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A court in Khasavyurt found three Interior Ministry officers guilty of falsifying a criminal case against local resident Yulduz Kurashova, but released them due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. Two security officers were given suspended sentences for torturing Kurashova.

The volunteer group that spent two weeks cleaning up oil spills on the beach in Gizel-Dere has been disbanded. Further work will be carried out under the supervision of the local administration.

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has ruled that Azerbaijani blogger Abdul Abilov's rights to a fair trial have been violated and ordered him to pay €4,100 in compensation.

Rinat Musayev from the Rutulsky District was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have officially acknowledged at least 1,953 Dagestani servicemen killed in the conflict.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan signed a charter establishing a strategic partnership between the two countries and initialed a framework agreement on the Trump Route project.

One of the cable cars at the Elbrus ski resort in Kabardino-Balkaria has been closed due to deteriorating weather conditions.

The progressive centrist party "Alliance" refused to participate in the parliamentary elections in Armenia; the Central Election Commission annulled its registration.

A court in Nalchik sentenced Islam Shogenov to five years in prison, finding him guilty of leaving his unit without permission during mobilization.

The charge against Artak Avetisyan, who called the Armenian Prime Minister a "traitor," has been reclassified from incitement to hooliganism.

Imprisoned opposition figure Tofig Yagublu, who suffers from pain, was allowed to undergo a specialized medical examination at a private civilian clinic. The politician's daughter expressed hope that the examination will lead to an accurate diagnosis and treatment for her father.

Former Kuban Vice Governor Sergei Vlasov, sentenced to 11 years in a maximum security penal colony five months ago, has gone missing in the military operation zone.

The first passenger train from Azerbaijan in six years, whose land borders were closed at the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, arrived in Tbilisi today.

Workers have cleared the road to 13 villages in the Charodinsky district, but residents of three villages in the Kurakhsky district remain without transport links.

The Baku Court of Appeal has accepted for consideration the appeal against the sentence of former leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh, who were sentenced to life and long prison terms.

Mikhail Selivanov was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,791 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

Security forces prevented Afgan Sadygov from leaving Baku, a decision he called unfounded. The journalist's wife expressed concern that Azerbaijani authorities were planning to reopen his criminal prosecution.

Today, 417 members of Azerbaijani families who fled the city during the Karabakh conflict returned to Agdam.

The case of former Novocherkassk mayor Yuri Lysenko, who is accused of accepting a bribe, has been referred to court.

Materials for filing an anti-corruption lawsuit against Supreme Court Judge Albina Adzinova of Karachay-Cherkessia have been sent to the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation.

Anapa resident Maxim Ovchinnikov, who was searched for by his mother for more than 70 days after his arrest, has been found in Pretrial Detention Center No. 1 in Krasnodar.