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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.

The prosecutor requested a lengthy prison sentence and a fine of 475 million rubles for former Rostov Region Deputy Governor Vitaly Kushnarev.

Azerbaijan's Supreme Court has postponed its decision on activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev's appeal of his conviction, citing additional time needed to consider "numerous defense arguments."

Rescuers evacuated a group of tourists trapped in the mountains after a mudslide to Cherkessk.

Three of six children who were hospitalized with symptoms of intestinal infection have been discharged from the Kazbekovsky District Hospital.

Following the drone attack on the port of Tuapse, the shoreline was cleaned of fuel oil, and no oil spills were found, the district head reported. Telegram users expressed concerns that the fuel oil spill would worsen the oil pollution along the Kuban coast.

The Ministry of Defense reported that eight drones were shot down overnight in the Rostov region.

Rafik Suyunchaliev was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 638 soldiers from the Astrakhan region have been confirmed killed.

The military shot down drones in the Kamensky, Verkhnedonsky, Chertkovsky, and Konstantinovsky districts of the Rostov region.

The case of Shokhrat Mammadov, accused of treason and espionage, was submitted to the Baku Military Court.

The Second District Military Court has received a case regarding the murder of Igor Kirillov, the head of the radiation, chemical, and biological defense forces, and his assistant. The defendants include two natives of Ingushetia and a Russian citizen born in Baku.

The authorities are trying to demonstrate the opposition's impotence in the Sukhum local government elections, but the opposition is simply preparing for the parliamentary elections. Meanwhile, the entire city is plastered with posters of pro-government candidates who aren't above bribing voters with "improvement" projects.

The translation of Chechen Mufti Salakh Mezhiyev's words about Jews, which Russia's chief rabbi relied on, is completely correct, and the attempt to deny these statements after the post was removed from the official mouthpiece's website is ridiculous and absurd, the blogger pointed out.

No manufacturer installs xenon bulbs in car headlights, but home-made installations are common among car owners, which degrades the quality of headlights and increases the risk of accidents. The Chechen security forces' campaign to confiscate these bulbs demonstrates the widespread nature of the problem in the republic.

A mudflow blocked the dirt road to the Yuzhnaya Cave in the Urupsky District of Karachay-Cherkessia, trapping vacationers with children in the area around the cave.

Police in Tbilisi forced protesters to leave the roadway on Rustaveli Avenue near the parliament building, after which they began detaining demonstrators at the site of the protest and near the metro.

Ilgam Azayev and Gasan Kazbekov were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,658 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

At a court hearing in Baku, former Nagorno-Karabakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan rejected his appointed lawyer, Emil Babishov, after he declined the services of a defense attorney under an agreement.

The case against Larisa Tuptsokova could set a precedent for the prosecution of others who have collaborated with the Tbilisi cultural center, although the charges against the journalist are unfounded. Signatories of the petition in her defense noted Tuptsokova's significant contribution to the preservation of her native language.

The European Commission has published its enlargement report for 2025. According to the document, Georgia has made no progress toward joining the European Union and its candidate status remains in name only.