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Rescuers extinguished a fire at an oil depot in the Matveyevo-Kurgan district that started on May 31 as a result of a drone attack.

Activists have protested against development near a cultural heritage site in Rostov-on-Don. According to them, workers have already cut down trees at the site.

The Kanevsky District Court dismissed the case against local resident Alexander Maltsev for discrediting the army, limiting itself to a verbal warning.

Alik Aleksanyan, a member of the "Strong Armenia" opposition bloc, has been taken into custody on suspicion of money laundering and bribing Armenian citizens to further the political interests of businessman Samvel Karapetyan.

A candidate from the Prosperous Armenia Party is suspected of bribing voters to vote for the opposition, the Anti-Corruption Committee said.

Last night, the military shot down drones in the Millerovsky District. According to the governor, there were no injuries.

Residents of Dagestan affected by the March-April flood said they are still waiting for compensation from the authorities for lost property.

At least 4,550 soldiers from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,652 from the Southern Federal District have been officially recognized as killed in the military operation in Ukraine.

Alexey Belyaev was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,801 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

An Ingush court sentenced local residents Khasan Tsechoev and Magomed Esmurziev to lengthy prison terms in a maximum-security penal colony after finding them guilty of selling weapons and explosive devices.

The Adler District Prosecutor's Office, where Elena Baranetskaya filed a complaint about the inaction of the Kuban Ministry of Education and Science, forwarded it to the agency itself, whose director refused to acknowledge violations in the kindergarten's operations.

The court received a petition from the ex-husband of Krasnodar judge Elena Khakhaleva, who agreed to voluntarily transfer property belonging to him and his family to the state in connection with a lawsuit filed by the Russian Prosecutor General's Office.

Only 13 families received 100,000 rubles each after the fire in the building on Kalmykov Street. Residents of one floor received 50,000 rubles each, but the rest of the victims received nothing, fire victims told the "Caucasian Knot."

Azerbaijani independent publications Abzas Media and Meydan TV, whose employees were subjected to criminal prosecution, have been shortlisted for the international "Pioneer of Free Media 2026" award, presented by the International Press Institute and the organization "International Media Support."

Authorities reported the completion of cleanup efforts on the beach between the Bimlyuk and Ryabinushka sanatoriums in Anapa. Volunteers continue to find fragments of palm oil on the beach in the village of Volna.

Participants in a rally on Rustaveli Avenue on the 552nd day of continuous protests demanded punishment for police officers convicted of abusing detainees in Gori. A separate rally in Tbilisi also addressed this demand.

The issue of Karabakh and the border with Azerbaijan has become one of the most pressing topics of the Armenian election campaign. In the battle for votes, this issue has ceased to be part of the foreign policy agenda and is being discussed in the context of internal security and the survival of the state.

A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Ibragim Nagoyev, a native of Adygea, to 11 years in prison, finding him a member of a terrorist organization.

The Gorny Benoy children's health camp in Chechnya canceled its first summer camp due to damage to a residential building during a landslide.

Arsen Yusupov, Magomed Deveshov, and two other fellow countrymen from Khasavyurt were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have officially acknowledged at least 1,960 combatants from Dagestan killed there.