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SovLab researcher Rusudan Kobakhidze and activist Guram Gongadze were detained after security forces removed protesters from the roadway on Rustaveli Avenue. Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Sadygov, who served a 14-day sentence for blocking the road, also attended the protest today. Russian citizen Nikolai Belikov was also released from custody.

Moscow's Tagansky Court extended the pretrial detention of blogger Arsen Markaryan, accused of insulting the memory of defenders of the Fatherland, by two months.

In North Ossetia, a criminal case has been opened against two police officers for abuse of office. Investigators believe the suspects, accused of stealing mobile phones, failed to report the evidence and then took the phones for personal use.

Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov is accused of "financing actions aimed at changing the boundaries of the territory or state border of Ukraine."

At the "Kind Novorossiysk" festival, children were asked to provide first aid to a wounded soldier. The completely naked mannequin they were asked to practice on was covered in fake blood and had a severed leg. Novorossiysk residents and social media users found the realistic depiction excessive.

Igor Sergeyev was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,477 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

Investigators have completed their investigation into a Dagestani resident accused of attacking a traffic police post in Makhachkala in May, which resulted in the death of a security officer.

The prosecutor requested a lengthy prison sentence and a fine of 475 million rubles for former Rostov Region Deputy Governor Vitaly Kushnarev.

Azerbaijan's Supreme Court has postponed its decision on activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev's appeal of his conviction, citing additional time needed to consider "numerous defense arguments."

Rescuers evacuated a group of tourists trapped in the mountains after a mudslide to Cherkessk.

Three of six children who were hospitalized with symptoms of intestinal infection have been discharged from the Kazbekovsky District Hospital.

Following the drone attack on the port of Tuapse, the shoreline was cleaned of fuel oil, and no oil spills were found, the district head reported. Telegram users expressed concerns that the fuel oil spill would worsen the oil pollution along the Kuban coast.

The Ministry of Defense reported that eight drones were shot down overnight in the Rostov region.

Rafik Suyunchaliev was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 638 soldiers from the Astrakhan region have been confirmed killed.

The military shot down drones in the Kamensky, Verkhnedonsky, Chertkovsky, and Konstantinovsky districts of the Rostov region.

The case of Shokhrat Mammadov, accused of treason and espionage, was submitted to the Baku Military Court.

The Second District Military Court has received a case regarding the murder of Igor Kirillov, the head of the radiation, chemical, and biological defense forces, and his assistant. The defendants include two natives of Ingushetia and a Russian citizen born in Baku.

The authorities are trying to demonstrate the opposition's impotence in the Sukhum local government elections, but the opposition is simply preparing for the parliamentary elections. Meanwhile, the entire city is plastered with posters of pro-government candidates who aren't above bribing voters with "improvement" projects.

The translation of Chechen Mufti Salakh Mezhiyev's words about Jews, which Russia's chief rabbi relied on, is completely correct, and the attempt to deny these statements after the post was removed from the official mouthpiece's website is ridiculous and absurd, the blogger pointed out.

No manufacturer installs xenon bulbs in car headlights, but home-made installations are common among car owners, which degrades the quality of headlights and increases the risk of accidents. The Chechen security forces' campaign to confiscate these bulbs demonstrates the widespread nature of the problem in the republic.