of brick cottages typically takes at least several months. Residents have many complaints about the quality of such housing, an activist reported.

A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Sochi native Iosif Kritsin to seven years in a maximum-security prison, finding him guilty of attempting to join the Russian Volunteer Corps.

The Leninsky District Court of Krasnodar denied the defense of former Kuban Vice-Governor Alexander Nesterenko's request to release him from house arrest on his own recognizance.

Participants in pro-European protests on Rustaveli Avenue, on the 537th day of continuous protests, opposed the Georgian Dream party's plan to create a special body to monitor public expression.

At a court hearing in Baku, the prosecutor proposed sentencing human rights activist Rufat Safarov to nine years in prison. The defense intends to seek Safarov's full acquittal.

Ruslan Akbulatov was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 195 combatants from Ingushetia have been officially recognized as killed.

The Central District Court of Sochi resentenced three former employees of the local police department's drug enforcement department. In addition to abuse of office and falsification of evidence, they were found guilty of accepting a bribe on an especially large scale.

Imprisoned Azerbaijani investigative journalist Hafiz Babali and economist Fazil Gasimov went on a hunger strike on the opening day of the World Urban Forum in Baku to draw attention to the issue of political prisoners.

The Supreme Court of Dagestan sentenced former State Duma deputy Magomed Gadzhiev* in absentia to life imprisonment. His brother, Akhmed Gadzhiev, was also sentenced in absentia to 10 years in prison.

In response to questions from refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan resorted to insults and threats during meetings with voters. Afterward, clinic employee Armine Soghoyan, who asked about casualties in the Karabakh wars, was asked to resign, and Artur Osipyan was detained on suspicion of hooliganism after an altercation with the prime minister.

Narman Mutalimov from the Tabasaran district was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,942 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

The Krasnodar Regional Court sentenced a local resident to 14 years in prison, finding him guilty of assisting the Ukrainian armed forces.

The Investigative Committee of Dagestan has opened a criminal case against a local resident suspected of recruiting a minor into a terrorist organization and attempting to manufacture an improvised explosive device.

The head of North Ossetia ordered that children from the republic not be sent to camps in the Tuapse District and that alternative accommodations be found. The task force reported collecting over 30,000 cubic meters of water-oil mixture from the coast.

Expulsion from the Akhmat Fight Club is not enough to punish MMA fighter Jihad Yunusov, who used violence against his neighbors during a domestic dispute, social media users claimed. According to judicial practice, those charged with assault in Chechnya face only monetary fines.

The days from May 27 to 29 have been declared additional days off in Dagestan in connection with the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.

Dozens of specialists inspect the Sochi seashore daily, but authorities report no oil contamination has been detected.

Sixteen passenger trains have been delayed in the Krasnodar Krai due to a more than 10-hour suspension of traffic on the Crimean Bridge. The bridge restrictions were imposed following drone attacks in Crimea and the Kuban region.

Access to eight blocked villages in the Charodinsky District has been restored. Due to spring floods, a section of the highway there was at risk of collapse, and reconstruction is planned.