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A court in Karachay-Cherkessia sentenced Tatyana Pasynkova to a suspended sentence, finding her a member of an extremist organization. The pensioner denied the charges.

Nukhbeg Omarov was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,598 fighters from Dagestan have been confirmed killed.

The Ministry of Defense reported one drone shot down overnight in the Volgograd region, and six more destroyed over the Black Sea. Sochi authorities cancelled the drone strike threat issued overnight.

A Moscow court extended the pretrial detention of Yeysk stand-up comedian Artemy Ostanin. His defense disagreed with the decision.

Talgat Ismukhambetov and Pavel Korchunov were killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 628 fighters from the Astrakhan region have been confirmed killed.

Military personnel shot down a drone in the Bokovsky district; there were no injuries, the governor of the Rostov region reported.

In Rostov-on-Don, restoration work has been completed on a high-rise building on Lermontovskaya Street, which was damaged during a drone attack in mid-August.

A Moscow court has placed Alexander Ablaev, the head of the Krasnodar Department of Internal Affairs' duty unit, and two of his colleagues from Belgorod and Krasnoyarsk under house arrest for two months. They are accused of accepting bribes from journalists from the Telegram channel "Baza."

Activist Giorgi Kuchuashvili was convicted in Georgia of assaulting a police officer during a protest against the "foreign agents" law. He was sentenced to four years in prison, but an appeals court reduced his sentence to two years.

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced 15 servicemen from the Ukrainian battalion to prison terms ranging from 15 to 21 years.

Volunteers discovered a huge layer of fuel oil on a beach on the Taman Peninsula. The Krasnodar Krai task force stated that there were no new emissions.

Abakar Abakarov, whom Russian investigators believe to be the mastermind behind the unrest at Makhachkala airport, was killed in Turkey, according to his acquaintances. There is no official confirmation of this information yet.

Protesters in Tbilisi blocked Rustaveli Avenue for the 324th day in a row, despite warnings from the Ministry of Internal Affairs about tougher penalties for demonstrators. Journalist Afgan Sadygov burned portraits of Bidzina Ivanishvili and Vladimir Putin during the protest.

Krasnodar City Hall rejected a second consecutive request for a rally against green space development on the embankment in Yubileiny, suggesting that activists hold the event outside the city.

The student movement at Ilia State University announced a protest outside the Ministry of Education on October 20. The students responded to the education reforms announced by Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze with a joint statement.

The criminal case against Dagestani MMA fighter Erziman Bayramov, who was attacked by a supporter of the "Russian Community" in Murino for praying on the street, has been dropped.

Police arrested a suspect in the contract killing of two pastors, for which he was willing to pay one million rubles. The North Caucasus Federal District resident pleaded guilty.

Aishat Baimuradova, who fled Russia with the help of human rights activists, disappeared in Armenia and has not been in contact since October 15. Before her disappearance, she met with a friend who has social media followers of people close to Kadyrov. The girl's neighbors contacted the police.

A five-year-old boy from Dagestan, who was evacuated from China in September, has died after a long battle with cancer.

At least 7,700 fighters from southern Russia have been officially recognized as killed during the special military operation, including 3,823 from the North Caucasus Federal District and 3,877 from the Southern Federal District.