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Friends of Ayshat Baimuradova, a Chechen woman murdered in Yerevan, are ready to give her a proper funeral, human rights activists said, calling on Armenian authorities to return her body. They have published a petition asking for Baimuradova's remains to be returned to those willing to bury her.

Arsanali Mutukov admitted his guilt in setting fire to two cabinets containing equipment on the railway.

The wording of the law on insulting public morality and obvious disrespect for society is not clearly defined, which opens up space for arbitrary interpretation by law enforcement and regulatory authorities.

Alexander Grishin from the Kumylzhensky district was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,634 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

Opposition politician Givi Targamadze was released from Rustavi Prison today after serving his sentence for failing to appear at a meeting of a Georgian parliamentary commission.

Last night, 34 drones were shot down in the Krasnodar Krai, and four more were destroyed over the Sea of ​​Azov. Fires that broke out at businesses in Slavyansk-on-Kuban following the air strike have been extinguished, and the injured person has been released from the hospital.

In Dagestan, the former head of the territorial administration of the Federal Property Management Agency has been detained on suspicion of illegally leasing and transferring ownership of a land plot.

Vasily Ichetovkin from the Kamyshinsky District was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,633 soldiers from the Volgograd Region have been officially recognized as killed.

The mayor of Makhachkala praised the bystanders who came to the aid of passengers in a taxi that fell into the October Revolution Canal and promised to investigate the cause of the incident. Cars carrying passengers have fallen into the canal on numerous occasions, but authorities have failed to address the issue, according to Telegram users. The driver said the taxi entered the water due to icy conditions.

A man was injured in a drone attack on a business in Slavyansk-on-Kuban and hospitalized. Authorities counted five private homes in the city damaged by the air strike overnight.

The wife of Sochi Mayor Alexei Kopaigorodsky appealed the transfer of an apartment on Tsvetnoy Boulevard in Moscow to the state, claiming it is the only home for her four minor children.

In Goris, a grenade exploded during a dispute between relatives, killing two people and hospitalizing another. Among the dead was Goris Mayor Arushanyan's driver.

The Krasnodar prosecutor's office filed an anti-corruption lawsuit against the state regarding the seizure of the property of Igor Nikolaychuk, the former deputy chairman of the regional court, who combined his main job with entrepreneurial activity.

UAV debris fell today in Slavyansk-on-Kuban, knocking out windows in three houses and damaging the roof of one.

The director of a management company in Cherkessk was sentenced to two years of forced labor for the deaths of two people in January 2024 from carbon monoxide poisoning.

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, 13 drones were shot down over the country's territory in three hours, eight of them in the Rostov region.

The third son of the head of Chechnya posted a video on social media showing himself firing an automatic rifle into the air. Such violations are punishable by a fine, and a Chechen security official suggested sending offenders to the special military unit. The video was recorded during the warmer months and does not contain any up-to-date information about Adam Kadyrov's whereabouts or condition.

Georgian authorities refused to grant political asylum to Mikhail Timofeev, and he was detained. Timofeev was arrested in absentia in Russia for the murder of a businessman in Khabarovsk, which was part of the case against former Khabarovsk Krai Governor Sergei Furgal.

On the 424th day of daily protests, participants in a daily protest in Tbilisi read poems by poet Mikhe Khelashvili, a participant in the movement against the Sovietization of Georgia, who was killed 101 years ago.

This evening, activists restored a plaque commemorating Anna Politkovskaya. This is the fifth temporary plaque installed since the original was destroyed. A handwritten plaque was also placed next to the restored "Last Address" sign. It reads, "Here they are repressing the memorial plaque of Anna Politkovskaya, who lived here."