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The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced 15 servicemen from the Ukrainian battalion to prison terms ranging from 15 to 21 years.

Volunteers discovered a huge layer of fuel oil on a beach on the Taman Peninsula. The Krasnodar Krai task force stated that there were no new emissions.

Abakar Abakarov, whom Russian investigators believe to be the mastermind behind the unrest at Makhachkala airport, was killed in Turkey, according to his acquaintances. There is no official confirmation of this information yet.

Protesters in Tbilisi blocked Rustaveli Avenue for the 324th day in a row, despite warnings from the Ministry of Internal Affairs about tougher penalties for demonstrators. Journalist Afgan Sadygov burned portraits of Bidzina Ivanishvili and Vladimir Putin during the protest.

Krasnodar City Hall rejected a second consecutive request for a rally against green space development on the embankment in Yubileiny, suggesting that activists hold the event outside the city.

The student movement at Ilia State University announced a protest outside the Ministry of Education on October 20. The students responded to the education reforms announced by Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze with a joint statement.

The criminal case against Dagestani MMA fighter Erziman Bayramov, who was attacked by a supporter of the "Russian Community" in Murino for praying on the street, has been dropped.

Police arrested a suspect in the contract killing of two pastors, for which he was willing to pay one million rubles. The North Caucasus Federal District resident pleaded guilty.

Aishat Baimuradova, who fled Russia with the help of human rights activists, disappeared in Armenia and has not been in contact since October 15. Before her disappearance, she met with a friend who has social media followers of people close to Kadyrov. The girl's neighbors contacted the police.

A five-year-old boy from Dagestan, who was evacuated from China in September, has died after a long battle with cancer.

At least 7,700 fighters from southern Russia have been officially recognized as killed during the special military operation, including 3,823 from the North Caucasus Federal District and 3,877 from the Southern Federal District.

A court in Rostov-on-Don found Dagestani resident Ramazan Valiev guilty of inciting terrorism and sentenced him to a fine of 400,000 rubles.

A court in Nalchik sentenced Anzor Sanchokov to a prison term, finding him guilty of leaving his unit without permission during mobilization.

Blogger Maksim Divnich reported that Chechen fighter Alikhan Bersayev, a participant in the Luhansk Basin conflict, accused him of ethnic insults. Divnich called the accusations false, noting that witnesses had suddenly emerged to corroborate them.

Mikhail Dolgiev was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 173 soldiers from Ingushetia have been officially recognized as killed.

A court in Stavropol Krai has granted a convicted Sochi judge's request for parole. The decision came into effect after Novikov testified about corruption in the judicial system as part of the Prosecutor General's Office's lawsuit against former head of the Council of Judges, Viktor Momotov.

Vasily Marzoyev was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 496 fighters from North Ossetia have been officially recognized as killed.

The prison service has relaxed the prison regime for Muslim Unity activist Jahad Babakishizade, who went on a hunger strike to protest the restrictions on his rights.

The court found Dagestani native Islam Batsiev guilty of attacking Pskov paratroopers in Chechnya and sentenced him to 21 years in a maximum-security penal colony.

Four people, including three natives of Dagestan, were arrested in France for plotting to assassinate Vladimir Osechkin*, founder of the Gulagu.net project. The detainees denied their guilt.