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The Predgorny District Court of Stavropol has terminated the criminal prosecution of a police officer who returned from the SVO zone in a case of abuse of power. The father of Khalit Mustafayev, whom the security officer shot during a chase, called the decision unfair.

There are about 20 residents of Tyrnyauz at the temporary accommodation point; access to the city is also closed along the bypass road due to the ongoing mudflow. The authorities reported on the distribution of water.

The Tbilisi Court of Appeal upheld the life sentence of Beka Jaini, who was found guilty of the premeditated murder of Kesaria Abramidze. The court and the investigation concluded that the murder was committed with particular cruelty and was related to gender intolerance.

Volgomurat Konskaliev was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 578 fighters from the Astrakhan region have been officially recognized as killed.

The mudflow damaged the bridge supports on the federal highway that leads to the Elbrus resort, traffic on the highway is closed. Some residents of Tyrnyauz were evacuated, in some areas of the city there is no water, electricity or gas.

Over the past night, air defense forces intercepted 35 aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles in the country's regions, including eight of them in the south.

Last night, the military repelled a massive drone attack in Rostov-on-Don, Millerovo, Donetsk and the Azov region.

The case of Dagestani blogger Arslan Mirzaev, accused of spreading fakes about the Russian army and justifying terrorism, has been sent to the military court in Rostov-on-Don for consideration.

The Georgian Revenue Service linked the arrest of Batumelebi's accounts to the existence of debt, but journalists are certain that the authorities are trying to close the publication and put pressure on its founder, Mzia Amaglobeli.

The Russian Ministry of Education left the demands of parents of pupils at one of the Sochi kindergartens to install video cameras and punish the staff for improper treatment of children unanswered, limiting itself to a formal reply.

At the trial for the murder of Makhachkala resident Kurban Dalgatov, two police officers testified, refuting the testimony of one of the defendants, Magomed Malikov, who stated that he was in another office at the time of Dalgatov’s death.

Against the backdrop of worsening Russian-Azerbaijani relations, a number of Z-bloggers have called for pro-Kremlin political scientist Sergei Markov, who praised Ilham Aliyev in front of Azerbaijani journalists in Shushi, to be declared a foreign agent. Markov responded by recalling that he has been "a supporter of Putin for all 26 years."

A Russian court has sentenced Georgian citizen Zurab Karchava in absentia to 6.5 years in prison, recognizing him as a participant in military operations on the side of Ukraine.

Russian citizen Artem Gribul, accused in Georgia of illegal drug trafficking, has declared a hunger strike. At the hearing of the case of Gribul and Anastasia Zinovkina, the judge did not allow him to make a statement.

Participants in the daily protest in Tbilisi have made unwavering demands for new parliamentary elections and the release of political prisoners. Doctor Giorgi Akhobadze has spoken of the unbearable conditions in Gldani prison.

Russian Semyon Subbotin, who was put on the wanted list for unauthorized abandonment of his military unit, is in a safe place. Russian security forces have virtually no chance of officially extraditing Subbotin, human rights activists reported.

The Volgograd Regional Court refused to overturn the sentence of Ruslan Nurushev, who was sentenced to six years in prison. The defense intends to file a cassation appeal.

Punishment for inciting ethnic hatred must be toughened, said the commander of the Akhmat special forces, Apti Alaudinov, after a conflict with blogger Max Divnich. The fighter, who claimed to belong to Akhmat after a fight in Lugansk, was sent, according to him, to “front lines.”

In Maykop, a case is being investigated about a large bribe received by the deputy head of one of the divisions of the regional department of the Russian National Guard in Adygea.

Azerbaijan's threat to file lawsuits against Russia in connection with the crash of the AZAL plane creates a negative background for bilateral relations, but does not exclude the possibility of reaching a political compromise in the near future, analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.