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For more than a year, residents of a 14-story apartment building on Magaramkentskaya Street have been living without an elevator, which has failed twice already. Numerous appeals to the city administration have yielded no results.

Yuri Vazhenin and Oleg Vazhenin from the Privolzhsky District were killed in a military operation in Ukraine. Since its beginning, at least 761 fighters from the Astrakhan region have been officially recognized as killed.

In Armenia, the head of the community of Noyemberyan, Arsen Agababyan, who is a member of the opposition party "Country for Life," has been detained.

A court in Volgograd fined two local residents 30,000 rubles for publishing materials from the project "Watch in Volgograd," recognized by the Ministry of Justice as a foreign agent.

A group complaint has been submitted to the European Court of Human Rights regarding the violation of the rights of 15 residents of Nagorno-Karabakh, convicted and held in Azerbaijan, including former Karabakh leaders.

Alexander Bidanov received a response from the Sochi city hall regarding his request for relocation from an emergency house. Officials suggested he gather a package of documents for relocation to temporary maneuvering housing.

In Volgograd, huge queues have formed at gas stations, and by the end of the day, gasoline completely ran out, local drivers complained.

The court fined a resident of Krasnodar 300 thousand for a comment recognized as a public call for terrorist activity.

Supporters of Georgia's Eurointegration held a protest in Tbilisi for the 642nd consecutive day, demanding the country's return to a Euro-Atlantic course. Today's rally was joined by Saba Jikia, who was released from prison.

The Sol-Iletsk District Court of the Orenburg Region has scheduled a hearing for October 1, 2026, regarding the administrative claims of former senator Rauf Arashukov, who is serving a life sentence in the "Black Dolphin" colony. Arashukov is contesting his placement in the punishment isolation cell.

Lawyer Tsiala Ratiani reported that pardoned Russian Denis Kulanin will not be able to leave Georgia tomorrow, September 1, despite having a ticket to a third country. Activists and human rights defenders announced a rally tomorrow morning at the Migrant Temporary Detention Center in Tbilisi, demanding that Kulanin be allowed to travel to a safe country.

Residents of the houses damaged as a result of the drone attack on Rostov-on-Don submitted 211 applications for one-time financial assistance.

Alexander Chayka and Krym Shkhakhov are not real competitors to the current head of Karachay-Cherkessia, Rashid Temrezov, believe journalists and political scientists interviewed by "Caucasian Knot." The absence of alternative power centers and the resolution of claims against Senator Akhmat Salpagarov allow the current power configuration in the republic to be maintained, they noted.

The fuel situation in Stavropol will improve in the second half of September, said Governor Vladimir Vladimirov. Residents of the region, commenting on his forecast in Telegram, criticized the officials' measures to improve the fuel situation and complained about the high cost of gasoline and its quality.

The Tarumovsky District Court sentenced three residents of Dagestan to terms ranging from 5 to 7 years for the case of attacking traffic police officers and illegal trafficking of weapons and drugs.

In the public apologies of Krasnodar residents, which are regularly published by local law enforcement, there is evidence of extrajudicial influence, humiliation, and violations of the presumption of innocence, indicated by political scientists, human rights activists, and a lawyer interviewed by "Caucasian Knot."

Abkhaz blogger Daur Buava continued to publicly defend his political views in social media posts, for which he was accused of treason in Abkhazia in 2022 and began receiving threats.

The Makhachkala prosecutor reported violations in colony No. 8 in Kizilyurt. In March, violations in the same colony were identified during an inspection by the acting prosecutor of Dagestan, Alexey Rodivilov, and the agency then put their elimination under control.

The health condition of the founder of Toplum TV, Alekser Mamedli, remains serious after suffering a heart attack in pre-trial detention. He has not been provided with the results of medical examinations and has not undergone an ultrasound, despite complaints of heart pain, episodes of rapid heartbeat, high blood pressure, and shortness of breath, Mamedli's wife reported.

Emergency Ministry employees today localized a fire in the floodplain area near Anapa that occurred on August 30. Its area was 690 hectares, and firefighters managed to prevent the fire from spreading to residential houses.