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If the bill banning collective worship is passed, many Muslims living in both large cities and southern Russia will face a situation where they will have nowhere to pray, as there are not enough mosques for everyone. This new measure is a violation of citizens' rights.

A Sochi resident who posted a self-produced video on social media will stand trial on charges of inciting hatred and enmity through the use of violence.

Security forces in Vladikavkaz only released employees of the Telegram channel "Sapa" overnight, who were detained after searches of the editorial office.

Due to frequent power outages and a lack of backup power, vital medical equipment is not working at the Tsuntinsky District Hospital, local residents said.

Alexander Kochiev, killed in the war zone, is buried in Tskhinvali. At least 50 combatants from South Ossetia were killed in the fighting in Ukraine.

Participants in the protest outside the Georgian Parliament, on the 503rd day of continuous protests, dedicated their posters to Georgian Language Day, recalling the students' struggle for the state language.

Ramzan Kadyrov's collection of awards has been expanded with a first-degree order "For special contribution to the development of the Russian cement industry" from the Union of Cement Producers.

Funding for housing costs for orphans and children left without parental care has been increased in Kabardino-Balkaria from 200 million to 442 million rubles.

Human economic activity has altered the climate and precipitation patterns, and existing infrastructure is no longer functional under the new conditions, said Alexey Gunya, head of the Mountain Research Center at the Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences, commenting on the flooding in Dagestan.

A court in Nalchik sentenced Savarbek Kartoyev to five years in prison, finding him guilty of evading military service during mobilization.

Authorities in Dagestan's Dakhadayevsky District have declared a state of emergency due to a sharp increase in landslides amid heavy rainfall. Eleven homes have already been damaged, and residents of another ten have been evacuated from the danger zone.

Another group of combatants departed from Grozny for the war zone in Ukraine. Before departure, the soldiers praised the Russian Special Forces University and thanked Kadyrov.

Security forces in Vladikavkaz conducted a search of the editorial offices of the Telegram channel "Sapa" this morning. The Investigative Committee reported the arrest of the project's editor-in-chief, Alina Dzhikaeva, and a police officer from Makhachkala.

At a military court hearing in Rostov-on-Don, the state prosecutor requested sentences of 9 to 11 years in prison for Ivan Blagodatskikh, Ilya Kudinov, and Akhmed Ramaldanov, accused of attempting to set fire to a military enlistment office. Journalists have discovered that an FSB informant oversaw the preparations for this arson.

Vladimir Faber and Artem Breusov from the Novoanninsky District were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, officials have publicly named at least 1,755 service members from the Volgograd Region killed in the conflict.

A Baku court has extended the pretrial detention of Azerbaijani lawyer and human rights activist Namizad Safarov for another three months. Safarov's defense team intends to appeal the decision.

An employee of the Mine Action Agency was killed in the Fizuli district. The death toll from mine explosions since the 44-day Karabakh war has reached 422, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry stated.

Today, 102 members of Azerbaijani families who fled during the Karabakh conflict returned to six villages in the Aghdere and Khojaly districts.

The appellate court upheld the decision to seize property worth 1.6 billion rubles from the former mayor of Sochi and transfer it to the state.

Sochi has lost its lead to Anapa in the number of May holiday tour bookings, according to tourism industry representatives. According to them, the situation in Sochi has a greater impact on booking dynamics than the oil spill zone.