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Georgian-Russian businessman Levan Vasadze said his accounts and those of his family members were frozen by Georgian banks listed on the London Stock Exchange.

Rosaviatsiya has reopened Gelendzhik and Sochi airports, which had been closed overnight, for landing and departures. Ten aircraft flying to Sochi have been diverted to alternate airfields.

A military court in Rostov-on-Don found Pavel Yevlashkin and Denis Maksimov guilty of terrorism and money laundering; both were sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Ramzan Kadyrov and Adam Delimkhanov, a week late, angrily responded to General Vladimir Shamanov's criticism of the name changes in Chechnya. Kadyrov called Shamanov a "hyena," and Delimkhanov a coward and a saboteur.

The security officials directly charged with Inal Dzhabiev's death effectively escaped punishment; the defendants were given actual prison sentences for the torture of Gersan Kulumbegov and Nikolai Tskhovrebov, who were detained with him. The victims intend to file an appeal.

Zviad Kuprava, a member of the Tbilisi City Council from the United National Movement, has been remanded in custody and faces up to six years in prison.

Rosaviatsiya temporarily closed the airports of Gelendzhik and Sochi to aircraft, and authorities in the Krasnodar region announced a threat of drone attacks.

There are about ten relatives of Dzhumber Bibilov, Alan Bagayev and Andrey Dzhioyev, as well as law enforcement officers, in the square.

The daily gathering of supporters of Georgia's European integration on Rustaveli Avenue was preceded by a protest demanding the release of arrested opposition figure Gela Hasai. Protesters blocked traffic outside the parliament building for the 309th consecutive day.

Ivan Klimov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have officially named at least 721 combatants from the Rostov region killed there.

The Tskhinvali City Court found all defendants in the case of Inal Dzhabiev's death guilty. Five of them were sentenced to prison terms ranging from three to five years and remanded in custody in the courtroom. The court also fined two other former security officials, but released them from payment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.

The Akhtubinsky District Court found former head of the Akhtubinsky District, Vladimir Mikhed, guilty of accepting a large bribe.

General Shamanov, who opposed the renaming of cities in Chechnya, shot men in fields during military campaigns, Ramzan Kadyrov said, calling him "the most brutal general toward the Chechen people" and calling for him to be "tried before a court martial."

185 Russian soldiers and 20 civilians have been returned to Russia as part of a prisoner exchange with Ukraine, according to State Duma deputy from Chechnya Shamsail Saraliev.

A solo picket against the development of a green zone in the Yubileiny microdistrict took place today outside the Krasnodar Krai administration.

A shootout involving six people occurred near a school in the village of Untsukul; three people were hospitalized with injuries.

Alik Zolotov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 618 soldiers from the Astrakhan region have been officially recognized as killed.

A freestyle wrestling coach in Derbent and his son beat a young man who objected to the coach's relationship with his mother and buried the body. The suspects have been detained, sources reported.

In Azerbaijan, a court sentenced Elmir Sadygov, the uncle of opposition blogger Tural Sadygly, to 2.5 years in prison for illegal arms trafficking. His relatives claimed the trial was unfair and the sentence was unfounded.

Governor Igor Babushkin's video message to Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov calling for an end to the use of Astrakhan region residents in military operations has been labeled a fake created using neural networks.