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Andrei Shirochkin from the Yelansky District was killed in the military operation in Ukraine. Since its beginning, at least 1,687 soldiers from the Volgograd Region have been officially recognized as killed.

In the month since the destruction of the memorial plaque in honor of Anna Politkovskaya, activists have installed homemade memorial signs on the murdered journalist's house at least 18 times.

Residents of Yeysk, Yeysk, and Shcherbinovsky districts in Kuban recorded a video message asking authorities to prevent the mass death of fish at the Yeysk locks. According to residents, the situation reoccurs every year, but no action is being taken.

Armenian authorities are still awaiting the relatives' consent to take Aishat Baimuradova's body for burial. Incidents involving Russian citizens of Chechen descent have forced Armenian law enforcement to respond quickly to threatening calls, according to human rights activists.

Supporters of Georgia's European integration protested outside parliament for the 448th day in a row. The Georgian Parliament approved, in its second reading, amendments to the law making non-recognition of constitutional bodies a criminal offense.

Over a hundred people attended the Magas District Court in Ingushetia, where the trial of Imam Muhammad Tamaskhanov, accused of failing to report a crime, began. The judge, citing technical difficulties, adjourned the hearing.

The head of Chechnya stated that no one summoned him to the Kremlin to make peace with Suleiman Kerimov after talk of blood feud.

Investigators believe the 64-year-old woman collected and transmitted information about military facilities in Novorossiysk, Sochi, and Sevastopol to the Ukrainian side.

The Moscow City Court upheld the extension of comedian Artemy Ostanin's pretrial detention. In court, he called the sentence illegal for his monologues about a legless man and his imaginary dialogue with Jesus Christ.

Water samples taken at Anapa beaches by a blogger showed compliance with standards. He called on Rospotrebnadzor to provide the test results to substantiate its claim that the beaches were not ready for the season, and commenters supported him.

The Supreme Court of Dagestan sentenced a local resident to 15 years in prison for the 2011 murder of the rector of the Institute of Theology and International Relations, Maksud Sadikov, and his nephew, Zalimkhan Musayev.

In Krasnodar, the criminal investigation against a minor accused of committing a terrorist crime has been completed. The case was initiated following messages in a messenger chat.

The prosecutor's office is demanding that the acquittal of lawyer Diana Tsipinova be overturned. Five colleagues are representing her in the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria, calling for the decision to stand.

Journalist Eliso Kiladze has been arrested in connection with a call center case involving former Georgian prosecutor Otar Partskhaladze. According to the prosecutor's office, the fraudulently obtained funds were used to finance opposition media outlets.

The cases of Ullubiy Khanmurzaev and Alexey Kopaigorodsky, whose contracts with the Ministry of Defense did not save them from criminal prosecution, only highlighted the general practice of sending officials accused of corruption on military operations.

Refusal to provide food and clothing to her two minor children resulted in a criminal case for a resident of Kuban.

A fire that occurred after a drone struck an oil tank in the village of Volna in the Temryuk district has been extinguished.

The European Court of Human Rights has ordered the Azerbaijani authorities to pay €4,000 to human rights activist Rufat Safarov for violating his right to a fair trial in 2016.

Twenty-year-old Danila Telyatnikov was killed in a military operation in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,686 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

A military court in Nalchik sentenced a resident of Ingushetia to five years in prison, finding him guilty of leaving his unit without permission during mobilization.