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The traditional protest on Rustaveli Avenue on the 491st day of pro-European demonstrations was preceded by a mass picket outside the Georgian government building.

A secret witness in the case of Ingush imam Muhammad Tamaskhanov claimed to have attended prayers at the mosque, but could neither provide its address nor describe the building. Supporters of the imam, who was accused of failing to report a crime, came to court to support him.

The Soviet District Court of Makhachkala has arrested a resident of Dagestan suspected of attempting to kill police officers in the village of Nizhny Dzhengutai in the Buinaksk District.

Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan intend to sign an agreement this year aimed at strengthening the status of the Trans-Caspian Corridor. This need, according to the Kazakh Prime Minister, arose "given the opening of the Zangezur Corridor."

Ilya Ponomarev*, Israil Akhmednabiyev (Abu Umar Sasitlinsky), and Abakar Abakarov, who are on the international wanted list and whose death confirmation has been sent to Turkish authorities, have been sentenced in absentia to terms ranging from 15 to 19 years. Investigators and the court have deemed them the organizers of the unrest at Makhachkala Airport.

Two commuter trains in Dagestan will not operate on the evening of April 2, and seven more will be temporarily cancelled on April 3 due to repair work on the collapsed railway bridge on the Berikey-Kayakent section.

Ilya Sotnikov, a resident of the village of Blagoveshchenskaya, rode an ATV onto the village beach to pick up some collected fuel oil. His report will be reviewed in a few days. While the inspectors are legally correct, as the beach is a specially protected natural area, volunteers and environmentalists pointed out that the purpose of the trip was to assist with beach cleanups.

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

A Moscow court has seized the property of former Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Dagestan Rufat Ismailov, worth 533 million rubles, and transferred it to the state.

2,400 claims for compensation for damages have been filed by residents of Chechnya following the flooding.

Searches were conducted at the Kurakhsky District administration and the homes of the deputy head of the district and members of the commission for the prevention and elimination of emergency situations in connection with the illegal payment of financial assistance.

Power and water are gradually returning to the homes of Makhachkala residents, although tap water is unfit for consumption. Pumping water from the flooded streets and courtyards is proceeding extremely slowly, and it took a long time to recover the cars.

The Supreme Court of Azerbaijan dismissed opposition politician Tofig Yagublu's cassation appeal. Having exhausted domestic appeal mechanisms, the defense intends to appeal to the European Court of Human Rights.

Private homes in the village of Supsekh were damaged by UAV debris, and drone fragments were also found in Anapa and Novorossiysk. The Russkaya compressor station, which supplies gas to the Turkish Stream gas pipeline, was also attacked.

A "Carpet" regime was introduced at Vladikavkaz Airport on the morning of April 2 amid a drone threat declared in North Ossetia, the Ministry of Emergency Situations reported.

Over the past four months, courts in southern Russia have sentenced at least seven people to prison terms for social media posts. The actual number of such sentences is significantly higher, as not all terrorism justification cases are included in public court records.

The opposition United National Movement's lawsuit challenging the legality of the parliamentary commission investigating possible crimes committed by Georgia's previous governments has been dismissed. The lack of oral hearings violated the principles of a fair trial, the opposition claimed.

Four high-ranking officials in the Krasnodar Krai administration have retained their posts despite being arrested in connection with corruption investigations.

More than 100 houses have been completely destroyed by flooding in Chechnya.

Abdulmalik Abdullayev was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,883 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.