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Metropolitan Shio received 20 votes at the Holy Synod of the Georgian Orthodox Church, where candidates for the patriarchal throne were elected. Metropolitans Job and Grigol each received seven votes.

Fifty-eight people were evacuated from the area surrounding the Tuapse oil refinery. Of these, 26 remained at the evacuation center and were transferred to temporary accommodation in a hotel.

A state of emergency has been declared in the Khunzakh district of Dagestan due to the threat of landslides in three villages.

Environmentalists believe the scale of oil pollution in the Black Sea near Tuapse following the attacks on the local oil refinery could be more significant than the impact of the oil tanker disaster in the Kerch Strait on Anapa. Evgeny Vitishko believes it is necessary to declare a federal state of emergency in Tuapse.

In Krasnodar Krai, the election for the head of the Chernomorskoye urban settlement was cancelled due to a lack of candidates. The last head, who was convicted of abuse of power, faced pressure from the authorities, and the situation in the settlement is so dire that no one wants to take responsibility.

Several apartments in a building on Kadyrov Street in Nalchik were seriously damaged after another sewer break. The Nalchik administration has failed to transfer the building to the Vodokanal, and the management company is unable to resolve the ongoing breaks.

The Baku Court of Grave Crimes heard testimony from activist Mehriban Rahimli, who was accused of financial crimes related to her work for an international organization. The defendant denied all charges, stating that she was not involved in grant distribution or financial decisions.

The court sentenced Damir Gasanov to five and a half years in prison after he initially failed to report to his unit and then, two months later, left his post without permission.

On the 517th day of daily protests, protesters outside the Georgian parliament once again supported the demand for medications for children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Parents of the affected children stayed outside the government office for the ninth night.

Rescuers in Kabardino-Balkaria evacuated an unregistered tourist and a female climber from Mongolia from Mount Elbrus.

Following the drone attack in Tuapse and a new fire at a local oil refinery, the organizers of the VK Fest festival, which was scheduled to take place on June 21 in Sirius, announced its postponement until 2027.

The State Security Service of Abkhazia, in a joint operation with the Russian Federal Security Service, detained Anastasia Kaushan, Anton Kaushan, and Yegor Grishin. The detainees, suspected of creating a terrorist organization to commit crimes in the Krasnodar Krai, were handed over to the Russian Federal Security Service.

A criminal case under a new article on the illegal transfer of phone numbers and social media accounts has been opened against two residents of Dagestan. Investigators claim the suspects ran a SIM card farm to sell access to the state-run messaging app MAX.

Following media reports, the Serbian government reversed its decision to grant citizenship to Ramzan Kadyrov's nephew, Yakub Zakriev, citing a threat to public safety.

The Governor of Krasnodar Krai declared a regional state of emergency in Tuapse, where a fire broke out again at an oil refinery. The state of emergency applies throughout the entire Tuapse Municipal District.

Police Sergeant Ramazan Magomedov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, at least 1,906 Dagestani soldiers have been officially recognized as killed.

Upon arriving in Tuapse, Krasnodar Krai Governor Veniamin Kondratyev announced the expansion of rescue teams to extinguish the fire at the oil refinery. Social media users called the authorities' arrival in the city a show.

A boil and release of petroleum products from a storage tank occurred during a fire at the Tuapse oil refinery. The release spilled onto a road, damaging several vehicles.

Police in Tuapse spent five hours "interviewing" Kedr.media* correspondent Anastasia Troyanova. Prior to this, the journalist was attacked by a man who "didn't like her taking photographs."

The appellate court rejected the appeals against the sentence of former Rostov Regional Court Chair Elena Zolotareva, her deputy, and two others convicted in a multi-million dollar bribe case.