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A court sentenced Stavropol Krai resident Alexander Zhigun to a lengthy prison term in a maximum-security penal colony for plotting a terrorist attack on the local customs building.

The launch of the plan is a key step towards full visa liberalization between the EU and Armenia.

After being transferred to a pretrial detention facility to await appeal, trade union activist Ayhan Israfilov reported a significant deterioration in his prison conditions.

Marat Botoyev was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 503 fighters from North Ossetia have been officially recognized as killed.

No one used temporary accommodation centers in Volgograd. In the Rostov region, the drone strike resulted in no casualties.

The Armenian government noted that this was a fulfillment of one of the agreements reached in the United States, which contributes to strengthening the peace established between Yerevan and Baku.

Valery Rozov from the Adyge-Khablsky district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have named at least 175 combatants from Karachay-Cherkessia killed there.

Airports in North Ossetia and Chechnya have suspended all aircraft arrivals and departures due to security threats. Authorities in Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Stavropol also issued a drone threat.

A man died as a result of a drone attack in Volgograd, and residential buildings were damaged in various parts of the city, the governor of the Volgograd region reported.

Complaints about the problems in the village of Chumli in Dagestan's Kaitag District were repeatedly sent to the authorities, but went unanswered. The village head personally visited the homes of disgruntled residents and confronted those who demanded a water supply, according to the co-author of the letter to Putin.

Volgograd opposition figure Nikolai Belikov, who served a prison sentence in Georgia for participating in protests, remains free after his release from pretrial detention. A complaint regarding Belikov's case has been filed with the European Court of Human Rights, and his lawyers have requested a stay of deportation proceedings.

Rosaviatsiya has imposed restrictions at Volgograd Airport, and a drone alert is in effect in the region. The Russian Ministry of Defense reported two drones shot down in the Volgograd Region.

Anti-Semitic crimes are rare in the Volgograd region, although they do occur at the everyday level, according to members of the Jewish community. Commenting on the verdict in the case of a Dagestani man attacking a man wearing a kippah, they noted that Jews in the region tend to keep their religious affiliation low-key.

SovLab researcher Rusudan Kobakhidze and activist Guram Gongadze were detained after security forces removed protesters from the roadway on Rustaveli Avenue. Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Sadygov, who served a 14-day sentence for blocking the road, also attended the protest today. Russian citizen Nikolai Belikov was also released from custody.

Moscow's Tagansky Court extended the pretrial detention of blogger Arsen Markaryan, accused of insulting the memory of defenders of the Fatherland, by two months.

In North Ossetia, a criminal case has been opened against two police officers for abuse of office. Investigators believe the suspects, accused of stealing mobile phones, failed to report the evidence and then took the phones for personal use.

Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov is accused of "financing actions aimed at changing the boundaries of the territory or state border of Ukraine."

At the "Kind Novorossiysk" festival, children were asked to provide first aid to a wounded soldier. The completely naked mannequin they were asked to practice on was covered in fake blood and had a severed leg. Novorossiysk residents and social media users found the realistic depiction excessive.

Igor Sergeyev was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,477 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

Investigators have completed their investigation into a Dagestani resident accused of attacking a traffic police post in Makhachkala in May, which resulted in the death of a security officer.