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EU Ambassador to Georgia Pawel Herczynski was summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for his statements, which the Georgian authorities viewed as a threat. The opposition claimed that the ruling Georgian Dream party continues its anti-Western propaganda.

Ramzan Kadyrov's nephew, Yakub Zakriev, who heads the company that acquired the assets of Danone Russia, has received Serbian citizenship. The document, signed by the Serbian Prime Minister, states that the citizenship was granted "in the interests of the republic."

Despite numerous requests and the presence of serious chronic illnesses, the pretrial detention center refuses to conduct the necessary tests, limiting itself to formal examinations, stated journalist Ulviya Ali, assessing such actions as politically motivated pressure.

The Krasnodar Regional Court sentenced Daniil Khikhnyak, a resident of the Seversky District, to 12.5 years in prison for setting fire to a railway relay cabinet.

A Tbilisi court upheld the sentence of Russian citizen Anton Chechin, a participant in pro-European protests, to 8.5 years in prison on drug possession charges.

Of the 52 South Ossetian fighters killed in the Russian Central Military District, nearly a quarter were declared killed in the first months of 2026. A Facebook* user discussion about the combatant's death has drawn 1,500 comments, with many asking questions about the fighters' motives.

Roads to four villages in the Charodinsky district are closed after a landslide and mudflow fell onto the roadway.

There are 394 adults and 167 children evacuated from flood zones in temporary accommodation centers in Dagestan.

Residents of Dagestan submitted more than 233,000 claims for compensation due to flood damage, while residents of Chechnya submitted more than 29,000 similar requests to the authorities.

The oil spill and the aftermath of the "oil rain" in Tuapse have worsened the environmental disaster in Kuban, caused by the fuel oil spill in the Kerch Strait. Local residents are skeptical about the prospects for the holiday season.

Road traffic has been restored to 18 villages in the Charodinsky and Tlyaratinsky districts, where residents were left without transportation. A mudslide hit a section of the road in the Bezhta section.

Serhiy Zaporozhskiy was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,767 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

At the request of Rosprirodnadzor, the tanker Hanuman was seized at the port of Novorossiysk. The damage from the oil spill is estimated at 40 million rubles.

The oil spill that entered the Black Sea following the drone attack in Tuapse is expanding, and the environmental outlook for the coast is bleak, as are the prospects for the holiday season.

In the village of Syrkhavend in the Agdere district, a man was blown up by a mine and lost his left leg.

Despite government claims that the oil spill in Tuapse was localized, local residents claim that the fuel oil spill spread over a large area, and that volunteers are primarily cleaning it up. The consequences of the incident would have been less severe if the response had been more immediate.

The multinational EFES-2026 exercises will be held in Turkey, in which Azerbaijani military personnel will also participate.

Any actions aimed at causing harm to medical personnel, especially serious harm to their health, cannot be justified, stated the head of the reconciliation department at the Muftiate of Dagestan, stating that he considers it impossible to participate in reconciliation following the knife attack on doctors in Makhachkala.

Authorities consider the spills "local," but the oil products have already spread to nearby villages beyond Tuapse. In the village of Tyumensky, for example, residents have organized a coastal cleanup and are calling on volunteers to help.

Alexander Yezhikov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 887 soldiers from the Rostov region have been officially recognized as killed.