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Miroslav Smiyan from the Kamyshinsky District was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,796 soldiers from the Volgograd Region have been officially recognized as killed.

Strong Armenia bloc leader Samvel Karapetyan filed a lawsuit against Armenian National Assembly Speaker Alen Simonyan, who called him a foreign intelligence officer, demanding a retraction and compensation.

Nine people were poisoned in Pyatigorsk after visiting a cafe and were hospitalized. An investigation is underway, and the cafe has been temporarily closed.

A report about Belkisa Mintsayeva, shown on Grozny TV, claims that her family has been reunited. She says everything is fine. Human rights activists say the most important thing is that Mintsayeva is free and with her children, while her friends say she looks depressed in the video.

The head of the NGO "Eurasia Institute" Gulbaat Rtskhiladze and journalist Irakli Chikhladze have been arrested in connection with the espionage case.

Gas supply has been restored to residents of five villages in Dagestan where gas was cut off due to a landslide.

During his election campaign, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan declared that the end of Nagorno-Karabakh was inevitable, while his opponents blamed him for making concessions in negotiations with Azerbaijan.

Arman Dzhelmukanov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 744 soldiers from the Astrakhan region have been officially recognized as killed.

A dam in the village of Akhty washed away after heavy rains, leaving the road, gas pipeline, and homes at risk of flooding. The dam was built four years ago but never commissioned, authorities announced, promising to promptly restore the protective structure. Villagers were also left without water supply.

A march under the slogan "Together against violence and oppression" is taking place in Tbilisi on the 549th day of daily protests. Participants have called the beating of two Gori residents by security forces a sign of a systemic crisis in the police force.

Activist Vitaly Cherkasov challenged the Krasnodar City Duma's decision regarding the embankment area where the church is planned to be built in the Krasnodar Regional Court, but the court rejected the claim. Cherkasov filed an appeal.

Satellite images showed plumes extending seaward in the waters off Tuapse, near the port, Gizel-Dere, and Dederkoy, but this data cannot be used as 100% confirmation of oil pollution, according to the Transparent World project. Volunteers reported that the booms they installed were able to contain small emissions.

The Committee on Legal Affairs and Human Rights of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe called on the Azerbaijani authorities to release all political prisoners, cease persecution of journalists, opposition figures, and human rights defenders, and expressed concern over Azerbaijan's failure to comply with decisions of the European Court of Human Rights.

A representative of the Armenian Ministry of Economy met with farmers in the village of Arshaluys in the Armavir region, who had blocked the road the previous day due to the lack of a market for their tomatoes following Russia's import ban. He recommended that they sell their harvest at designated markets in Yerevan. The farmers countered that the journey was time-consuming, and prices were low due to tomato imports from Iran.

The request by the leader of the Enlightened Armenia party to revoke the accreditation of Daniel Ioannisyan, a representative of the Independent Observer coalition and the Union of Informed Citizens public organization, for the elections was dismissed.

Clay ditches on a beach in Anapa were burned after rain, as seen on video. Some users expressed outrage at the quality of the imported sand, while others expressed hope that the sand dumped on the beaches would eventually wash out to sea.

An 18-year-old and a 17-year-old resident of Kuban, accused of preparing an explosion in an administrative building in Tuapse, have been taken into custody.

The state of emergency declared after the missile attack was expanded today due to new damage from the drone strike. Authorities received over 20 complaints from residents about broken windows in homes and buildings.

In May, at least six people in Dagestan were fined for displaying the Instagram* logo on signs and in posts. Telegram users considered the security forces' zeal excessive.

A landslide damaged a gas pipeline in the Buinaksk region, leaving residents of five villages without gas.