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The Leninsky District Court of Stavropol has remanded the First Deputy Minister of Culture of the Stavropol Territory into custody in connection with a multi-million ruble embezzlement case related to the organization of the All-Russian Creative Festival of Working Youth.

Low-income residents of Grozny, including pensioners and teachers, are struggling to find money for groceries at the start of Ramadan amid rising prices. Residents of rural areas with their own farms have an easier time securing food, but prices for basic goods in local stores have also increased.

Zamrat Ramazanov from the Tabasaran district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, at least 1,813 Dagestani soldiers have been officially recognized as killed there.

Journalist Vladimir Sevrinovsky*, known for his reports and documentaries about the republics of the North Caucasus, has been added to the register of foreign agents by the Russian Ministry of Justice.

Investigators conducted searches at a commercial water supply and sanitation organization as part of an investigation into negligence in providing water to residents of Kaspiysk.

The Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria, after reviewing video footage from the scene of the incident at the Ministry of Internal Affairs department, rejected the prosecutor's request for a retrial and upheld Diana Tsipinova's acquittal for assaulting a security officer. Lawyers believe the court very rarely sides with the defense, only when egregious violations are evident.

Security forces conducted a search of the home of Alexander Tararykin, head of the Krasnodar Krai Department of Cossack Affairs, on suspicion of abuse of power.

The Russian government reported no new fuel oil emissions on the shores of Anapa and the Temryuk district. Volunteers dismissed this claim as false, posting photos and videos of the emissions after the storm.

Following lawsuits from the Prosecutor General's Office, former Chairman of the Prikubansky District Court of Krasnodar, Rustem Trakhov, and Vladimir Bakhmetyev, who headed the Khostinsky and then Central District Courts of Sochi, were stripped of their status as retired judges. Consequently, they have also been stripped of the immunity granted by their status as judges.

The Court of Cassation decided to soften the pretrial detention measures for Khyna Dumav, Almaskhan Ardzinba, and Garry Kokai in the case of the detention of Russian political strategists in the office of the Abkhazian Herald newspaper.

Former SVO member Rustam Nogmov was sentenced to 15 years in prison for the murder of Nalchik pensioner Nina Selezneva. The court also ordered him to pay 3 million rubles in compensation for moral damages. The victims' defense team called the verdict fair.

At least four people, including the son of opposition leader Tofig Yagublu, were injured when security forces for the Azerbaijani president dispersed a protest in Washington demanding the release of political prisoners.

The "Caucasian Knot" account was blocked on the X platform after it posted about a petition to cancel Anacondaz's concert in Yerevan. The platform reviewed the blocking appeal and upheld the denial; it does not allow a second appeal. The account has remained blocked for over 34 hours.

The shootout in which security forces killed a Stavropol resident was preceded by the murder of a Kislovodsk resident, a suspect in a case involving the preparation of a terrorist attack in Stavropol. According to the FSB, the man was plotting a terrorist attack on orders from the Ukrainian side and offered armed resistance during an arrest attempt.

The FSB reported that it had foiled a terrorist attack on the building of the "Defenders of the Fatherland" foundation branch in Stavropol. The man who was preparing the explosion on orders from Ukrainian intelligence agencies was killed in the shootout.

Artem Stishak from the Mozdok district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have officially acknowledged at least 545 North Ossetian servicemen killed there.

The Tbilisi City Court has ordered pretrial detention for Eliso Kiladze, editor-in-chief of the publications "Khronika Plus" and CNews, as well as five other defendants in the case of fraudulent call centers operating in Georgia under the auspices of former Prosecutor General Otar Partskhaladze and former head of the State Security Service Grigol Liluashvili.

Sultan Alizhanov and Sultanbeg Shikhmuradov from the Kazbekovsky District were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, at least 1,812 Dagestani soldiers have been officially recognized as killed there.

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don found Timerlan Kartoev guilty of aiding and abetting the financing of terrorism and sentenced him to 16 years in prison.

The first group of 154 Azerbaijani displaced persons, who left during the Karabakh conflict, returned to the village of Khanabad in the Khojaly region.