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Since February, the mother of Maxim Ovchinnikov from Anapa has been unable to find out the whereabouts of her son, who was detained by FSB officers in January.

A court in Dagestan found a local resident guilty of torturing her young daughter and sentenced her to five years in prison.

The situation with Nikita Zhuravel, whose parents have been unaware of his whereabouts for four months, is typical of the Russian system: the law does not guarantee prisoners the right to contact while being transported, and in the penal colony, Zhuravel faces the risk of further isolation, lawyers noted.

Gennady Babiev from the Mozdok district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, at least 577 combatants from North Ossetia have been officially recognized as killed.

Residents of the Volgograd, Astrakhan, and Kalmykia regions have experienced difficulties using mobile internet over the past week. At times, most websites and apps are unavailable, affecting communication with family and work. Some residents reported having to reduce their use of Telegram* and WhatsApp*.

Investigators have convicted a teenager from the Baksan district of distributing materials justifying terrorist activity and ideology. He has been placed under house arrest.

The work of refilling the beaches with new sand must be completed by the start of the beach season, the Russian Deputy Prime Minister stated. If the work goes according to plan, he said, the beaches will be open by June 1.

Another group of fighters trained at the Russian Special Forces University flew from Grozny to the combat zone.

The head of North Ossetia signed a decree prohibiting mass events, citing threats of drone attacks as the reason for the ban. School and university students are instructed to be informed of this.

New sand will appear on all sandy beaches in Anapa by June 1, as the government commission for the fuel oil spill response has deemed this an effective solution. Water and soil samples from the pebble beaches meet standards, and they are being prepared for reopening, the governor of Kuban announced.

Chechen native Ayshat Baimuradova was buried in Yerevan five months after her murder; about 30 people came to say goodbye to her.

A coffee shop employee in Stavropol has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. According to investigators and the court, he poisoned soldiers' drinks in the interests of a terrorist organization.

The coffin containing the body of Chechen native Ayshat Baimuradova, who was murdered in Yerevan, was immediately loaded into a hearse at the morgue, with those gathered invited to say their farewells to her at the cemetery.

Sochi Deputy Mayor Yevgeny Gorobets, Director of the Legal Department Roman Ryabtsev, and Head of the Municipal Land Control Department Aslan Achmizov were detained by security forces.

Zaudi Budaychiyev from the Mozdok district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, at least 576 combatants from North Ossetia have been officially recognized as killed there.

The Interstate Aviation Committee stated that the Ka-226 helicopter crash in Dagestan in November 2025 was caused by the actions of a pilot who lacked professional training and piloting skills.

In the village of Yusifjanly in the Agdam region, a local resident was blown up by a mine; his lower left leg was amputated.

The Adler District Prosecutor's Office in Sochi has approved the indictment and sent the criminal case to court against a 39-year-old local resident accused of violating the right to freedom of conscience and religion.

Islam Malikov, Shamilkhan Nasrudinov, and Ramazan Muradov from the Kazbekovsky district were killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,881 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

Ramzan Kadyrov announced the resumption of construction on the 435-meter Akhmat Tower skyscraper, which began ten years ago.