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Officials and security forces have publicly acknowledged that at least 3,479 fighters from the Southern Federal District and 3,473 from the North Caucasus Federal District were killed in the war zone in Ukraine.

The court sentenced Ingush activist Barakh Chemurziev, who in February served his full sentence in a case concerning an extremist community, to eight years of administrative supervision.

The Krasnodar Regional Court sentenced Sergei Maklakov to 13 years in a strict regime prison, finding him guilty of collaborating with Ukrainian special services.

Ruslan Gadzhiev, Rustam Karsliev and Maxim Kotelnikov from the Salsky district were killed in combat. Since the start of the Russian operation in Ukraine, the authorities have publicly named 693 combatants from the Rostov region killed there.

The court has chosen a measure of restraint for Shahin Lalayev, accused of organizing murders in Yekaterinburg. The number of people from Azerbaijan arrested in this case has reached six.

The court received a complaint regarding the arrest of one of the people from Azerbaijan who was detained in Yekaterinburg in connection with the murders.

Ivan Sadovnikov was killed in a military operation in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,234 fighters from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed in it.

Last night, the military shot down two drones launched from Ukraine in the Rostov region.

The Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria acquitted Ruslan Kudayev, who was found guilty of the death of athlete Aslan Kambiev.

The military destroyed drones launched from Ukraine in Novoshakhtinsk and Aksaysky District.

The district court in Tuapse has denied the head of the local investigative department's motion to overturn the decision to terminate the criminal case on the negligence of officials who refused to provide housing to the large family of Sergei Kartashov and Tatyana Pimenova.

Human rights activist Igor Nagavkin reported on violations of prisoners' rights in the Uryupinsk penal colony. This includes the lack of medical care, restrictions on the use of books from the library, and unjustified humiliating searches.

Security forces released the head of the organization "Azerbaijan-Ural" Shahin Shikhlinsky, having questioned him as a witness in the case of the Safarov brothers.

On the eve of the elections to the city council, Krasnodar teachers are being forced to participate in the primaries of United Russia; they are asking parents to send screenshots of their voting, said Communist Party deputy Alexander Safronov.

Two of the Russians detained in Baku in connection with an organized crime case were IT specialists in Russia and ended up in Azerbaijan no later than autumn 2022.

Oleg Gorovoy from the Chernoyarsk region was killed in combat. Since the start of the Russian operation in Ukraine, the authorities have publicly named at least 554 servicemen from the Astrakhan region killed there.

Russian state television channels are interfering in internal political processes in Armenia, so it is necessary to "seriously discuss" stopping their broadcasting in the country, said Alen Simonyan.

One of the leaders of the Akhali party, Nika Gvaramia, was sentenced to eight months in prison for failing to comply with the demands of the parliamentary temporary investigative commission.

The amendments, which allow a lawyer to be stripped of his or her status after leaving the country, violate the constitutional rights of citizens to choose a profession and place of residence, and the repressive norm is aimed specifically at the human rights community.

Azerbaijani security forces reported the detention of two groups of Russians suspected of drug trafficking and cybercrime. Videos released by the authorities show signs of beatings on the faces of the detainees.