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On the first day of elections in the Rostov region, over 50% of voters registered on the remote voting platform (RVP) voted in 4 hours, the press service of the regional election commission reported.

The violations recorded by the party concern the work of observers and violations of the rules for organizing mobile voting.

The second major municipal accident since September 2 has been named as the reason for the lack of water in the Dagestani city of Izberbash.

The court has chosen a preventive measure for the son of the mayor of Gyumri, Spartak Ghukasyan, who was detained on suspicion of extortion.

More than 2.8 thousand polling stations opened today in Krasnodar Krai, where gubernatorial elections are taking place from September 12 to 14. Elections of city council deputies have also begun in Krasnodar and Sochi.

Vitaly Vershinin was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,332 fighters from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed in it.

Three drones were shot down in the Rostov region last night; no drone attacks were observed in other regions of the Southern and North Caucasian Federal Districts.

The first groups of displaced persons who left during the Karabakh conflict were sent to the village of Hadrut and the village of Badara today.

A private house and two cars were damaged last night as a result of a drone attack in the Bagaevsky district.

The Yeisk District Court of the Krasnodar Territory partially satisfied the claim of a local resident and her minor daughter, who suffered when a military plane crashed on their house in October 2022.

The family of Rostislav Melnichenko, who unsuccessfully sought to open a case about his beating by a security officer in Mozdok, faced threats and pressure from law enforcement officers, said his sister Yulia. She went on a picket outside the Prosecutor General's Office in Moscow, after which she spent more than three hours in police custody.

Security forces in Georgia have detained two Ukrainian citizens in whose car 2.4 kg of hexogen, a powerful explosive, was found.

Residents of 54 villages in eight districts of Dagestan were left without electricity due to accidents; power grid repairs will only begin in the morning.

A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Akhmat Dzhanibekov, finding him guilty of involvement with ISIS* and attempting to undermine the FSB department for Karachay-Cherkessia.

Dmitry Yuryev from Danilovsky district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, the authorities have publicly named at least 1,331 fighters from the Volgograd region killed there.

Law enforcement agencies in Dagestan have opened a criminal case against animal rights activist Irina Karpova following a complaint from a man who ran over four puppies to death with his car in Makhachkala.

On the 288th day of continuous protests, supporters of European integration gathered to protest at the Georgian Dream election headquarters on Melikishvili Avenue, and then headed to the parliament building, blocking traffic on Rustaveli Avenue.

About 3 thousand families of Karabakh refugees received food packages under the Russian humanitarian program. Such packages will allow at least temporarily reducing expenses on food amid problems with employment and housing, the displaced persons said.

After arresting him in a case of abuse of power and legalization of income, security forces sent former Defense Minister Juansher Burchuladze to the hospital. It is alleged that he suffered a concussion before his arrest.

The regional operator does not collect household waste from the streets of Grozny for a week, there is a stench near the garbage bins, and it is impossible to get through to a specialized service, but they demand payment for the service in full, city residents said. The problem with garbage is typical for large cities in the North Caucasus, analysts said.