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A man who planned to set fire to an airplane at the Vladikavkaz airport has been detained; a case of attempted terrorist attack is being investigated, the FSB said.

The prosecutor's office accused seven NGOs of financing protests in Georgia in 2024. The organization "Sapari", whose accounts were blocked, called these accusations baseless and slanderous.

The defendants in the Abzas Media case challenged the composition of the court during the consideration of their appeal. The challenge was dismissed.

Owners of seven houses in Novoshakhtinsk reported damage due to a UAV attack. Damage was also recorded in 11 houses in Rostov-on-Don.

Tarikh Zhumagaliyev and Nadir Akbulatov were killed in the war zone. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 600 fighters from the Astrakhan region have been officially recognized as killed.

The transfer of lists of lagging schoolchildren to the administration of the head and government of Chechnya will protect schools from unfounded claims of parents, the republic's education minister said. Schools should introduce new teaching methods and engage with children, rather than intimidate parents, social network users said.

FSB officers detained a resident of Volgograd on suspicion of preparing a drone strike on a military airfield in the Saratov region.

The Girchi party nominated Iago Khvichia as a candidate for Tbilisi mayor, while the Conservatives for Georgia party had previously proposed Zurab Makharadze. The CEC will consider the candidacies of the current mayor of the city, Kakha Kaladze, and the opposition candidate, Irakli Kupradze.

Drone fragments damaged private homes in the Neklinovsky district and Novoshakhtinsk.

A serviceman in one of the units in the Gegharkunik region was hospitalized with a gunshot wound; a criminal case has been opened under the article on evasion of military service.

Commenting on the fire at the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery, environmentalists recommended that residents of nearby houses spend as little time as possible outdoors in the event of a similar situation and wear respirators.

Since the beginning of August, volunteers of the "Dolphins" headquarters have collected about 600 bags of oil products on the beaches of Taman; the situation with emissions in some areas is catastrophic, and the removed contaminated sand simply lies in piles on the landfill. Volunteers have asked their comrades to help clean up the beaches.

A court in Sochi has remanded in custody a woman and her adult son who installed a license plate with the symbols of an organization recognized as extremist on their car. They are also accused of disseminating the ideas of this organization.

At least 15 people have been evacuated from a residential building in the center of Rostov-on-Don, where a fire broke out after a drone crashed. A total of seven houses were damaged, and a temporary accommodation center has been set up for residents.

Strong tremors were felt in Makhachkala and a number of other cities in Dagestan, and some Makhachkala residents went outside their homes. The republican Ministry of Emergency Situations reminded residents of earthquake safety rules.

Aslan Gagiev, a resident of North Ossetia who was sentenced to life imprisonment, remains in prison and will not be able to go to the combat zone, a representative of the Federal Penitentiary Service said.

The head of the regional branch of DOSAAF in Krasnodar Krai, Boris Levitsky, was arrested on charges of abuse of power.

Yuri Sanzyrov from Iki-Burulsky district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, the authorities have publicly acknowledged that at least 172 fighters from Kalmykia were killed there.

Protests demanding the release of political prisoners and the resumption of Georgia's course toward European integration continue in Tbilisi. After announcing the protests in defense of the visa-free regime, the ruling Georgian Dream party stated that the opposition is being controlled from outside.

In Anapa, no new emissions of fuel oil have been recorded for a month, the Kuban Operational Headquarters stated. At the same time, volunteers report new emissions of fuel oil in the Temryuk District.