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The Gejukha Reservoir was poorly maintained, and the operating company failed to take action when the dam was in danger of bursting, according to investigators. An engineer from the company responsible for the facility's safety, Dziv-2 LLC, has been arrested for two months.

Dmitry Skorik was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,747 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

Another person injured in the explosion at a fireworks warehouse in Vladikavkaz has sought medical attention and been hospitalized. Of the 16 injured, 11 remain hospitalized.

Over the past 24 hours, the number of houses still flooded in Dagestan has decreased from 762 to 516. 523 people remain in temporary accommodation centers.

In the Sredneakhtubinsky District, awards were presented to the families of soldiers killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,746 soldiers from the Volgograd Region have been officially recognized as killed in it.

The Sovetsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don fined Sergei Korovayny 30,000 rubles for using a negative emoji in response to a video of military equipment posted in a private chat room. The court deemed it defamatory of the army.

Officers from the Kabardino-Balkarian Ministry of Internal Affairs' Center for Combating Extremism reported the arrest of a 31-year-old local resident in connection with a case involving the financing of an extremist organization.

Abdulmutelim Ramazanov and Shikh Mekhtiyev from the Tabasaran district were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have acknowledged at least 1,893 combatants from Dagestan killed there.

Former Krasnodar Regional Court judge Yuri Zakharchevsky, convicted of hitting a pedestrian, never paid compensation for his death because he signed a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense in 2024, left for the SVO zone, and went intocommunication.

The court extended the arrest of former Novocherkassk mayor Yuri Lysenko, who is suspected of accepting a bribe from a developer, until May 13.

The Nalchik Garrison Military Court sentenced serviceman Vitaly Turovsky, who left his military unit three times for long terms, to seven years in prison.

A Tbilisi court sentenced activist Shota Odishvili to 10 days in jail for insults he made against Bidzina Ivanishvili during a protest on April 9.

Residents of several houses in the village of Trudobelikovsky were evacuated after a UAV fragment containing a warhead was found on a street. After the fragment was cleared, the residents were able to return home.

Kristina Lakhina, the aunt of a three-year-old girl who died from beatings, has been remanded in custody for two months by a court in Sukhumi. Members of parliament have stated the need to draft a law on domestic violence. A bill on protection from domestic violence was introduced in parliament six years ago, but has not yet been included in the session's agenda, countered the former Abkhazian ombudsman.

Several foundations and organizations in Kabardino-Balkaria are collecting humanitarian aid for Dagestan. Residents are donating water, food, clothing, and bedding. Residents of the affected areas have asked for construction materials.

On the 500th day of daily protests, demonstrators marched to the Georgian parliament before heading to Easter services, demanding the release of political prisoners.

After residents of Karaman-2 appealed for water pumping, private individuals and businesses responded, but no support from the authorities was received. Residents attribute this to the village's still lack of official status.

Security forces detained Captain Ivan Otrakovsky in Khasavyurt, who had come to Dagestan to help flood victims. According to the official version, the reason was obscene language. The court sentenced him to three days of pretrial detention, and Otrakovsky declared a hunger strike.

Alibek Shukurov, a father of seven, was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 194 fighters from Karachay-Cherkessia have been officially recognized as killed.

The number of volunteers in Mamedkala, Derbent District, is declining, despite many unresolved issues, volunteers noted, calling on others to join them. Villages in the Khasavyurt District are in dire need of assistance, social media users noted.