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Social media users expressed confidence that the torture of Kazbek Emkuzhev has become part of Russian security forces' practice of extracting confessions from suspects.

Ivan Klyukin was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,548 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

Armenian Facebook users* claimed that the Yerevan delegation should have been more persistent after being denied permission to meet with their fellow countrymen arrested in Azerbaijan. Azerbaijani users questioned whether the foreign delegation had the authority to visit the prisoners.

Police in Georgia have detained a woman suspected of beating her school-aged children.

Today, 112 members of 27 Azerbaijani families who fled the Karabakh conflict were sent back to Kelbajar. The total number of families returned to the city has reached 108.

Officials have not responded to a video appeal from Krasnodar residents calling on the mayor to meet to discuss their concerns. Activists have collected over 1,000 signatures demanding the mayor's resignation.

Relatives and friends of Rostov journalist Sergei Reznik, who fled Russia and is accused of four criminal cases, are facing demands to disclose his whereabouts.

The practice of prosecuting people for advertising on Meta* platforms is still in its infancy in Russia, and Chechen bloggers face administrative or criminal liability for advertising dubious apps and financial pyramids.

A Baku court found Khagani Omarov, Anar Salamzade, and Elchin Azizov guilty of financing terrorism and sentenced them to terms of 10 to 11 years.

The Prosecutor General's Office has filed a lawsuit against former Rostov Region Vice Governor Vladimir Okunev, his former deputy Svetlana Shapovalova, and their relatives. The office alleges that the officials have been operating a shadow auto business for many years.

Unknown activists posted leaflets in Moscow with the slogan "Seda was kidnapped" in support of Chechen native Seda Suleimanova.

Six journalists, experts, and activists serving prison sentences in Correctional Facility No. 2 in Baku have announced the creation of a "Committee for the Protection of Political Prisoners."

The Krasnodar Regional Court reviewed the appeal against the transfer of property belonging to former deputy Yuri Napso to the state and rejected it.

The owner of the Volgoneft-212 tanker, which sank in the Kerch Strait, was unable to challenge the decision to collect over 49 billion rubles for damages caused to the Black Sea.

On the 363rd day of protests in Tbilisi, protesters handcuffed themselves to each other to prevent police from detaining individual demonstrators. Isako Devidze, a hunger striker outside parliament, was detained on Rustaveli Avenue.

The access to the edge of the Bermamyt plateau is fenced with barbed wire and a barrier. Tenants are now demanding 100 rubles to enter the area, social media users reported.

Nurlubay Elmurzayev and Nur-Magomed Akkobekov were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, at least 1,696 Dagestani soldiers have been officially reported killed there.

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg ruled that the fine imposed on the Azadlig newspaper for its 2012 publication on the operations of the Baku Metro was unlawful. The Azerbaijani government is obligated to pay the newspaper €29,500 in compensation.

Naib Slonov from the Mozdok district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have acknowledged at least 519 combatants from North Ossetia killed there.