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A court in Nalchik sentenced Ruslan Abazov to six years in prison, finding him guilty of leaving his unit without permission during mobilization.

The court found former Georgian parliament member Luka Kurtanidze guilty of beating his ex-wife and sentenced him to seven months in prison.

Andrey Kravchenko was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,563 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

The damage caused by the illegal mining farm, which was discovered in two uninhabited buildings in the village of Stary Cherek in the Urvansky District, was estimated at 5.8 million rubles.

A Ukrainian woman living in Krasnodar was arrested for 15 days, fined, and stripped of her citizenship for publicly discrediting the Russian army.

State Security Service officers detained Tezekhan Miralamli, an activist with the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan. His rented apartment was searched, and electronic media and documents were seized.

A court in Makhachkala has extended the detention of Dagestani religious figure Akhmad Batlukhsky, who was arrested on slander charges, by one month.

Relatives of political prisoners at a rally outside the Georgian parliament called on the authorities to disclose the names of the chemicals used to disperse protests in late 2024. Protesters marched from the parliament to the government office.

Seda Suleimanova's friend, Lena Patyaeva, was released from a special detention center in St. Petersburg after serving ten days in jail for picketing outside the police station where the Chechen native was handed over to her relatives.

Ramzan Kadyrov publicly acknowledged that the Grozny City high-rise complex was damaged by a Ukrainian drone, assuring that "no one was hurt" in the attack. However, Chechen authorities have so far not commented on the results of the attacks on security forces buildings in Gudermes and Achkhoy-Martan.

A court in Cherkessk sentenced lawyer and activist Ramazan Mkhtse in absentia to eight years in prison, finding him guilty of disseminating false information about the Russian military motivated by political hatred.

Alexey Peil was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, at least 1,562 service members from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

New accusations of involvement in the 2000 attack on Pskov paratroopers in Chechnya have been routinely fabricated by security forces in recent years, but the appearance of a Ukrainian citizen and a Ukrainian serviceman among those arrested will be used for propaganda purposes.

Magomedali Kurbanov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,709 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

Participants in the military operation in Ukraine have requested the construction of a church in their honor. It will be built on the embankment of the Yubileiny neighborhood, the governor of Krasnodar Krai stated, noting that he is aware of the discontent expressed by residents of the neighborhood.

At least eight supporters of Azerbaijan Popular Front Party leader Ali Karimli were detained after planning to gather outside the courthouse where the appeal against the politician's arrest was being heard. Some of them, including Karimli's relative Elnur Seyidov, whose home had been searched the previous day, were released. The court upheld Karimli's arrest.

The lack of video footage of the attack on security forces at the Dzhemikent checkpoint raises questions, but the nature of the incident can hardly be considered an intensification of the gang underground, analysts noted. The attack could have been motivated by a personal conflict or what the attacker considered unfair demands from security forces, they believe.

Several flights were delayed at Makhachkala and Krasnodar airports due to flight restrictions in effect overnight and this morning. Residents of Grozny reported mobile internet outages amid reports of a drone attack.

A criminal case is being investigated against an employee of the Federal Penitentiary Service from Kabardino-Balkaria under the article on disclosure of state secrets.

The court placed Archbishop of the Armenian Apostolic Church Arshak Khachatryan under arrest for two months on charges of drug trafficking.