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A dispute in the Leningrad region between MMA fighter Erziman Bayramov and a passerby over namaz ended in a fight, the intervention of the "Russian Community," which declared public prayer prohibited, and a criminal case for hooliganism. The Dagestan Ministry of Nationalities and the republic's representative office in St. Petersburg also intervened.

A military court in Rostov-on-Don has found a citizen of Uzbekistan, arrested in Adygea, to be a participant and recruiter of ISIS*.

The court sentenced Archbishop Mikael Ajapayan, Primate of the Shirak Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, to two years in prison. His defense intends to appeal the verdict.

The prosecution of Kabardino-Balkaria's Emergency Situations Ministry head, Mikhail Nadezhin, was initiated in the republic and is linked to the interests of local clans, not the federal authorities. Paying officials favors for resolving issues is common in all regions of the North Caucasus, according to analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot."

Ivan Aliferov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 781 soldiers from the Krasnodar Krai have been officially recognized as killed.

Ivan Aliferov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 781 soldiers from the Krasnodar Krai have been officially recognized as killed.

Security forces detained five residents of Dagestan suspected of plotting a terrorist attack.

Security forces detained five residents of Dagestan suspected of plotting a terrorist attack.

Dagestani businessman Ibragim Suleimanov was arrested in Moscow in connection with a murder committed in 2024.

24 flights were delayed at Sochi Airport due to flight restrictions in effect overnight, and three flights were diverted to alternate airfields.

Sergei Lemeshko, Vyacheslav Filenko, Madzhit Gediyev, and Akhmat Dolaev were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 158 fighters from Karachay-Cherkessia have been officially recognized as killed.

A court in Baksan fined Martin Kochesoko*, a Circassian activist living abroad, three thousand rubles for failing to submit reports to the Ministry of Justice.

More than 7.8 million rubles will be sent to the families of the victims, and more than 1.8 million rubles will be sent to those injured during the attack on churches and synagogues in Dagestan in the summer of 2024.

Georgian-Russian businessman Levan Vasadze said his accounts and those of his family members were frozen by Georgian banks listed on the London Stock Exchange.

Rosaviatsiya has reopened Gelendzhik and Sochi airports, which had been closed overnight, for landing and departures. Ten aircraft flying to Sochi have been diverted to alternate airfields.

A military court in Rostov-on-Don found Pavel Yevlashkin and Denis Maksimov guilty of terrorism and money laundering; both were sentenced to 15 years in prison.

Ramzan Kadyrov and Adam Delimkhanov, a week late, angrily responded to General Vladimir Shamanov's criticism of the name changes in Chechnya. Kadyrov called Shamanov a "hyena," and Delimkhanov a coward and a saboteur.

The security officials directly charged with Inal Dzhabiev's death effectively escaped punishment; the defendants were given actual prison sentences for the torture of Gersan Kulumbegov and Nikolai Tskhovrebov, who were detained with him. The victims intend to file an appeal.

Zviad Kuprava, a member of the Tbilisi City Council from the United National Movement, has been remanded in custody and faces up to six years in prison.

Rosaviatsiya temporarily closed the airports of Gelendzhik and Sochi to aircraft, and authorities in the Krasnodar region announced a threat of drone attacks.