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The Basmanny Court of Moscow extended the arrest of blogger Ilya Remeslo, accused of spreading fakes about the army, until October 10. Remeslo stated that freedom of speech is enshrined in the Constitution, and the defense requested to soften the preventive measure, as the blogger cannot hide or influence the course of the investigation.

AI-95 in Makhachkala can be purchased at a price of 130-150 rubles, while a lot of time is spent searching for an open gas station, Makhachkalans complained. According to them, they are increasingly having to give up using their cars — primarily due to the high cost of fuel. Despite the promises of the republic's authorities, prices are not decreasing, and many gas stations remain closed.

The Armenian government rejected the request of Russian law enforcement agencies for the extradition of opposition journalist Ilya Danilov. After a month of forced waiting in Yerevan, the former coordinator of Navalny's Lipetsk headquarters returned to Tbilisi.

The pre-election rhetoric during the presidential candidates' debates in South Ossetia did not demonstrate a real focus on solving social problems, and their proposals, from fighting corruption to increasing control over security forces, are quite a safe form of demagoguery. Marat Kambolov, who is supported by Moscow, failed to stand out among the other candidates. The outcome of the elections is practically predetermined, which also affects the course of the debates, analysts noted.

If Russia decides to withdraw the 102nd military base, Armenia will not object, as its presence is not vital, said Nikol Pashinyan, commenting on Vladimir Putin's words that Russia is ready to leave the Armenian Gyumri if Yerevan believes that the Russian military base there is unnecessary.

Meta* must investigate complaints of copyright infringement, after which the pages of independent Azerbaijani publications were blocked on Instagram* and Facebook*. Such complaints can be used for coordinated restrictions on access to independent journalism.

Residents of eight villages and partially of Kaspiysk were left without electricity due to an accident.

The authorities, together with the Council of Elders of Ingushetia, promised to limit the number of cars in wedding convoys and strengthen control over compliance with traffic rules after an accident that resulted in three fatalities.

The sentence of the Astrakhan Regional Court handed down to a schoolboy and a first-year student for treason and sabotage has sparked discussion among Instagram users.

Residents of evacuated houses in Akhtubinsk, Astrakhan region can return to their apartments, as the fire from the burning wagon with liquefied gas has been extinguished.

The prosecutor asked the court to sentence the head of the NGO "Law and Development" Hafiz Gasanov to nine years in prison with a suspended sentence and a five-year probation period. Gasanov, accused in a case concerning the activities of local and foreign NGOs, did not plead guilty and intends to ask the court for full acquittal.

After the UAV debris fell in the Sholokhovsky district, a fire was recorded in the forest, and there are no casualties, the authorities reported.

The appellate court upheld the sentence of the detained citizen of Russia and Sweden, Maxim Artemov, who will spend 14 years in a strict regime colony.

Residents of the dacha cooperative "Burevestnik" in the area of the village of Olginka in Tuapse have appealed to the Constitutional Court of Russia. They are asking the highest judicial authority to protect them from the seizure of plots that people have owned since the 1990s.

The Southern District Military Court sentenced two minors and their 20-year-old acquaintance Ilya Doroshenko to imprisonment for up to 13 years for setting fire to a freight train electric locomotive at the Rostov-Tovarniy station.

The Council of the European Union approved the suspension of tariffs on 80% of goods from Armenia for a period of two years. It is noted that the measure is intended to "support the economy of Armenia after the trade restrictions imposed by Russia."

The Southern District Military Court sentenced a 42-year-old resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, who is wanted internationally, to 18 years in prison for participating in a terrorist organization.

The removal of the bodies of euthanized dogs beyond Karachay-Cherkessia is an attempt to conceal mass killings of animals, animal rights activists believe. The introduction of a state of emergency effectively created a legal mechanism to bypass federal norms in the republic and formally legalized the killing of animals, activists and lawyers pointed out.

Part of Facebook* and Instagram* users doubted the official version of the reasons for the death of blogger Daur Buava, pointing out that his views and publications put him at risk, while others called for humanity regardless of the reasons for his death. The blogger's statements were not taken seriously in Abkhazia, and there are no grounds to distrust the investigation's version of death due to a drug overdose, analysts interviewed by "Caucasian Knot" emphasized.

Supporters of Georgia's Eurointegration held a protest in Tbilisi for the 644th consecutive day, demanding the country's return to a Euro-Atlantic course. Among the slogans were demands to allow Russian Denis Kulanin to leave for a third country and statements about the violent nature of the death of Abkhazian native Daur Buava.