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The Supreme Court has remanded Mikhail Khripunov, former deputy chairman of the Stavropol Regional Court, in custody after he was arrested on bribery charges. Khripunov requested a more lenient pretrial detention.

Mikhail Azarenko from Kotelnikovo was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,784 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

In early May, security forces carried out mass arrests of residents of several Chechen villages, and many of those detained were forced to sign contracts with the Ministry of Defense, activists reported. A human rights activist attributed the raids and arrests to a shortage of volunteer contract soldiers.

The days from May 27 to 29 have been declared non-working days in Chechnya in honor of the Muslim holiday.

The four main political forces running in Armenia's parliamentary elections made promises to reduce poverty, create new jobs, and increase pensions and GDP. Analysts believe most of these promises are simply populist.

Last night, the military shot down drones in three districts of the Rostov region. According to the governor, there were no injuries.

Restrictions on registration of buildings located in the DOSAAF microdistrict in Makhachkala have been lifted following a meeting between the mayor and residents.

The court sentenced Felix Zakhartsov, former financial director of the Tenth Bearing Plant in Rostov-on-Don, to four years and three months in prison, finding him guilty of embezzling property worth more than 2.2 billion rubles.

A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Dagestani resident Khalid Asadulaev to a long prison term, finding him guilty of financing terrorism.

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.