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Krasnodar activist Daria Polyudova, serving time in a women's prison colony in Kostroma, has declared a hunger strike and is drinking only water.

A slick containing up to 900 tons of fuel oil is moving across the Black Sea toward the shores of Taman and the Temryuk region, Krasnodar Krai Governor Veniamin Kondratyev announced at a meeting of the Kuban Legislative Assembly on October 23.

In Kabardino-Balkaria, a minor will stand trial accused of participating in and involving himself in the activities of a terrorist organization, attempting to kill a law enforcement officer, and other crimes.

A ninth-grader was beaten in the Botlikh district of Dagestan by the older brother of another student. The district administration reported a reconciliation between the parties and the dismissal of the elementary school teacher who was present during the fight.

The Tbilisi City Court found Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Sadigov an administrative offender.

Denis Barabash was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 784 soldiers from the Krasnodar Krai have been officially recognized as killed.

The official, already on Canada's sanctions list, is accused of transporting Ukrainian children to Russia.

The Dagestani men detained in France had no personal motive for the attempted murder. The failed assassination attempt was linked to the exposure of torture in Russian prison colonies and human rights violations related to the military operation in Ukraine, according to Vladimir Osechkin, founder of the Gulagu.net* project.

Ramazan Daghlarov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have named at least 1,604 Dagestani servicemen killed there.

Political scientist Bakhruz Samedov was placed in a punishment cell. He was denied access to his grandmother, his only living relative.

Among those arrested were Gyumri Council of Elders member Gevork Ghukasyan and lawyer Ruben Mkhitaryan; they were taken into custody for two months.

Overnight, the military intercepted 139 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) flying over Russian regions. Fifteen of these were shot down in the Southern Federal District.

Rosaviatsiya has lifted restrictions on the arrival and departure of aircraft at Volgograd Airport.

Air defense forces intercepted unmanned aerial vehicles in the Millerovsky and Sholokhovsky districts tonight.

Law enforcement officials searched the home of journalist Larisa Tuptsokova's parents in Adygea and questioned her relatives in connection with an extremism case. Tuptsokova received the indictment almost two weeks late.

Journalist Afgan Sadygov, whose extradition from Georgia was requested by Azerbaijani authorities, stopped contacting his family on October 22. Before another protest in Tbilisi, Sadygov was detained by security forces.

WhatsApp* and Telegram messaging app users in southern Russia continue to report app outages. Roskomnadzor, the federal agency for supervising communications, announced that the authorities have restricted the use of foreign messaging apps to "combat criminals."

Ruben Vardanyan explained that Avraam Berman's services were abandoned because all procedural defense options had been exhausted. The presence of a contractual lawyer during the trial, he explained, merely creates the illusion of protection.

Volgograd Airport is temporarily not accepting or sending flights due to a safety threat.

The man involved in the detonation of an explosive device at a bus stop in Stavropol has been detained and is undergoing questioning, law enforcement sources reported.