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Over the past four months, courts in southern Russia have sentenced at least seven people to prison terms for social media posts. The actual number of such sentences is significantly higher, as not all terrorism justification cases are included in public court records.

The opposition United National Movement's lawsuit challenging the legality of the parliamentary commission investigating possible crimes committed by Georgia's previous governments has been dismissed. The lack of oral hearings violated the principles of a fair trial, the opposition claimed.

Four high-ranking officials in the Krasnodar Krai administration have retained their posts despite being arrested in connection with corruption investigations.

More than 100 houses have been completely destroyed by flooding in Chechnya.

Abdulmalik Abdullayev was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,883 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

The total damage amounted to almost 600 thousand rubles.

Combining Armenia's course toward rapprochement with the EU and membership in the Eurasian Economic Union is "definitely impossible," Vladimir Putin declared at a meeting with Nikol Pashinyan in the Kremlin. He also stated that Moscow would "like" all pro-Russian political forces to participate in Armenia's parliamentary elections.

A court has remanded a Stavropol Krai resident in pretrial detention after he was accused of spreading false information about the Russian armed forces due to comments he made on a messenger app.

A military court in Rostov-on-Don has imposed a fine on a minor resident of Krasnodar accused of justifying terrorism for a comment about Brenton Tarrant.

A state of emergency due to flooding has been extended to 12 municipalities in Dagestan. The republic's authorities have received over 4,000 applications for compensation for damage caused by the floods.

Akhmet Torshkhoyev and Alik Mestoyev were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly named at least 188 Ingush soldiers killed there.

Shareholders of the "Cozy House" housing cooperative appealed to the head of Dagestan with a request to complete the building in which they purchased apartments under the "Housing for the Young" program.

Zarema Musayeva stated in a complaint submitted to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention that she is being punished for the actions of her sons, who criticize the Chechen leadership, and that the court hearings in the case are being conducted with violations.

Supporters of Georgia's European integration gathered outside the parliament building on Rustaveli Avenue for the 490th day in a row. A court sentenced two protesters to one year in prison on charges of group violence.

Foreign citizens cross the border with Iran into Armenia and Azerbaijan and then return to their home countries, but the risk of an influx of refugees cannot be completely ruled out.

Press TV reported that Chechen military units have declared their readiness to deploy to Iran. This report is not supported by official statements, and Apti Alaudinov, speaking previously about Iran, only mentioned his personal readiness to repel US attacks.

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced two 25-year-old women from the Leningrad Region and a man from Udmurtia to prison terms ranging from 17 to 20 years on charges of plotting a terrorist attack in the capital of the Don.

The Soviet District Court of Makhachkala upheld the civil suit of the Prosecutor General's Office and confiscated property worth 1.2 billion rubles from former Dagestan State Secretary Magomed-Sultan Magomedov and his relatives.

The Adler District Court fined Victoria Krivoshchapova 15,000 rubles for organizing an uncoordinated protest against the blocking of Telegram.

In Kabardino-Balkaria, rainfall was light, but the water utility is shutting off water, citing increased turbidity caused by the rain. Village residents report that the shutoffs are causing inconvenience. The ecologist believes the shutoffs are due to the inability of treatment facilities at water intakes to cope.