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The Primorsko-Akhtarsky District Municipal Council of Kuban dismissed Maxim Bondarenko due to the governor's loss of confidence.

Another power outage left residents of dozens of streets in Makhachkala without power and heat. Dagestan authorities are obligated to address long-standing utility problems; residents' patience is wearing thin, bloggers noted.

Participants in the October 2023 mass riots accused Makhachkala airport staff of "hiding" passengers from Israel; workers were forced to barricade themselves indoors.

Investigators in Ingushetia have uncovered an additional case of embezzlement of over 85 million rubles in budget funds allocated for the construction of the Plievo-Novaya electrical substation in the Nazran district.

Rosaviatsiya has imposed flight restrictions at airports in Grozny, Magas, Vladikavkaz, and Volgograd, with a drone alert also in effect in Kabardino-Balkaria, Dagestan, and Stavropol. Residents of Volgograd and Volzhsky reported a series of explosions.

The death toll from the drone attack on port terminals in the village of Volna in Krasnodar Krai has risen to three, and the number of injured has reached eight, the regional task force reported.

Dozhd* journalist Valeria Kichigina has been accused of spreading fake news about the army. One of the publications she is accused of publishing concerns events in Bucha, while the second concerns the presence of Russian troops in South Ossetia after the 2008 Five-Day War. This is the first instance of the "fake news" statute being invoked for statements unrelated to the South Ossetian Military District, and it demonstrates the expansion of the statute's scope to cover other conflicts involving Russian troops.

Human body parts were found at the site of a drone attack in the village of Novaya Adygeya, Takhtamukaysky District. The governor of Krasnodar Krai also reported two fatalities at the port terminals in the village of Volna, Temryuksky District.

Three years after the death of Kurban Dalgatov in the Sovietsky District Department of Internal Affairs in Makhachkala, most of the security officers involved have yet to be convicted, with five of the accused being sent to the special military unit. Dalgatov's family was outraged by the lengthy investigation into the case, despite officials' assurances that the perpetrators would be punished.

Supporters of European integration gathered outside the Georgian parliament for the 420th day in a row. Iranian citizens joined the protest today.

Five days later, Chechen authorities have neither confirmed nor denied reports of a traffic accident involving Adam Kadyrov, nor has there been any official statement on his condition.

Residents of the village of Dubki in Dagestan appealed to the head of Dagestan with a request to repair the hospital's façade. Since the village's founding, no major renovations have been carried out on the façade.

Akhtubinsk resident Vitaly Zhuravlev, twice convicted of discrediting the military, was found guilty again in a similar case. The case was sparked by Zhuravlev's comment on a local social media page.

Security forces acted harshly against detained participants of the "Limonov Readings" in Krasnodar, with two activists requiring emergency medical care. Human rights activists have launched a fundraising campaign to appeal the arrests.

The Second Western District Military Court sentenced Ingushetia natives Batukhan Tochiyev and Ramazan Padiev to 22 and 18 years, respectively, and Baku native Robert Safaryan to 25 years. Akhmadzhon Kurbonov, the perpetrator of the terrorist attack that killed Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov and his assistant, was sentenced to life in prison.

South Ossetian President Alan Gagloev has dismissed the government, and Deputy Prime Minister Dzambolat Tadtaev has been appointed acting head of the cabinet.

Arslan Batayev from the Khasavyurt district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,778 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

The mining towns of Gukovo and Zverevo in the Rostov region have been without water for six days. Authorities reported on the repairs' progress, stating that the water supply had been restored, but water still wasn't reaching residents on the upper floors. Residents say they're forced to melt snow and buy water.

Maksym Gritsenko was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,631 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

Vagif Allahverdiyev, an Azerbaijani blogger living in the United States, was sentenced in absentia to eight years in prison in Baku. He was found guilty of inciting unrest and openly calling for action against the state.