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At least 15 people have been evacuated from a residential building in the center of Rostov-on-Don, where a fire broke out after a drone crashed. A total of seven houses were damaged, and a temporary accommodation center has been set up for residents.

Strong tremors were felt in Makhachkala and a number of other cities in Dagestan, and some Makhachkala residents went outside their homes. The republican Ministry of Emergency Situations reminded residents of earthquake safety rules.

Aslan Gagiev, a resident of North Ossetia who was sentenced to life imprisonment, remains in prison and will not be able to go to the combat zone, a representative of the Federal Penitentiary Service said.

The head of the regional branch of DOSAAF in Krasnodar Krai, Boris Levitsky, was arrested on charges of abuse of power.

Yuri Sanzyrov from Iki-Burulsky district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, the authorities have publicly acknowledged that at least 172 fighters from Kalmykia were killed there.

Protests demanding the release of political prisoners and the resumption of Georgia's course toward European integration continue in Tbilisi. After announcing the protests in defense of the visa-free regime, the ruling Georgian Dream party stated that the opposition is being controlled from outside.

In Anapa, no new emissions of fuel oil have been recorded for a month, the Kuban Operational Headquarters stated. At the same time, volunteers report new emissions of fuel oil in the Temryuk District.

Imprisoned Batumelebi/Netgazeti founder Mzia Amaglobeli has been nominated for the 2025 Vaclav Havel Prize.

Astemir Ivanov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 285 fighters from Kabardino-Balkaria have been officially recognized as killed.

Official Baku has not disclosed all the details about the injuries on the bodies of brothers Guseyn and Ziyaddin Safarov, who died after a special operation by security forces in Yekaterinburg, sources claim.

A state of emergency has been declared in the village of Novobessergenevka in the Rostov Region, where 11 private homes were damaged as a result of a drone attack. According to authorities, no residents were harmed.

The head of the village of Chermen did not ask the authorities of North Ossetia to impose restrictions on the entry of Ingush residents into the Prigorodny district; publications about this are fake, the republican TsUR stated. Against the backdrop of the incidents, Putin's plenipotentiary representative discussed "strengthening interethnic harmony" with the head of Ingushetia.

A mother of five from Abkhazia has been sentenced to a real prison term in Sochi on charges of fraud over child benefits. Other residents of the republic are also being prosecuted on similar charges.

The family of Khadizhat and Maksharip Dzakhkiev, who are raising 10 children, has repeatedly submitted documents for the title of "Mother Heroine", but has received formal replies from the Ingush authorities without any reason for the refusal.

The Kuban prosecutor's office indicated that those guilty of improper treatment of children in one of the Sochi kindergartens have been punished, and the psychological climate in it is normal. Parents believe that the dismissal of the teacher and disciplinary action against the director of the kindergarten are not enough.

Multiple violations were found in the food service area of the Rubas Hotel, including unsanitary conditions, the lack of medical records for the staff, and the use of expired products. The work of the hotel's food service area, as well as the cafe of the Ostrov Raft tourist center, where the poisoned children ate, has been suspended.

The court found a comment under the news about the death of blogger Vladlen Tatarsky in a terrorist attack to be a justification of terrorism and sentenced a Stavropol pensioner to a fine of 320 thousand.

Artur Popov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,310 fighters from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

Among the 20 hospitalized with symptoms of poisoning from the Rubas tourist center, 17 are children; they will soon be discharged, the Ministry of Health assured. The authorities voiced the version that the children could have been poisoned during the excursion.

Pavel Raspopov was killed in combat. Since the start of the military operation in Ukraine, the authorities have acknowledged at least 171 fighters from Kalmykia as killed.