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A Rostov-on-Don court fined 19-year-old Yegor Akatyshev ten thousand rubles for inciting hatred in social media comments. One of the grounds for the prosecution was a comment suggesting that the Taliban had no place in Russia.

The Supreme Court of Azerbaijan upheld the conviction of Talysh cultural researcher Igbal Abilov. Abilov called the court's refusal to provide a Talysh interpreter, as well as the persecution itself, discrimination against the Talysh people. His defense intends to file a complaint with the European Court of Human Rights.

After a pump broke down, residents of the village of Tsaritsyn faced a prolonged water shortage. Repairs undertaken by authorities failed to resolve the problem, and water now only flows at night, they said. The villagers were forced to appeal to the head of the Russian Investigative Committee.

Divers have inspected 35,000 square meters of water near the Tuapse village of Dederkoy. There are no oil products on the seabed, Kuban-SPAS reported. Meanwhile, volunteers continue installing booms to protect the beaches of the village of Tyumensky from oil spills.

Strong Armenia bloc parliamentary candidates Hayk Avagyan and Artur Abrahamyan have been placed on the wanted list for alleged voter bribery and large-scale money laundering. The court has ordered their pretrial detention.

A government commission reported that 49 beaches in Anapa have been reopened after sanding, with another 18 undergoing inspection. In the absence of clear data on test results, officials' statements should not be taken at face value, social media users pointed out. Meanwhile, bloggers are posting photos and videos of beaches crowded with tourists.

Investigators in Ingushetia have opened a criminal case against a 54-year-old local resident suspected of aiding a terrorist organization.

Almost all types of plant products have been banned from import into Russia from Armenia. Rosselkhoznadzor (the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance) attributed the ban to the ineffectiveness of Armenia's plant quarantine and protection service.

Keisedin Samedov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,978 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

Armenia has officially appealed to the Eurasian Economic Commission regarding problems with exporting Armenian products to Russia. The Armenian government has also promised support for fruit, wine, and mineral water producers who export their goods to other countries.

Following the appellate court ruling, Chechen teenager Roman Murdiev was sent to a juvenile correctional facility in the Volgograd region. The teenager's mother appealed to Putin and Kadyrov to ensure the child's safety, as she has received threats threatening revenge for Nikita Zhuravel, who was beaten by Adam Kadyrov.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has filed a second lawsuit against Strong Armenia party leader Samvel Karapetyan, demanding a public retraction and compensation for moral damages. Pashinyan considers the statement about owning a home in Canada defamatory.

Medical assistance was provided to two victims at the scene.

The court in the Dagestan dam collapse case has softened the pretrial detention measure and placed the engineer responsible for the reservoir's safe operation under house arrest.

Authorities also reported that a fire at an oil refinery in the village of Afipsky had been extinguished.

A Baku court extended the pretrial detention of Mammad Ibrahim, an advisor to the chairman of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, for another five months. Associates have alleged that the opposition figure's criminal prosecution is politically motivated.

At least 19 Ukrainian citizens have been locked in a basement at the Georgian checkpoint "Dariali" for about a year without access to medical care or basic necessities, said lawyer Daria Samodurova.

Gelendzhik blogger Vadim Kharchenko* is being repeatedly placed in solitary confinement without explanation in the Novorossiysk pretrial detention center and is not receiving medical care, his relatives and friends stated.

In Krasnodar, drone debris struck a multi-story building, injuring two residents. Another person was injured in the Seversky district of the region.

During a drone attack on the Seversky district of Kuban, the territory of an oil refinery in the village of Afipsky caught fire.