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The prosecution of Krasnodar resident Sergei Samoilov, sentenced to 12 years in prison for treason, is politically motivated, human rights activists have said, calling for the criminal case against him to be dropped.

The European Court of Human Rights has banned Georgia from deporting refugee activist Nikolai Belikov to Russia pending a court ruling. According to the activist, "legal chaos" reigns in Georgia, but the ECHR's intervention in his case offers hope.

Ingush public figure and elder Malsag Uzhakhov, who served a nine-year sentence in the case of protest leaders, was released from a penal colony in the Volgograd region.

Mozdok resident Yulia Melnichenko was detained for the third time this week while picketing outside the Prosecutor General's Office, demanding that a security officer be punished for beating her brother and that the repression against her family cease. She spent two hours in police custody. Law enforcement officers issued her a warning about the unacceptability of violations and confiscated her poster.

Journalist Ulviya Ali, arrested in the Meydan TV case, faced threats against her family in Baku's Pretrial Detention Center No. 1 after AI-generated audio recordings of pressure against her in the pretrial detention center and during her trial were distributed on social media.

The Krasnodar Regional Court dismissed the appeal against the arrest of Acting Minister of Civil Defense and Emergencies of the Krasnodar Region Sergei Shtrikov.

The unresolved land issue during the restoration of the Aukhovsky District, as well as the restoration of the district itself, remains a factor that could provoke tensions, according to social media users. They believe the delays in resettlement appear deliberate.

Shamil Rabadanov from Izberbash was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly named at least 1,834 Dagestani combatants killed there.

The villages of Akveduk, Maly Terek, and the Urukh junction in the Tersky District of Kabardino-Balkaria have been abolished by decision of local council members, as they have no prospects for restoration.

The mayor of Anapa announced efforts to remove pebble beaches from the emergency zone due to the fuel oil spill. Telegram users called for sandy beaches to be reopened as soon as possible.

The state prosecutor requested that police officer Dmitry Korchagin be sentenced to 11 years in prison for the death of Krasnodar resident Ilya Afrosin after a beating at the police station.

The 24th temporary plaque has appeared on the wall of the house where Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya lived and was murdered.

A court in Makhachkala sentenced a local resident to a suspended sentence, recognizing him as a member of the "Union of Slavic Forces of Rus'"*.

Andrei Zemtsov from the Rostov region was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly named at least 857 soldiers from the Rostov region killed there.

The Krasnodar Prosecutor's Office secured the early termination of the powers of City Duma deputy Viktor Timofeev for violating anti-corruption laws.

Residents say Korkmasova Street in Derbent hasn't been repaired for about 70 years. They have to scoop up water from puddles to get their children to school.

The suspension of the visa-free entry regime to EU countries will extend to the entire population of Georgia if the country's political leadership continues the "rollback of democracy" and human rights violations, said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

The destruction of Armenian cultural heritage in Nagorno-Karabakh has become the subject of a joint investigation by the UK Parliament and the International Bar Association. Karabakh public figures expressed hope that the international community will respond to Azerbaijan's actions.

Makhach Mutalibov from the Khivsky District was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly named at least 1,833 Dagestani combatants killed there.

The murder of Boris Nemtsov on February 27, 2015, could not have been the initiative of the perpetrators, and Chechen security forces were not involved in this crime at Ramzan Kadyrov's "own request," the former Russian Deputy Prime Minister is convinced. For 11 years, the investigation has not identified the masterminds behind the politician's murder.