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Former Deputy Governor and Minister of Transport of the Rostov Region, Vitaly Kushnarev, was sentenced to 13 years in a maximum security penal colony and a fine of 475 million rubles.

Georgian citizens living abroad will be able to vote in the elections only if they return to their home country and show up at the polling station corresponding to their registered address, announced Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili. Opposition members called this decision "an attempt to cancel the elections," citing the large number of Georgian emigrants.

In the village of Bala Jafarli in the Gazakh region, an employee of the Azerbaijani Mine Action Agency was blown up by a mine; his leg was amputated.

Relatives confided in Chechen native Aliya Ozdamirova knew she was in danger upon returning home, according to correspondence between Aliya's friend and her relative.

Six residents of Dagestan, who, according to investigators, were planning attacks on police officers, were detained and taken into custody in Makhachkala.

Eldar Nasrulaev, a tenant of a warehouse near a gas station in the suburbs of Makhachkala, received a five-year prison sentence for improperly storing ammonium nitrate, which led to a deadly explosion at a gas station in Makhachkala.

A Baku court dismissed the appeal against political scientist Bakhruz Samedov's placement in solitary confinement. The prison administration appealed to the court to have Samedov transferred to a closed prison.

The trial of former leaders of the unrecognized Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, accused of war crimes, is being conducted under the Azerbaijani Criminal Code and does not require the intervention of international organizations, Facebook users* stated.

Georgian human rights activists have filed a new complaint with the ECHR regarding the violation of the rights of journalist Mzia Amaglobeli, who has been subjected to administrative and criminal prosecution.

A court sentenced a Nalchik resident to a 400,000 ruble fine, finding her guilty of financing extremist activity. The woman claimed she transferred the money to the Anti-Corruption Foundation* by mistake.

A Tbilisi resident who worked as a nanny for two young children has been taken into custody. She has been charged with beating her charges.

A military court in Nalchik sentenced Alexander Mevshuk to seven years in prison, finding him guilty of three counts of evading military service during mobilization.

The editor-in-chief of Abzas Media, who was convicted in Azerbaijan, was awarded the Freedom of the Press Prize in the "Courage Award" category. The award, presented by an international organization defending journalists, was accepted on behalf of Vagifgizi.

Vladimir Saraykin and Vladimir Ponomarev were killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,501 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

A Rostov-on-Don court fined a local resident two thousand rubles for selling paraphernalia with symbols associated with Satanism* on a marketplace.

The case of a resident of the Dinsky district, who, on instructions from an unknown person, set fire to three restaurants in the center of Krasnodar in January, has been referred to court.

Jewelry, gold bars, and expensive watches found during a search of the home of former Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili do not belong to him or his family, his lawyer said.

Alippeg Magomedov, Magomedsharip Khalitov, Magomedrasul Alikadiev, and three other fighters from the Dakhadaevsky district were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,678 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

Tajik citizen Alan Gatsoev was denied entry to Russia, where his entire family resides in Vladikavkaz. He has been living in his car in the neutral zone near Verkhniy Lars since the summer. The North Ossetian Ministry of Internal Affairs explained that Gatsoev was denied entry due to immigration violations, and the court upheld this decision.

The reference to a "Chechen abrek" in a fan chant could be considered offensive and derogatory, a Chechen public group stated, calling on the management of the CSKA football club to remove the video and issue an official apology.