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The number of applications from refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh wishing to receive Armenian citizenship has increased several times in recent months, the Migration and Citizenship Service of Armenia reported. They have to change their passports not only for the housing program, but also for employment, the displaced persons said.

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don recognized a Ukrainian citizen who served in the Ukrainian armed forces in 2018 as a member of a terrorist group.

Protesters in Tbilisi blocked Rustaveli Avenue near the Georgian parliament building, demanding the release of political prisoners.

A criminal case for the torture of a minor has been opened against a teacher at a private school in Gudermes, who beat students with a stick.

For three weeks in a row, the Krasnodar Region authorities have been reporting no new fuel oil emissions in Anapa. Volunteers have recorded an improvement in the situation in the village of Volna.

Andris Adygeshaov from the Adyge-Khablsky district was killed in the combat zone. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, the authorities have publicly named at least 147 killed combatants from Karachay-Cherkessia.

After being released from a mental hospital in Stavropol, a 16-year-old boy from Ingushetia agreed with his relatives to move to another region, where he would study at college.

The Nalchik military commissariat filed an appeal against the court's decision to collect compensation for the illegal conscription of local resident Eldar Pshibiev into the army.

Ramazan Nikamayev and Ramazan Bagomayev were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,497 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

Sochi resident Olga Eskova was discharged from a psychiatric hospital and her stay there was counted towards her administrative arrest for a pro-Ukrainian comment. Olga's husband, who filed complaints with many agencies, said that he was informed about a criminal case against his wife.

A slander case is being investigated against political scientist and former Volgograd City Duma deputy Mikhail Serenko, against whom cases were previously brought for public justification of Nazism, extortion and distribution of pornography.

Explosions are heard in Stavropol due to the demining of unexploded parts of fallen drones; authorities have closed off a number of streets.

The Moscow City Court, following a lawsuit filed by the prosecutor's office, has recognized the dictionary "Islam in the North Caucasus" as extremist material. The reason for this was an expert examination, which concluded that the dictionary disseminates information about terrorists. According to sources, this refers to Shamil Basayev, Movladi Udugov and Khattab.

Due to mobile internet shutdowns, it is impossible to call a taxi or pay by card, complained residents of Makhachkala and Kaspiysk. The republic's authorities called this a temporary measure in connection with the possible threat of a UAV flying over the territory of Dagestan.

Several residential buildings were damaged in Rostov Oblast, windows were broken in a residential complex and a social institution in Stavropol, and several cars were damaged. The heads of Kabardino-Balkaria and North Ossetia reported that the threat of UAV attacks had been eliminated.

The Yerevan Court of Appeal has ruled that Samvel Karapetyan's detention was illegal.

In Stavropol Krai, a foreign citizen has been taken into custody for insulting a local resident on the basis of his nationality and beating him last year.

19 families of former internally displaced persons returned to the village of Khanyurdu and received keys to their apartments.

Power engineers have completely restored electricity supply to cities and regions of Dagestan that were left without power due to bad weather.

Georgian political prisoner Insaf Aliyev, accused of violence during protests, has gone on hunger strike demanding medical care and better prison conditions.