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After the drone attack on Volgograd, which also affected the oil refinery, queues have reappeared at gas stations.

Law enforcement reported the detention of an 18-year-old resident of Taganrog, who was planning a terrorist attack against Russian military personnel.

The beaches of Anapa are filled with seaweed, bloggers report. City authorities should monitor the condition of the beaches, commentators pointed out.

At the building where the Georgian Extraordinary Commission was located, those gathered read out the names of repressed medical workers.

Muslim Alkhazov's deportation to Russia has been appealed, but he remains at risk, along with hundreds of other refugees from Chechnya, due to tightened immigration laws in Europe, human rights activists noted. Unfair denials of asylum to Chechens in Europe have also increased because decisions regarding refugees' fate are made by security services without regard for the risks of returning to Chechnya, diaspora representatives emphasized.

Alexandra has been trying for four years to secure the right to see her son, whom her ex-husband took to Armenia. An Armenian court designated her ex-husband as the sole guardian. Alexandra's appeals to the police and the guardianship authorities have been unsuccessful. Her lawyers have filed a lawsuit seeking the restoration of her parental rights.

Opposition activist Bahruz Hasanli, detained in Ukraine at the request of Azerbaijani law enforcement, has been released by a Kharkiv court. PFPA members and the activist himself link the criminal prosecution to his political activities in Azerbaijan, arguing that the fraud charges are unfounded. The PFPA hopes that Ukrainian authorities will definitively deny the activist's extradition to Azerbaijan.

This morning, security forces searched the home of Narek Karapetyan, a member of the Strong Armenia party who was elected to parliament. According to the politician, nothing was seized during the search. Investigators believe the search is related to the case of Karapetyan's fellow party member, Alik Aleksanyan, whose pretrial detention was extended for two months today.

An initiative group has been created in Georgia to protect "national values," initiated by cultural figures. This is the second such initiative in recent days. The opposition believes such initiatives threaten a wave of violence.

Senior Sergeant Shikhakhmed Gadzhiev was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have acknowledged at least 2,053 combatants from Dagestan killed there.

Oleg Belozerov, head of the holding, reported that Russian Railways was perplexed by the news of a possible fee for leasing Armenia's railway infrastructure. All rights and obligations of the parties are spelled out in the Concession Agreement, to which the Armenian government is also a party, he recalled.

Yuri Trofimov and Alexander Sopov from the Kamyzyak district were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 754 soldiers from the Astrakhan region have been officially recognized as killed.

In the Krasnodar region, residents of the village of Natukhaevskaya appealed to the Chairman of the Russian Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, asking him to investigate the suspension of construction of a sports complex and hold those responsible accountable.

Drones damaged an apartment building and a private home. Fires were reported at an industrial facility in the fuel and energy sector.

The Nalchik Garrison Military Court sentenced Fanil Shafikov to two years' imprisonment for absence from service during mobilization.

An apartment building was damaged by a drone in Gukovo, leaving one person trapped under rubble and the remaining residents evacuated.

Ukrainian prisoners of war held in Chechnya for more than three years were exploited by local authorities at construction sites, forced to work for food, said former prisoner Sergei Skotarenko.

Nurken Isenov, Alexey Korotkov, Viktor Khargatayev, and five other of their fellow countrymen were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have officially acknowledged at least 243 fighters from Kalmykia killed there.

Law enforcement officers in Ingushetia have detained three suspects in an attempted murder, all of whom have been taken into custody. The suspects are in connection with the February 2025 assassination attempt on Ilez Nalgiev, former head of the Karabulak police department.

The memorial event for the victims of Soviet terror preceded the traditional gathering of supporters of European integration on Rustaveli Avenue on the 610th day of continuous protests.