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International human rights organizations have criticized the decision of the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan, which upheld the sentences in the Abzas Media case against journalists, and called for the journalists' release.

The Supreme Court declared the Memorial* movement an extremist organization and banned its activities in Russia. The lawyer was not allowed into the hearing.

The flower-laying ceremony at the memorial to those killed on April 9th ​​was accompanied by whistles and chants from protesters, and members of the Georgian leadership were surrounded by hundreds of police officers. One person was detained. Protesters are not interfering with the flower-laying ceremony by representatives of other countries and ordinary citizens.

Rostov Region resident Vitaly Kucherov was sentenced to 12 years in prison. The court found him guilty of attempting to join a Ukrainian armed group.

In Azerbaijan, a criminal case has been opened against the minor son of the imprisoned leader of the Muslim Unity movement, Taleh Bagirzade. He is accused of beating a classmate, but the teenager's mother claimed her son was provoked.

Vyacheslav Matsakov from the Yashkulsky district was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 222 soldiers from Kalmykia have been confirmed killed.

A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Stavropol native Alexander Pomazanov to a lengthy prison term after he swore allegiance to the Islamic State* in prison.

Property worth over 330 million rubles, registered to former Kuban Vice Governor Anna Minkova and her relatives, has been transferred to the state.

The homes of approximately 1,400 people in villages in the Khasavyurt district are uninhabitable after the flooding, and the water also destroyed their livestock and farms. Villages damaged in the first days of the flooding are receiving large amounts of humanitarian aid, but UFC champion Khamzat Chimaev has added seven more trucks.

UAV debris fatally injured a resident of the village of Sauk-Dere in the Krymsk district of Krasnodar Krai.

The condition of Muslim prisoners on a hunger strike in the Taganrog pretrial detention center is rapidly deteriorating; some have even mutilated themselves to draw attention to the problems. The prison administration is failing to address the violations, and the Federal Penitentiary Service and the prosecutor's office are responding to complaints with formal replies.

The Industrial District Court of Stavropol fined Alexander Kornilov 40,000 rubles for failing to report a friend who was sentenced to 20 years for his ties to the Freedom of Russia* legion.

Despite the construction of roads, energy facilities, and housing in Karabakh and Eastern Zangezur since the Second Karabakh War, the pace of resettlement is constrained by mine danger, a lack of jobs, and unresolved land use issues, analysts noted.

On the 497th day of continuous protests outside the Georgian parliament, mothers and fathers of prisoners of conscience, holding photographs of their children, will spend the entire night at the memorial to the heroes who died on April 9, 1989.

Strikes against Arab Gulf states have made it impossible for Chechen troops to participate in the war in the Middle East on Iran's side, Ramzan Kadyrov said.

The Chereksky District Court fined Alina Taismakulova and Asiyat Kaigermazova 20,000 rubles each for organizing a mass rally on Balkar Revival Day. The rally was announced by the authorities.

Residents of the Gazoraspredelitel settlement in Makhachkala have appealed to the mayor of Makhachkala and the head of Dagestan to remove obstructions in the riverbed that are flooding residents' homes.

The Oktyabrsky District Court of Krasnodar has accepted a claim filed by the Russian Prosecutor General's Office to seize the property of former Krasnodar Regional Court Judge Elena Khakhaleva and her family members, including Judge Natalia Khakhaleva of the Arbitration Court of Krasnodar Krai.

Some Makhachkala residents remain in temporary accommodation centers; there are 13 in the city. Evacuees said they were forced to leave because their homes were severely flooded and their appliances were damaged. They said they are preparing to apply for compensation.

The Russian Prosecutor General's Office intends to transfer the property of former Rostov Region Governor Vladimir Chub, as well as several former officials and businessmen, to the state.