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Journalist Nurlan Gahramanli, who is on a hunger strike, reported that his blood pressure had risen. Only after Gahramanli's lack of assistance became public did prison doctors come to him.

Mikhail Turobov and Sergei Timokhin have been killed in combat since the start of the military operation in Ukraine. At least 1,648 fighters from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

Law enforcement sources reported a shootout in which two unidentified individuals were killed after allegedly opening fire on law enforcement officers. However, there are no visible signs of a shootout in the photos of the car the victims were traveling in.

The Sunzha authorities' sluggish response to residents' complaints about an illegal dump has drawn federal attention to the problem and created an "uncontrollable reputational risk," the head of the regional control center complained to the Ingush government. This discussion came amid a statement by an Interior Ministry general that unresolved housing and utilities issues are fueling protest activity.

This morning, the military shot down two drones in the Astrakhan region and one in the Krasnodar region.

Two criminal cases have been opened in connection with the prolonged water outage in homes of residents of Gukovo, Zverevo, and several villages in the Rostov region. Investigators stated that officials failed to promptly address the emergency and committed violations in water delivery.

Authorities have received approximately 1,000 requests for financial assistance from residents of houses damaged in the airstrike in Novaya Adygeya. Twenty-five people are currently being held at a temporary shelter.

Last night, 24 drones were shot down in the Krasnodar Krai, four in the Astrakhan Region, and one each in the Rostov and Volgograd Regions. Another nine drones were destroyed over the Sea of ​​Azov and the Black Sea.

Today, members of 20 Azerbaijani families who fled the village during the Karabakh conflict returned to the village of Khorovlu in the Jabrayil region.

Authorities in the Sredneakhtubinsky District presented awards to the relatives of soldiers killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,646 soldiers from the Volgograd Region have been officially recognized as killed.

As a result of the drone attack, two houses in the village of Svobodny and two in the village of Severskaya were damaged.

Tamara Mearakishvili contacted Sergei Kiriyenko, First Deputy Chief of Staff of the Russian Presidential Executive Office, and reported that security forces had visited her parents in Leningor, confiscated their phones, and conducted a search.

A Holocaust memorial rally in Volgograd attracted approximately 50 people. Participants emphasized the importance of preserving the memory of the victims and studying the causes of the tragedy, calling for "not forgetting the horrors of war."

Aishat Baimuradova, a native of Chechnya who was murdered in Yerevan, should be given a humane burial, even if her relatives refused to collect her body from the morgue, Facebook* commenters stated. Relatives have the right to ignore requests if the girl refuses them, some users noted.

The Savelyev family, who lost their home during the construction of the Olympic highway in Sochi, learned that the barracks from which they were evicted had been acquired by a local official before being demolished. Police declined to open a criminal case because they were able to locate the barracks' new owner.

A month ago, a group of public figures, including veterans of the Dagestan Ministry of Internal Affairs, sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin proposing strategic reform of the agency. They believe that only urgent reform can resolve the problem of corruption within the ministry. A month later, there has been no response to the letter.

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the criminal prosecution of prominent Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismayilova in 2014-2015 was unlawful and ordered her to be paid 16,000 euros in compensation.

The regional control center in Dagestan reported on an inspection of a dog shelter in Derbent. The shelter's administration assured a city hall official that they have everything necessary for the animals.

Another temporary plaque on the home of murdered Moscow journalist Anna Politkovskaya was destroyed on the morning of January 27. That afternoon, Yabloko activists installed a new memorial.

Supporters of Georgia's European integration gathered for a protest outside the parliament building in Tbilisi for the 426th consecutive day. Lasha Chkhartishvili, one of the leaders of the Workers' Party, faces criminal charges for repeatedly blocking a sidewalk.