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The detention of Ali Karimli, leader of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, has been extended for another four months. His defense considers this decision unlawful and politically motivated.

Security forces detained a 43-year-old resident of the village of Kantyshevo for justifying the actions of militants killed in Chechnya during an attempt on the lives of law enforcement officers.

Opposition Coalition for Change leader Nika Melia, who is already serving a prison sentence for contempt of court, has been charged with insulting a judge.

The criminal prosecution of Eduard Baltykov from Kalmykia is part of a security forces campaign against indigenous activists, according to the human rights project "Support for Political Prisoners. Memorial"*.

Priest Sergiy Fufayev stated that the ideas in the book by the head of the Akhmat special forces, Apti Alaudinov, lead to heresy.

Elena Kobleva received a ten-year prison sentence for fraudulently returning boats and seine nets in exchange for overturning a magistrate's court ruling. Two other defendants in her case—the bribe-giver and the middleman—received ten-year and six-year prison sentences.

Over the past month and a half, 15,119 people have benefited from the large-scale amnesty announced by the Azerbaijani president, the Ministry of Justice reported.

Blogger Alexander Lapshin claimed that Armenian security forces regularly detain him at the border because he is wanted in Belarus. An Armenian court dismissed Lapshin's lawsuit seeking an end to the detentions. 

Representatives of the Nagorno-Karabakh authorities, public organizations, and clergy in Armenia appealed to US Vice President J.D. Vance. They expressed confidence that Washington could play a key role in resolving humanitarian issues, particularly the release of prisoners.

Prices are rising again ahead of Ramadan, both in markets and stores, social media users reported.

The Herota River has risen due to heavy rainfall, leading to possible flooding and landslides, authorities reported. Social media users attributed the sudden rise to improper construction.

Shakhruddin Kadiev was killed in a military operation in Ukraine. Since its beginning, authorities and security forces have named at least 1,805 fighters from Dagestan killed.

The wind exposed layers of fuel oil right in the protective embankment; in one day, volunteers collected 12 bags of clean fuel oil.

The mayor of Novorossiysk announced the threat of a drone attack for the second time in 24 hours.

Dagestani MMA fighter Usman Nurmagomedov defeated Briton Alfie Davis at the Professional Fighters League tournament and defended his lightweight title.

Authorities presented awards to the families of six soldiers from the Danilovsky District killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,673 soldiers from the Volgograd Region have been officially recognized as killed.

The Abkhazian Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to the detention and arrest of Irakli Bzhinava, an associate professor at a Rostov university department who criticized the practice of issuing Russian passports in Abkhazia.

A Rostov-on-Don resident who was seriously injured in a drone attack on Novorossiysk in May 2025 has been discharged from hospital after nine months of treatment.

Anzor Shebzukhov, Rasul Geryukov, and three other fighters from the Zolsky district have been confirmed killed in the military operation in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 368 fighters from Kabardino-Balkaria have been confirmed killed.

A Baku court has remanded in custody a tenth-grader who opened fire with his father's gun at a lyceum. Doctors have described the teacher injured by the teenager as stable after surgery.