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Former Volgograd student Nikita Zhuravel's appeal against his treason conviction was dismissed.

The court is hearing a case against Elena Khoshtaria, one of the leaders of the Coalition for Change, for defacing an election banner in her absence. The politician also barred her lawyer from participating in the examination of evidence.

The Prosecutor General's Office of Dagestan has approved the indictment against Batal Magomedov for the attack on police officers in Makhachkala, which resulted in the deaths of two security officers. The case has been sent to the Southern District Military Court.

Rustam Murzagishiev, a resident of Karachay-Cherkessia, Ilkhom Shukurov, a resident of Tatarstan, and Chingiz Savchenko, a Ukrainian citizen, have been arrested on charges of armed rebellion, participation in a gang, and attempted murder of military personnel. Investigators believe they participated in the 2000 attack on Pskov paratroopers in Chechnya.

Turkish law enforcement agencies have initiated deportation proceedings against Azerbaijani opposition politician Gultekin Hajibeyli to Azerbaijan on suspicion of threatening public safety. She has appealed to the ECHR, urging Turkish authorities not to extradite her due to the risk of arrest.

Airports in Grozny, Magas, and Vladikavkaz have resumed operations without flight delays. At Volgograd Airport, a flight to Dubai and an arrival from Moscow were delayed.

The government is providing no assistance to the Zhemchuzhnaya Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, which houses more than 100 birds affected by the oil spill near Anapa.

Authorities in the Rostov and Stavropol regions reported drone strikes. Officially, there were no casualties.

Investigative Committee Chairman Alexander Bastrykin has requested approval from the High Qualification Collegium of Judges of the Russian Federation to prosecute five judges of the Sovetsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don, including Elena Kobleva, who was arrested in 2024.

Armen Kazarov, Alexey Ignatenko, Oleg Klopov, and five other of their fellow countrymen were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have acknowledged at least 778 combatants from the Rostov region killed there.

Airports in Grozny, Vladikavkaz, and Magas have been grounded for the third night in a row. A no-fly alert has also been declared in Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Stavropol.

The Ganja Court for Serious Crimes sentenced Ismail Gasanov to 3.5 years in prison. He recruited from a Russian prison colony to the Wagner PMC and traveled to the Ukrainian war zone on the promise of release, money, and Russian citizenship.

A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Dagestani blogger Arslan Mirzaev (Ali Charinsky), finding him guilty of spreading "fakes" about the Russian army and calling for terrorism.

Rosaviatsiya (the Federal Air Transport Agency) has imposed temporary restrictions at Volgograd Airport, citing a threat to flight safety. A drone alert has been declared in the region.

The court arrested Vidadi Mustafayev, head of the Azerbaijani community in Ural, on charges of fraud. Mustafayev denied his guilt.

A rally demanding disclosure of the details of the agreement with the UAE company took place on Rustaveli Avenue outside the Eagle Hills office. Participants began collecting signatures for an online petition. The demonstrators then moved to the Georgian Parliament, where European integration supporters have been demonstrating for the 371st day in a row.

In Krasnodar, the regional court reversed its decision in a lawsuit filed by a family from Yeysk who suffered damage when a Su-34 bomber crashed into a residential building in October 2022.

Moscow's Basmanny Court has remanded former State Duma deputy Anatoly Voronovsky into custody on charges of accepting a particularly large bribe.

Algae in fuel oil and small emissions were discovered on the Bugayskaya Spit. The task force described them as insignificant and reported cleaning up the beach area.

The profile of Alexander Savelyev*, a journalist from Krasnodar and the author of the "Protocol" project who lives abroad, appeared in the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs' wanted list database. He suggested that the search may be related to prosecution under the article on "foreign agency."