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The Tskhinvali City Court found all defendants in the case of Inal Dzhabiev's death guilty. Five of them were sentenced to prison terms ranging from three to five years and remanded in custody in the courtroom. The court also fined two other former security officials, but released them from payment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.

The Akhtubinsky District Court found former head of the Akhtubinsky District, Vladimir Mikhed, guilty of accepting a large bribe.

General Shamanov, who opposed the renaming of cities in Chechnya, shot men in fields during military campaigns, Ramzan Kadyrov said, calling him "the most brutal general toward the Chechen people" and calling for him to be "tried before a court martial."

185 Russian soldiers and 20 civilians have been returned to Russia as part of a prisoner exchange with Ukraine, according to State Duma deputy from Chechnya Shamsail Saraliev.

A solo picket against the development of a green zone in the Yubileiny microdistrict took place today outside the Krasnodar Krai administration.

A shootout involving six people occurred near a school in the village of Untsukul; three people were hospitalized with injuries.

Alik Zolotov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 618 soldiers from the Astrakhan region have been officially recognized as killed.

A freestyle wrestling coach in Derbent and his son beat a young man who objected to the coach's relationship with his mother and buried the body. The suspects have been detained, sources reported.

In Azerbaijan, a court sentenced Elmir Sadygov, the uncle of opposition blogger Tural Sadygly, to 2.5 years in prison for illegal arms trafficking. His relatives claimed the trial was unfair and the sentence was unfounded.

Governor Igor Babushkin's video message to Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov calling for an end to the use of Astrakhan region residents in military operations has been labeled a fake created using neural networks.

Nikolai Sokolov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have officially named at least 720 combatants from the Rostov region killed there.

The Tbilisi City Court has chosen a preventive measure in the form of pre-trial detention for Gela Hasai, a member of the Girchi – More Freedom party from the Coalition for Change.

Authorities reported no casualties during the attack on the night of October 2.

Magomed Dzhavatkhanov, Ruslan Akkayev, and two other residents of Dagestan are in a Rostov pretrial detention center on terrorism charges. The prosecution claims they planned to set fire to a military base in Makhachkala on behalf of the Ukrainian Azov Regiment*; the young men call the case fabricated.

Restrictions on aircraft landings and departures have been imposed at Astrakhan Airport due to the threat of drone attacks. Similar restrictions remain in place in Volgograd, where residents have reported hearing explosions.

Murad Gashimov, Artur Martirosov, Ferdinand Bekker, and five other soldiers from the Salsky district were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly named at least 719 combatants from the Rostov region killed there.

The Krasnodar Regional Court refused to release Ivan Marchenko, the son of Marton Hotel chain owner Andrei Marchenko, from pretrial detention. He is also a co-defendant in the Prosecutor General's Office's lawsuit against former head of the Council of Judges Viktor Momotov.

Chechen Human Rights Commissioner Mansur Soltayev called the suspended sentence for a Chechen schoolboy accused of attacking other teenagers a "major victory." He expressed confidence that he would achieve a similar result for Roman Murdiev, who received a prison sentence in Moscow.

Rosaviatsiya imposed restrictions on flight operations at Volgograd Airport for the third night in a row, and two flights from Moscow were cancelled.

The cleanup of the Anapa and Taman coastlines is not yet complete. Fuel oil remains on the shore, hidden by a layer of sand, and uncollected emissions could reenter the water and eventually end up on another stretch of coastline, volunteers believe. The risk of further emissions remains at least until cofferdams are installed, the ecologist noted.