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The degradation of the Western Substeppe Ilmen ecosystem is seriously impairing the quality of life for local residents and threatening the ecology of the entire region. Addressing the problem requires a systematic approach and significant resources, but authorities are ignoring its importance and severity.

The Supreme Court of Karachay-Cherkessia sentenced a 45-year-old resident of the republic to 14 years in a maximum-security prison colony, finding him guilty of treason.

The total number of patients hospitalized after the poisoning at the Makhachkala cafe has reached 16; all have completed treatment and returned home. A criminal investigation is underway, and Rospotrebnadzor has suspended the cafe's operations and is preparing a lawsuit.

Magomedsagid Latipov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,689 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

Security forces used excessive force when detaining participants in the November 19 march in Tbilisi, and at the police station, some of those detained were required to strip naked, a lawyer reported.

A Ukrainian citizen detained in Krasnodar was planning a terrorist attack on a railway to disrupt the transport of military equipment to the SVO zone, the FSB reported.

Volunteers reported that new fuel oil emissions were discovered along the surf line in the village of Volna in the Temryuk district.

Authorities and security forces have officially named at least 3,979 soldiers from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,028 from the Southern Federal District killed in the military operation in Ukraine.

Authorities reported that power had been restored. Classes were cancelled in schools in the Slavyansky District of Krasnodar Krai.

On November 20, another group of displaced persons arrived in the villages of Gasanriz and Vengli in the Agdere district. Former displaced persons who returned to both villages were given keys to recently restored homes.

Rostov Communist Party deputy Arshak Bardakhchiyan was killed in the special military operation zone. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 765 soldiers from the Rostov region have been officially recognized as killed.

A court in Krasnodar will hear the Prosecutor General's Office's claim for the confiscation of the property of former Krasnodar Police Department Chief Alexander Semenov and his wife. The family's assets are valued at over 3 billion rubles.

Social media users' reports of a dog attack on a child in Kaspiysk led to a preliminary investigation, and the head of the Investigative Committee requested a report from his subordinates. Two dog attacks on children occurred in Kaspiysk within a week of each other, and local authorities received complaints, the blogger reported.

Georgian border guards continue to deny entry to Chechens without explanation, paying particular attention to their place of birth, according to Instagram* commenters. Some reported being denied entry five or more times.

The criminal case against Krasnodar Krai resident Stanislav Lisovsky, convicted in Rostov-on-Don of treason, is politically motivated, and the history of his "carousel arrests" indicates fabricated charges, human rights activists believe.

The Khasavyurt court refused to extend the detention of disabled Muslim Ediev and released him under house arrest. Insisting on the arrest of a defendant with a medical condition that prevents him from being held in a pretrial detention facility is unlawful, but holding the investigator accountable for this is impossible, lawyers pointed out.

Stanislav Savkin and Zaurbek Gadzaov from the Digorsky District were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have officially acknowledged at least 517 North Ossetian servicemen killed there.

Protesters in Georgia dedicated their march, marking the 358th day of continuous protests, to those detained the previous day. Police blocked various streets, impeding the march, and subsequently detained several people.

Land plots used inappropriately for their intended purpose will be confiscated. The Chechen Security Council announced that authorities intend to monitor the commercial use of plots transferred to residents. Social media users pointed out that the criteria for confiscating the plots are not specified.

The cruise ship Astoria Grande, carrying 616 passengers, mostly Russian citizens, was denied permission to dock at the port of Istanbul and was forced to proceed to Sochi.