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The image off the coast of Anapa shows areas where oil slicks may be present. The image cannot provide a definitive indication of the nature of the slicks, but experts noted that oil spills were recorded on the coast in the village of Volna. The Kuban regional task force reported no spills in Anapa.

The Apsheronsky District Court found local resident Anna Isaeva guilty of providing financial assistance to an organization whose activities have been deemed undesirable in Russia. Isaeva was given a suspended sentence.

Approximately 32,500 cubic meters of contaminated soil and water-oil mixture have been collected and removed to Tuapse, and rescuers are cleaning the embankment tiles and roadsides, the emergency response team reported. Volunteers continue to clean up fuel oil spills in Tyumensky and Nebug.

In Vanadzor, security forces detained 10 supporters of the Prosperous Armenia Party, three of whom were arrested.

Doctors have described the condition of one of the women injured in the missile attack in Taganrog as critical. Damage to a boiler room left residents without hot water, and authorities have declared a local state of emergency.

Workers have cleared the road to the villages of Ursun and Khpyuk, but residents of another village in the Kurakhsky district remain without transport links.

Ahead of the Muslim Feast of the Sacrifice, celebrated today, residents of Kabardino-Balkaria prepared to share with those unable to buy meat due to the rising price of lamb.

Only three of the 107 members of the Armenian parliament attended today's session. Low turnout and the lack of a quorum were recorded for the second day in a row amid preparations for the elections to the new National Assembly.

Andrei Zimin and Igor Zakharov from the Kamyzyak district were killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 743 soldiers from the Astrakhan region have been confirmed killed.

Five private homes and one apartment building were damaged today as a result of a drone attack in Tuapse. A fire also broke out at the marine terminal.

Twenty-nine members of Azerbaijani families who fled during the Karabakh conflict have returned to five villages in the Khojaly district. They were given keys to their homes.

A rocket was destroyed in Taganrog this morning, with two victims requiring medical attention. Several cars caught fire as debris fell.

Contract soldier Igor Agapov and mobilized soldier Dmitry Kryzhko were killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,793 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

The case of Volgograd blogger Alexei Ulyanov, accused of extortion, has been referred to court.

Two weeks ago, Chechen Ombudsman Mansur Soltayev issued a call for representatives of the Chechen diaspora in Europe to participate in anti-LGBT* protests, but no one responded.

The Russian Wrestling Federation, headed by Mikhail Mamiashvili, has accumulated numerous problems, and athletes are facing pressure for not receiving fair compensation and support, stated Dagestani wrestling coach Magomed Guseinov in an address to the Russian president.

Meat prices in Makhachkala and Kaspiysk have increased slightly ahead of Eid al-Adha, but low-income families are unable to treat relatives and neighbors to the holiday tradition.

The father of Elza Kungaeva, a Chechen woman killed by Colonel Budanov, died in Norway. Visa Kungaev is buried in his ancestral village of Tangi-Chu, where soldiers kidnapped Kungaeva in the spring of 2000.

More than 20 homes and 48 surrounding areas remain in the flooded area in the Sunzhensky District of Ingushetia. In Karabulak, pumping water from flooded homes and yards has been completed.

A mass march organized by the Opposition Alliance in Tbilisi on Georgia's Independence Day was held under the slogan "For Victory, Together, Until the End!" Supporters of Georgia's European integration have been protesting in the capital for 545 consecutive days.