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State Security Service officers detained the leader of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, Ali Karimli, and several activists. The party called the detentions politically motivated.

Afiyaddin Mamedov, a member of the Committee for the Defense of Political Prisoners established in a Baku prison colony, has been placed in solitary confinement. Another member of this organization, Samir Ashurov, was given a disciplinary sanction by prison authorities.

Authorities reported that more than 850 people were involved in the cleanup of the fuel oil spill, but only a few Kuban-Spas personnel were visible on the coast, volunteers noted, asking where the main forces were deployed.

Law enforcement officers are conducting searches at the homes of the leader of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, Ali Karimli, and his advisor, Mammad Ibrahim. Another party activist, Fariz Alizade, has not responded to calls.

Five people were injured in a drone attack in Volgograd, three of whom were hospitalized. Fifty-seven residents of damaged apartment buildings have been transferred to temporary shelters.

At least 4,008 soldiers from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,092 from the Southern Federal District have been officially recognized as killed in the military operation in Ukraine.

Ruslan Izzetli, a member of the Institute of Democratic Initiatives, who was arrested in Baku, complained about the lack of effective medical care due to his worsening gallstone disease.

Three contract soldiers and a mobilized soldier from the Kamyshinsky District were killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,555 soldiers from the Volgograd Region have been officially recognized as killed.

In Volgograd, two people were injured in a drone attack. In Taganrog, a private home burned down, and an apartment building and a dormitory were damaged.

A drone attack caused a fire at the Afip oil refinery, and workers were evacuated to a shelter.

The investigator's refusal to open a criminal case regarding the kidnapping of Nalchik resident Kazbek Emkuzhev, due to the fact that the kidnappers' faces are not visible on the video recording and the complaint was filed late, is illegal.

Eight fires were recorded in Taganrog as a result of drone attacks.

Two soldiers were injured in a mine explosion in Vardenis: one had his fingers torn off and his leg injured, and the other had his foot amputated.

Magomed Magomedov, editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Youth of Dagestan," is an experienced journalist and a key figure in the system. His criminal prosecution is not related to his professional activities, but is related to the republic's electoral processes.

Hieromonk Jonah, who is an assistant to Archbishop Viktor Pivovarov of the Russian Orthodox Church, has been placed under house arrest and is prohibited from using a telephone or the internet.

A court in Novocherkassk sentenced contract soldier Alexander Belozerov to nine years in prison for breaking into two homes and robbing the owners.

Protesters in Tbilisi held two mass marches and, for the first time in three weeks, blocked Rustaveli Avenue near the parliament building, demanding the release of political prisoners and the departure of the Georgian Dream party. On the anniversary of the start of the ongoing protests, supporters of Georgia's European integration also took to the streets in other cities across the country.

The trial of former Nagorno-Karabakh leaders in Baku is unique; there have been no similar trials in world history. International trust in the court has been undermined, but the trial is largely aimed at a domestic audience, according to analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot."

The court has seized the property of the head of affairs of the head of the government of Ingushetia and his relatives. The assets are valued at over 80 million rubles.

Since the beginning of 2025, criminal cases have been opened in absentia in Azerbaijan against 24 government critics living abroad. Human rights activists have called for international protection for Azerbaijani political exiles.