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Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov announced a giveaway of ten iPhone 17s among those who vote four times for the image of "Grozny-City" on the 500-ruble banknote and post the news on social media. In the online vote on the Central Bank's website, "Grozny-City" beat out "Elbrus" by 17,000 votes.

The Sverdlovsk Regional Court remanded Shahin Shykhlinski, head of the Azerbaijan-Ural organization, in custody, rejecting an appeal to reduce his pretrial detention.

Sputnik Azerbaijan executive director Igor Kartavykh and one of the Azerbaijanis arrested in Russia have been released. The decision was agreed upon before the meeting between Putin and Aliyev in Dushanbe.

The preconditions for resolving the diplomatic crisis between Russia and Azerbaijan were Moscow's admission of responsibility for the AZAL plane crash and the payment of compensation. Putin's statement on this issue in Dushanbe paved the way for a normalization of relations in the interests of both sides.

Russian citizen Liliya Manyukhina, convicted after posting anti-war leaflets in Moscow, has been arrested in Armenia. Human rights activists in Russia consider Manyukhina a political prisoner.

Susana Kobleva, the daughter of the former head of the Supreme Court of Adygea, Aslan Trakhov, and her ex-husband have been charged with fraud.

Dagestan authorities promised to provide assistance to Makhachkala residents whose property was damaged by flooding, without disclosing the amount. Social media users expressed doubt that the compensation would cover the damage.

The intervention of the head of the Federal Agency for Nationalities Affairs in the conflict between General Shamanov and the Chechen leadership demonstrates the extent of dissatisfaction with Kadyrov's actions in Moscow, although his statement is merely formal.

Two missiles fired by Russia's air defense system did not directly hit the AZAL plane, but exploded several meters away, Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with Ilham Aliyev.

Vladimir Putin awarded Ramzan Kadyrov's daughter, Khadizhat, an honorary diploma for her active participation in the preparation and holding of socially significant events.

The second case against Vadim Kharchenko*, convicted of discrediting the army, is based on the same evidence as the previous one, according to defense representatives. Kharchenko's* parents have reported a significant deterioration in his health.

Viktor Momotov, who has headed the Council of Judges of Russia since 2016, resigned from his post amid a lawsuit filed by the Prosecutor General's Office seeking the confiscation of his assets. The office maintains that Momotov's position was a cover for the illegal activities of Marton Hotels. 

A house in the Rostov region was damaged as a result of a drone attack.

The first meeting in a long time between Russian and Azerbaijani leaders Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev will take place today in Dushanbe. Moscow expects to discuss issues in the two countries' relations.

The idea of ​​depicting "Grozny-City" on the 500-ruble banknote, which the "Russian Community" is campaigning against, is presented by Kadyrov as a symbol of the success of the imperial project, while both sides in the conflict are concerned only with their own prestige and influence, and not with state unity.

The updated list of political prisoners in Azerbaijan, compiled by human rights activists, includes 392 individuals. Over the past four months, 17 people have been added to the list. The list's authors identified the active persecution of women for political reasons as a new trend.

According to the head of the department, Grigory Sobaev, the prosecutor's office requested a harsher sentence for the security forces accused of Inal Dzhabiev's death.

A court sentenced Svetlana Ogoreva, a resident of Karachay-Cherkessia, to a suspended sentence, deeming her attendance at Jehovah's Witnesses* services to constitute membership in an extremist organization. The defendant denied the extremism charge.

The Dustum sports complex, opened in the village of Gvardeyskoye in the Nadterechny District, is named after Adam Kadyrov, the third son of the Chechen leader. The complex was opened personally by Adam Kadyrov, who became an "honorary citizen" of the district.

Residents of Moscow and St. Petersburg today laid flowers at the grave of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, the Novaya Gazeta office, and a memorial to the victims of repression. Some of those convicted in her murder have already been released, but the mastermind behind the attack remains unconvicted, Politkovskaya's colleagues recalled on the 19th anniversary of her death.