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The court in Baku sentenced activist Nargiz Mukhtarova to 7.5 years of conditional imprisonment on charges of legalizing illegal income. She did not plead guilty.

The court in Ingushetia sentenced local resident Islam Tankiev to one and a half years of conditional imprisonment for publishing calls for murder based on nationality.

Activists gathered on the 589th day of protests outside the Parliament of Georgia accused the "Georgian Dream" of political pressure on socially vulnerable citizens, while relatives of political prisoners held a protest outside the Public Broadcaster's building.

A resident of Ingushetia, whom the investigation considers a participant in a banned terrorist community in Russia, has been detained in a case involving bribery of a police officer for processing a passport.

At the request of the investigation, the Moscow City Court has chosen a measure of restraint in the form of arrest for the humorist and musician from Pyatigorsk, Semyon Slepakov*, in absentia. He has also been declared wanted.

The Russian government allocated another 4.4 billion rubles for the elimination of the consequences of flooding in Dagestan and Chechnya. This funding will be directed towards the restoration of housing stock.

New restrictions on gasoline sales have been introduced in the Astrakhan region. Against the backdrop of a report from the authorities of Kuban about an increase in the number of functioning gas stations, Telegram users complain about long queues, while residents of the Volgograd region and North Ossetia complain about rising fuel prices.

The house arrest of the leader of the "Strong Armenia" party, president of the "Tashir Group" Samvel Karapetyan, has been extended for 2 months.

The Electoral Commission of Chechnya accepted documents from two candidates for the position of head of the region - the chairman of the Public Chamber of Chechnya, Ismail Denilkhanov, and a deputy of the republican parliament, Khalid Nakaev.

At a gas station in the Volgograd region, the driver was offered to come after one o'clock in the morning to buy gasoline without using a fuel card, although it is not certain that it will still be available by then. Users complained about the fuel shortage at gas stations. Bots intervened in the discussion, trying to assure commentators that this is a normal situation.

The Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow granted the investigator's request to withdraw the petition for the extension of the arrest of the chief editor of the Telegram channel "Sapa" Alina Djikaeva, who admitted guilt in bribing a police officer.

Power supply to more than 60 settlements has been disrupted in Dagestan due to heavy rains. A state of emergency has been declared in the Gergebil district of Dagestan due to flooding.

The Supreme Court of Russia upheld the sentence of Abdulmumin Gadzhiev, Kemal Tambiev, and Abubakar Rizvanov.

The court in Makhachkala has started to reconsider the case of the death of Kurban Dalgatov in the police department from scratch for the second time. One of the defendants suggested conducting an online broadcast of the hearings, but most of his former colleagues refused. If they do not admit guilt and are ready to prove their innocence regarding Dalgatov's death, why are they protesting against the broadcasts, wondered the head of the Public Monitoring Commission of Dagestan.

Employees of the factory "Araratcement", owned by the leader of the "Prosperous Armenia" party, Gagik Tsarukyan, demanded to reopen the enterprise, which had been sealed for several days. The factory director, after negotiations with the security forces, reported that he received permission to resume operations. Pashinyan threatened to fire employees of the enterprise for participating in protests.

The former head of the traffic police of the Khasavyurt district, Ibrahim Baibulatov, has had his arrest extended in a bribery case, while two other traffic police officers accused of bribery and extortion remain under house arrest. No investigative actions are being conducted, and the extension of the arrest contradicts the position of the Supreme Court, the defense stated.

The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Michael O'Flaherty, called on the authorities of Azerbaijan to provide information on the reasons for the resumption of the criminal case against journalist Afghan Sadigov. He noted that pre-trial detention should be applied as an exceptional measure. The Azerbaijani Prosecutor General's Office stated that the journalist's case is related to criminal charges and has nothing to do with his activities.

A leak of oil products has resumed from the sunken bow section of the tanker "Volgoneft-239" in the Kerch Strait, as evidenced by satellite images. The leak may be related to the increase in water temperature and the work on pumping out fuel oil from the tankers.

Residents of 13 houses in the village of Majalis have been evacuated due to damage to the dam. About 30 people were evacuated to the village of Tashkapur due to the river overflowing its banks.

Two tankers caught fire in the Taganrog Bay after a drone attack.