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Journalist Farid Mehralizade, serving a prison sentence in Azerbaijan, has been awarded the 2025 John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award. U.S. Congressman James McGovern called for Mehralizade's release and the dismissal of charges against his wife, activist Nargiz Mukhtarova.

Oleg Bondarenko from the Mozdok district was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 500 fighters from North Ossetia have been officially recognized as killed.

Makhachkala City Hall officials removed several dozen building extensions, entrances, and flower beds from sidewalks in the city center. Residents complained that the streets' appearance had significantly deteriorated as a result.

A man arrested for shooting at a wedding in Makhachkala explained to police that he wanted to support a friend. Some Telegram users called the shooting a tribute to tradition, while their opponents pointed out the danger of such actions.

In the Sredneakhtubinsky district, awards were presented to the families of six soldiers killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,469 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

A court has suspended the operation of the Nalchik cable car for 90 days, ruling it unsafe for visitors after 12 people were injured when a cable broke.

Last night, the military shot down 29 drones in the Rostov region, four in the Volgograd region, and one in Stavropol.

Authorities have announced the end of the drone strike threat in Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, North Ossetia, and Stavropol Krai.

The brother and nephew of Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II have been detained on charges of obstructing a campaign and hooliganism.

Coalition for Change activist Tata Peradze, who was detained yesterday for blocking Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi, has been released from the courtroom and her case has been postponed.

A drone attack alert was issued tonight in Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, North Ossetia, and Stavropol Krai.

Anastasia Zinovkina, convicted in a drug case in Georgia, has been transferred to a cell with video surveillance but is not receiving medical care. Activists intend to demand that the Public Defender transfer her to a clinic. Artem Gribul and Anton Chechin have ended their hunger strike in support of Anastasia.

The public debate over the construction of a church on Rozhdestvenskaya Embankment in Krasnodar has become a sham – the authorities have ignored the opinions of the majority of residents. Residents continue to picket, confident that only the attention of federal authorities will prevent the church's construction.

At least 3,904 soldiers from the North Caucasus Federal District and 3,953 from the Southern Federal District have been officially recognized as killed in the military operation in Ukraine.

Aslan Atov, Khadzhi-Murat Valiev, Medic Khamokov, Robert Gedgagov, and six other fighters were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 324 fighters from Kabardino-Balkaria have been officially recognized as killed.

Twenty minutes after Rustaveli Avenue was closed, security forces pushed demonstrators, who had been protesting for 340 days straight, off the roadway. A Tbilisi court sentenced several protesters to administrative arrest.

Volunteers reported that a layer of fuel oil was discovered under rocks near the port of Taman. They questioned the veracity of scientists' data claiming that the summer of 2025 saw one of the lowest levels of oil pollution in the Black Sea in the past 18 years.

A petition calling on Armenian authorities to conduct a thorough and transparent investigation into the murder of Aishat Baimuradova has garnered 1,000 signatures on the Change.Org platform.

Another participant has joined the hunger strike being conducted by opposition politicians outside the Georgian parliament, demanding new parliamentary elections and the release of political prisoners.

The children's poisoning in the village of Dylym was caused by a dysentery pathogen and poor sanitary practices by kindergarten staff. Childcare facilities in the village are temporarily closed.