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New sand will appear on all sandy beaches in Anapa by June 1, as the government commission for the fuel oil spill response has deemed this an effective solution. Water and soil samples from the pebble beaches meet standards, and they are being prepared for reopening, the governor of Kuban announced.

Chechen native Ayshat Baimuradova was buried in Yerevan five months after her murder; about 30 people came to say goodbye to her.

A coffee shop employee in Stavropol has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. According to investigators and the court, he poisoned soldiers' drinks in the interests of a terrorist organization.

The coffin containing the body of Chechen native Ayshat Baimuradova, who was murdered in Yerevan, was immediately loaded into a hearse at the morgue, with those gathered invited to say their farewells to her at the cemetery.

Sochi Deputy Mayor Yevgeny Gorobets, Director of the Legal Department Roman Ryabtsev, and Head of the Municipal Land Control Department Aslan Achmizov were detained by security forces.

Zaudi Budaychiyev from the Mozdok district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, at least 576 combatants from North Ossetia have been officially recognized as killed there.

The Interstate Aviation Committee stated that the Ka-226 helicopter crash in Dagestan in November 2025 was caused by the actions of a pilot who lacked professional training and piloting skills.

In the village of Yusifjanly in the Agdam region, a local resident was blown up by a mine; his lower left leg was amputated.

The Adler District Prosecutor's Office in Sochi has approved the indictment and sent the criminal case to court against a 39-year-old local resident accused of violating the right to freedom of conscience and religion.

Islam Malikov, Shamilkhan Nasrudinov, and Ramazan Muradov from the Kazbekovsky district were killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,881 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

Ramzan Kadyrov announced the resumption of construction on the 435-meter Akhmat Tower skyscraper, which began ten years ago.

Officials from the Dagestan Ministry of Health are suspected of negligence in organizing the procurement of medications for patients requiring subsidized medications.

At a meeting with evicted residents of the Nalchik Agricultural University dormitory, the head of the republic's Investigative Committee assured them that their rights would not be violated.

More than 570 prisoners from Chechen prison colonies have signed military contracts with the Ministry of Defense. Chechnya ranks first in terms of recruiting activity in prisons, the head of the republic's Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) stated.

Police detained two protesters outside the Armenian parliament following an altercation with National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan. Simonyan accused the detainees of deliberately provoking them.

On the 484th day of continuous protests outside the Georgian parliament building, activists protested administrative arrests for blocking the sidewalk and announced a solidarity march with Elene Khoshtaria.

In an anti-corruption lawsuit against Magomed Kaitov, the former head of the Interregional Grid Company of the North Caucasus, the Prosecutor General's Office demanded the confiscation of 81 transformer substations in Khasavyurt.

Quarry sand won't solve the problem of fuel oil emissions, but will only temporarily conceal the pollution on Anapa's beaches. Environmentalists and activists have pointed out that the quality of the sand used to fill one of the beaches is not up to par with what tourists in Anapa are accustomed to and could jeopardize the resort's reputation.

Soslan Kisiev, killed in the SVO zone, is buried in Tskhinvali. At least 48 combatants from South Ossetia were killed in the fighting in Ukraine.

The Lazarevsky District Court of Sochi sentenced former police officers Eduard Adamyan and Tatos Arutyunyan to three and three-and-a-half years in prison, respectively, finding them guilty of abuse of office through the use of violence and special means.