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Arsen Melkonyan, who did not serve his sentence for the death of realtor Roman Grebenyuk after a conflict in a parent chat, was able to return to the war zone after being sentenced for threatening a judge, a pretrial detention center employee, and his ex-wife.

The court found former Rostov-on-Don police chief Alexei Abakumov guilty of accepting bribes and sentenced him to 8.5 years in a maximum security penal colony.

Chechen fighter Alikhan Bersayev has been convicted of leaving his unit without permission and will no longer be able to travel to the war zone, according to blogger Maxim Divnich, who participated in the conflict with Bersayev in the Luhansk basin.

Residents of the village of Barsuki in the Nazran district are having trouble getting the administration to repair the road leading to their school. The head of the Investigative Committee has ordered a criminal investigation.

A petition by human rights activists calling for the release of the body of Chechen woman Aishat Baimuradova, killed in Yerevan, for burial by her friends has garnered over 180 signatures.

A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Yusuf Manukov from Buynaksk to nine years in prison, finding him guilty of aiding terrorist activity and publicly calling for terrorism.

The Russian Embassy in Abkhazia announced that the offices for issuing internal Russian passports, which opened in January, will be suspended after political figures in the republic questioned their legality. Southern Federal University professor Irakli Bzhinava, who expressed similar concerns, was detained in Rostov-on-Don.

A case has been sent to the Southern District Military Court against Karachay-Cherkess activist and father of five, Rustem Aybazov, accused of financing terrorism for transferring money to a woman in Syria. In fact, according to his family and friends, the prosecution began after a large-scale fundraising effort for humanitarian aid to residents of the Gaza Strip, some of which was seized and subsequently donated to the SVO.

Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan signed a decree setting the date for the next elections to the National Assembly.

At least 4,229 fighters from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,373 from the Southern Federal District have been recognized by authorities and security forces as killed during the military operation in Ukraine.

A wooden memorial plaque that hung on the railing of journalist Anna Politkovskaya's home for more than a week has been destroyed again by unknown persons.

Elnur Gasanov, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan serving a prison sentence, has had his prison conditions tightened and he has been transferred to the closed section of the Umbaki Penitentiary Complex. His associates believe that Gasanov's conditions are being worsened for political reasons.

Kazakh authorities are seeking to force Chechen native Zelimkhan Murtazov, who has been living at Astana airport for a month, to leave the transit zone voluntarily. However, due to the lack of a passport, he can only fly to countries where he faces a high risk of extradition to Russia, according to his brother, who has appealed to human rights organizations for assistance.

Social media users have stated that the man who kidnapped a schoolgirl for marriage in Abkhazia must be held accountable under the law. They believe the incident itself should draw attention to both the safety of children in schools and the inadmissibility of reviving old customs.

Some social media users pointed out that the harsh sentence for Karabakh's military and political leadership was prompted not only by accusations of war crimes but also by Baku's intention to use them in negotiations with Armenia. Some believe that Azerbaijan could, on the contrary, release the convicted to demonstrate its commitment to peace.

The Investigative Committee has closed the rape investigation against former State Duma deputy Yuri Napso. The investigation concluded that the case was initiated in violation of procedure, as Napso was a member of the electoral commission in the Rostov region at the time.

Akhmad Batlukhsky's arrest sparked widespread controversy, and the easing of his pretrial detention was a result not only of public outrage and the support of parliamentarians, but also of the republic's leadership's involvement in the decision, analysts believe.

The company agreed to raise wages for Rustavi Azot employees, partially fulfilling their demands and setting an annual salary increase. The strike lasted nine days.

Mafedar Ramazanov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,803 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

A military court in Nalchik sentenced Alim Eguzhokov to five years in prison, finding him guilty of leaving his unit without permission during mobilization.