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In just one day after the storm, 63 birds, drenched in fuel oil, were admitted to the rehabilitation center in the village of Vityazevo. Volunteers reported that they have another 200 birds undergoing rehabilitation, although they receive no government funding.

Unknown individuals destroyed a temporary memorial plaque, which activists had restored for the 20th time, at the entrance to the building where Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya lived and was murdered.

In the first days of Ramadan, more than a quarter of the amount needed for the treatment of a 9-year-old boy from Dagestan with Duchenne muscular dystrophy was raised; a total of 230 million rubles is needed.

The Catholicos of All Armenians, a suspect in a criminal case, refused to testify. The lawyer suggested that the criminal prosecution of Karekin II was aimed at disrupting the bishops' meeting.

Sergei Simonyan was killed in a military operation in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,690 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

With the onset of the month of fasting, many eateries in Makhachkala have changed their hours and are only opening in the evening. Residents and tourists alike have complained that it has become difficult to find a café open during the day.

Windows in damaged apartments remain unrepaired a week after the drone attack, and dispatchers are difficult to reach, residents of a high-rise building in Volgograd complained.

Residents of the Adjara village of Bobokvati stated at a protest that plots of land allocated for investment projects have remained undeveloped for 20 years. They demanded that the authorities explain the situation and return the land if the projects are abandoned.

Rodion and Naran Erdneev from the Yustinsky district were killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 216 fighters from Kalmykia have been confirmed killed.

Manu Tavadze, Dato Beshitaishvili, and Luka Japaridze left the Tbilisi New Theatre troupe in protest against the removal of a banner bearing the portrait of their convicted colleague, Andro Chichinadze. The number of actors who have resigned from the theatre has reached eight.

Baku police detained trade union activist Sara Rahimova and issued her a travel ban, citing her status as a suspect in a criminal case. After her release, Rahimova linked the criminal prosecution to her civic activism.

Azat Turakov and Anuarbek Nurgaliev from the Volodarsky district were killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 710 fighters from the Astrakhan region have been confirmed killed.

Workers cleared the roadway in the Tsuntinsky district, which was blocked after a rockfall.

The district prosecutor's office filed an anti-corruption lawsuit to seize the property of the former head of the Labinsky district, as well as his deputy and a former security official, in connection with corrupt activities.

The first group of displaced persons who left during the Karabakh conflict returned to the city of Khojavend and the village of the same name; 70 families received keys to their homes.

Former employees of the Kabardino-Balkarian State Agrarian University have filed a complaint with the authorities, claiming that university management had served them with eviction notices from their dormitory. They say their appeals to the rector and government agencies have been unsuccessful.

Italian skier Pietro Ballarini, the son of renowned urbanist Luca Ballarini, died during a freeride skiing accident in the mountains near Kutaisi.

Gelendzhik blogger Vadim Kharchenko*'s appeal against the verdict was dismissed by the cassation court; his defense is preparing an appeal to the Supreme Court.

After a network of fraudulent call centers was uncovered in Georgia, including former State Security Service head Grigol Liluashvili, among its patrons, the parents of programmer Tamar Bachaliashvili, whose body was found in her car in 2020, demanded that the investigation into her death be reopened.

Activists have installed a temporary plaque on the home of murdered Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya for the 20th time.