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A criminal case has been opened against activist Mikael Margaryan, who got into an altercation with National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan at a rally for relatives of missing soldiers.

A court in Stavropol has remanded Ivan Kovalev, head of the regional Ministry of Industry and Trade, and his deputy, Nadezhda Pronskaya, to pretrial detention. The prosecutor's office demanded Kovalev's dismissal due to a loss of trust.

In Belgium, a prosecutor has requested a 15-year prison sentence for Ruslan Meyriev, a native of Vladikavkaz and an ethnic Ingush who was extradited from Sweden on charges of involvement in terrorism.

Activists who sought the burial of Chechen native Ayshat Baimuradova in Yerevan now face bureaucratic formalities involving the installation of a monument or tombstone at her grave. Baimuradova's death has changed the approach of Armenian security forces to refugees, the human rights activist noted.

The Nalchik Garrison Military Court has remanded a former serviceman accused of eight counts of financing terrorism in custody for two months.

On the 485th day of uninterrupted protests, a Tbilisi court sentenced four participants in pro-European protests to administrative arrest. Participants in the rally outside the Georgian parliament told the authorities that "intimidation won't work."

Krasnodar deputy Alexander Safronov failed to challenge in court the actions of city administration officials who initially approved a rally against the blocking of Telegram and then revoked their permission.

The coffins were spotted in a forest belt near the village of Ovoshchnoy, near Rostov-on-Don, just a few meters from the highway. According to one witness driving by, they weren't hidden, but rather, as if deliberately displayed in plain sight.

Viktor Krasnoshchekov from Kamyshin was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,732 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

Since February, the mother of Maxim Ovchinnikov from Anapa has been unable to find out the whereabouts of her son, who was detained by FSB officers in January.

A court in Dagestan found a local resident guilty of torturing her young daughter and sentenced her to five years in prison.

The situation with Nikita Zhuravel, whose parents have been unaware of his whereabouts for four months, is typical of the Russian system: the law does not guarantee prisoners the right to contact while being transported, and in the penal colony, Zhuravel faces the risk of further isolation, lawyers noted.

Gennady Babiev from the Mozdok district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, at least 577 combatants from North Ossetia have been officially recognized as killed.

Residents of the Volgograd, Astrakhan, and Kalmykia regions have experienced difficulties using mobile internet over the past week. At times, most websites and apps are unavailable, affecting communication with family and work. Some residents reported having to reduce their use of Telegram* and WhatsApp*.

Investigators have convicted a teenager from the Baksan district of distributing materials justifying terrorist activity and ideology. He has been placed under house arrest.

The work of refilling the beaches with new sand must be completed by the start of the beach season, the Russian Deputy Prime Minister stated. If the work goes according to plan, he said, the beaches will be open by June 1.

Another group of fighters trained at the Russian Special Forces University flew from Grozny to the combat zone.

The head of North Ossetia signed a decree prohibiting mass events, citing threats of drone attacks as the reason for the ban. School and university students are instructed to be informed of this.

New sand will appear on all sandy beaches in Anapa by June 1, as the government commission for the fuel oil spill response has deemed this an effective solution. Water and soil samples from the pebble beaches meet standards, and they are being prepared for reopening, the governor of Kuban announced.

Chechen native Ayshat Baimuradova was buried in Yerevan five months after her murder; about 30 people came to say goodbye to her.