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Civil Contract and Alliance Armenia appealed to the past in their May 29 campaign: Nikol Pashinyan's political force criticized its predecessors, while Robert Kocharyan recalled his own achievements. Strong Armenia and Prosperous Armenia tried to attract voters with promises of a prosperous future.

Stanislav Nemykin from the Novoaleksandrovsky district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have officially listed at least 947 soldiers from the Stavropol Krai as killed.

After being cleared of fuel oil and refilled with new sand, 15 beaches in Anapa have received all the necessary permits for operation. Another 29 beaches, prepared for opening at the start of the swimming season, are undergoing assessment.

The Russian authorities base their anti-Western propaganda on a ostentatious defense of "traditional values" against the influence of LGBT* and tend to speculatively categorize all their opponents as belonging to this camp. Mansur Soltayev's appeal to Chechens in Europe continued the ideological trend set by the federal center.

The European Centre for Press and Media Freedom has come to the defense of journalist Aytaj Tapdyg, arrested in Azerbaijan, and her family, calling for the lifting of her mother's travel ban. The organization called for the release of Tapdyg and other imprisoned Azerbaijani journalists.

Former Krasnodar Krai Vice Governor Alexander Nesterenko, accused of abuse of office during major school renovations in the Kherson region, testified in court that he did not cause material damage.

Sergeant Dmitry Drobot was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 399 soldiers from Kabardino-Balkaria have been officially recognized as killed.

The resettlement of Karabakh by displaced families restores historical justice and will continue, Azerbaijani users stated. Users with Armenian surnames expressed confidence that Karabakh is Armenian land, and the topic of Azerbaijani resettlement to Armenia, which has been hyped up during the election campaign, is simply a hoax.

A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Arsen Biymurzaev, a native of the Stavropol region, to ten years in prison, finding him guilty of collecting 2.7 million rubles to finance the activities of militants of an international terrorist organization.

A 25-year-old Krasnodar resident has become a defendant in a criminal case for repeatedly publicly displaying Nazi paraphernalia and symbols.

Kirill Prisyazhnyuk, a former nationalist from St. Petersburg, was detained in Makhachkala and placed under administrative arrest for five days. His family was not informed of the reason for his arrest. His arrest expires today. Armed security forces are attempting to enter the apartment where his wife and children live.

Rospotrebnadzor (the Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing) has banned the sale of 64.5 million bottles of Jermuk water in Russia, despite the fact that Armenia's Food Safety Inspectorate found no abnormalities in mineral water samples. Products from Armenia do not comply with the phytosanitary requirements of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) and Russia, Rosselkhoznadzor stated, questioning the authority of the Armenian Ministry of Economy, which regulates the industry.

Over one billion rubles have been paid out in compensation to over 32,000 residents of Dagestan affected by the floods. The republic's authorities intend to attract federal funds for the repair of damaged homes and the construction of replacements.

Volunteers found fresh fuel oil emissions on the beach in the village of Volna; in one day, they collected 54 bags of contaminated sand.

Social media users noted that Colonel Yuri Budanov's sentence for the kidnapping and murder of Elza Kungaeva was lighter than that of Yusup Temirkhanov, who killed Budanov, calling such court decisions unfair. They expressed condolences over the death of the girl's father, Visa Kungaeva.

Security forces reported the arrest of a man in Novorossiysk who had assembled an explosive device and was preparing to blow up railway tracks. According to the intelligence agency, he was acting on instructions from his Ukrainian handlers.

A fire at the seaport started after a drone attack, and rescuers are extinguishing the blaze. The massive attack lasted for about two hours, residents reported.

A jury at the Tikhoretsky District Court in Krasnodar Krai unanimously acquitted Viktor Krasnoborodko, a pensioner from the village of Novorozhdestvenskaya, who was accused of murdering his stepson. The man, who spent three years and three months in pretrial detention, was released in the courtroom.

A man died at a synthetic fiber plant in Volzhsky, and a woman was seriously injured. Another person was injured when drone debris fell on a residential building in Volgograd.

Artum Gadzhiev from the Tabasaran district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have officially acknowledged at least 1,955 Dagestani servicemen killed in the conflict.