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The Best Director award at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) went to "Life in Kartli," which tells the story of refugees from Abkhazia who have lived in the abandoned Kartli sanatorium for over 30 years.

The case of former deputy head of Krasnodar, Vsevolod Netreba, accused of attempted fraud, has been referred to court.

Four workers were killed and another was hospitalized during a landslide during the construction of the Kvesheti-Kobi road in Georgia.

Former Zheleznodorozhny Court judge Georgy Bondarenko, accused of bribing Rostov Regional Court Chair Elena Zolotareva, said he staged the bribe to determine whether she was being monitored.

By the end of the season, tourist traffic to Anapa had fallen by 60%, amounting to approximately one billion rubles. Due to the record drop in revenue, Anapa's sanatoriums and children's camps are teetering on the brink of closure.

Ramzan Kadyrov reported on the deployment of a new group of fighters to the military operation zone in Ukraine. Several fighters came from other regions, and for some, this is not their first contract, he noted.

Participants in the video message called on Mayor Yevgeny Naumov to attend a face-to-face meeting with residents of the Yubileiny microdistrict who oppose the embankment development.

Security forces blocked daily protesters from blocking traffic in central Tbilisi. During the marches, a line of police officers blocked a column of demonstrators from the roadway. At least two people were detained on the 361st day of the daily pro-European protests.

Nikolai Pokrovsky and eight other fighters from the Yustinsky district were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 199 fighters from Kalmykia have been officially recognized as killed.

Senator Suleiman Kerimov of Dagestan decided to pay for 1,500 free Hajj vouchers for Muslims in Russia in 2026, 1,000 of which will be distributed throughout the republic. For this year's Hajj, the senator purchased 5,000 vouchers, half of which were intended for pilgrims from Dagestan.

The Tbilisi Court of Appeals will hear appeals against the sentences of Russians Anton Chechin, Anastasia Zinovkina, and Artem Gribul, who participated in pro-European protests and were sentenced to 8.5 years in prison on drug charges.

Vladislav Podkovyrov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 845 fighters from Stavropol have been officially recognized as killed.

People on a prolonged hunger strike require 24-hour medical supervision, but ambulances only arrive on call, according to hunger strikers outside the Georgian parliament, some of whom have been refusing food for 27 days.

Anna Smirnova, a resident of the Moscow region, visited Grozny in search of her sons, who had been taken away by her ex-husband. But on the day of her visit, the children stopped showing up at school, and now their mother has no idea where they are.

An eyewitness reported that construction work is underway on a section of the beach in the village of Sukko. Activists from the "Anapa Civil" movement have taken this as grounds for filing a complaint with the prosecutor's office.

Alexey Kravtsov was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,541 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

Kaspiysk authorities announced scheduled maintenance on the power grid today. Due to power outages at pumping stations, water supply to many residential buildings has been interrupted. Commenters on Telegram were outraged that people were prevented from stocking up on water ahead of time, and their weekend plans were disrupted.

On the occasion of Giorgoba holiday, Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili pardoned 49 convicts.

At least 3,986 soldiers from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,064 from the Southern Federal District have been officially recognized as killed in the military operation in Ukraine.

Last night, the military shot down four drones in the Krasnodar region and 36 over the Black Sea. Rosaviatsiya reported the resumption of operations at the Gelendzhik and Krasnodar airports.