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Protesters blocked traffic on Rustaveli Avenue, but were soon forced to lift the blockade, and at least one participant was detained. Security forces reported 29 demonstrators detained over the past five days, and one of them, Zurab Menteshashvili, has been charged with repeatedly blocking the road.

Several commenters responded to a report about the removal of LED headlights from Chechen roads, arguing that LED headlights blind oncoming drivers and that their removal would help reduce accidents. Others countered that in some cases, such headlights actually help drivers see what's happening on the road.

Candidates who try to attract votes by engaging in landscaping are breaking the law, the Sukhum Electoral Commission stated ahead of municipal elections in Abkhazia.

Khasan Kanukov, Aslanbek Murzabekov, and Ramazan Kanshoev were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 314 fighters from Kabardino-Balkaria have been officially recognized as killed.

Fuel oil emissions are being cleaned up in Anapa and the Temryuk district; the operational headquarters has called them insignificant.

Six children from the village of Dylym in the Kazbekovsky District were hospitalized with symptoms of an intestinal infection, and four more are being treated at home. The victims' condition is considered satisfactory. The Investigative Committee reported on the criminal case regarding the poisoning.

The court sentenced the former imam of the village of Kok-Bas to 12 years in prison for creating an extremist cell, which he recruited two of his fellow villagers into.

The court, following a lawsuit filed by the prosecutor's office, ordered the seizure of land plots and other real estate belonging to the former head of the Krymsk region of Kuban and his relatives.

Andrei Popkov was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,462 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

Rosprirodnadzor filed a lawsuit demanding the owner of a landfill site pay over 6.6 million rubles for polluting the soil near Mount Shchelba in Novorossiysk.

The trial of former Nagorno-Karabakh officials accused of war crimes has been completed in Baku.

Batyr Ismailov was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,639 fighters from Dagestan have been confirmed killed.

The Rostov region became the only region in southern Russia where a drone attack was recorded overnight.

Yevgeny Akimenko was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,461 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

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

A criminal case has been opened against a resident of Kaspiysk, who is accused of transferring money to an international non-governmental organization banned in Russia.

The criminal investigation against Boris Levitsky, former chairman of the Kuban branch of DOSAAF, has been completed, and his assets, valued at over 45 million rubles, have been seized.

A court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Kamil Kamolov, a local university student, to two years' probation for calling for extremist activity while discussing the Palestinian-Israeli conflict on Telegram.

The court has changed the preventive measure for the relative of Arsen Ghukasyan, a soldier who went missing during the Karabakh war and was detained at a protest.

The court upheld the arrest warrant for former Rostov-on-Don Mayor Alexei Logvinenko, who is suspected of abuse of office.