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The incident involving Karen Avanesyan in Stepanakert was staged; the mentally ill man was well known in the city and did not display any aggression. Human rights activists noted that this incident could be used for propaganda purposes.

The Borzilo couple from the Rostov region have submitted at least ten requests for DNA testing results in the adoption secret disclosure case, but have yet to receive them. The couple believes the testing is being deliberately delayed.

The state prosecutor requested sentences of 20 to 24 years for 18 fighters from the Aidar Battalion, which is designated a terrorist organization in Russia.

Lawyer Murad Adam, representing Chechen native Mansur Movlaev, reported receiving threats from a Russian phone number after he reported the involvement of a Russian activist detained in Kazakhstan in the case.

Gadzhi Dibirov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,558 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

Equipment belonging to an oil and gas company in the Kanevsky district of Kuban caught fire after a drone attack. The emergency response team reported the fire had been extinguished.

During his tenure as Dagestan's Secretary of State, Magomed-Sultan Magomedov remained a low-profile public figure, but used his position to build a powerful influence group within the republic, according to local analysts.

Vladimir Shchetinnikov and Magomed Rabadanov were killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 813 fighters from the Stavropol Krai have been officially recognized as killed.

Two private homes were damaged in the Volgograd region. Authorities confirmed there were no casualties in either region.

Communist Party candidate Yevgeny Fedyayev filed a complaint with the prosecutor's office alleging ballot stuffing during the Rostov-on-Don City Duma elections. He believes challenging the results in court is futile.

Journalist Shamshad Agayev, arrested in the Meydan TV case, has developed health problems.

Bakhtiyar Hasanov, head of the Moscow National Cultural Autonomy of Azerbaijanis, has been stripped of his Russian citizenship, according to pro-government media. Hasanov himself told journalists that this information is false, but his Russian passports are listed as invalid.

Goryachy Klyuch City Council candidate Tatyana Pleshakova, who was forcibly ejected from a polling station on election day, has been charged with disobeying police, while her colleague Valentina Shostak has been charged with obstructing the work of the electoral commission.

Volgograd Airport is temporarily closed due to a safety threat. Local residents reported explosions in the skies above Volgograd.

A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Fyodor Kuznetsov of Gelendzhik to prison, deeming his pacifist post on a messenger app a call for constitutional change.

Russians Anastasia Zinovkina and Artem Gribul, sentenced in Georgia to long prison terms in a drug case, ended the hunger strike they announced on the day of the verdict.

Oleg Zhigalov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,355 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

Journalist Polad Aslanov has been on a hunger strike in an Azerbaijani prison for 20 days; his kidneys are hurting, his wife reported.

The appellate court increased the sentence of Volodymyr Pobozhy, the former head of the village of Poltavskaya, to three years in prison for waste removal and disposal. Law enforcement agencies have ignored complaints about the landfill for years, and Pobozhy, who helped activists fight against the landfill, was convicted of tree branch removal, residents of the village were outraged.

On the 294th day of protests in Georgia, daily protesters blocked traffic outside the Georgian Parliament. They chanted pro-democracy slogans and expressed confidence in the end of the Georgian Dream party's rule.