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At least 15 rescuers are searching in Karachay-Cherkessia for two young women from Astrakhan who never returned from a mountain hiking trip. Their parents asked them to find them; contact with the hikers has been lost.

A resident of the village of Dolakovo, whose social media comment attracted the attention of Center E operatives, is under investigation for “justifying the activities of Nazis.”

A court in Tuapse fined local resident Andrei Kuzmenko under the article on “discrediting the army” for saying that Russians “are not killed enough.”

Activist Ia Melitauri was fined in Tbilisi for a post that mentioned a person's last name. Interior Ministry officials convinced the court that Melitauri insulted a police officer in her post.

Abkhaz authorities have urged drivers to avoid traveling toward the Kodori Gorge, where traffic has been restricted following a mudslide.

Dmitry Vikhlyantsev from the Novoanninsky District was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,771 soldiers from the Volgograd Region have been officially recognized as killed.

Three Central Asians, whom security forces believe are recruiters for a terrorist organization in Syria, have been detained in Anapa.

Vugar Mamedov, editor-in-chief of the Hürriyet newspaper, told a Baku court that he was accused of extorting companies that advertised with the newspaper several years ago. The lawyer argued that the legal entities were wrongfully recognized as victims, but the court refused to dismiss the criminal case.

Authorities reported that more than 18,500 cubic meters of oil-contaminated soil have been removed from the coast of Tuapse. Telegram users inquired about where the collected soil is being taken.

Several more oak trees planted by opponents of green space development have been destroyed on Rozhdestvenskaya Embankment in Krasnodar's Yubileiny District. Telegram users have sharply criticized those destroying the trees.

Muslim Zhumakhaev from the Kamyzyak district was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 735 fighters from the Astrakhan region have been confirmed killed.

Workers cleared the road to the village of Zhazhada in the Tlyaratinsky District, which had been blocked by a rockfall. There are no more blockaded settlements in Dagestan.

A rocket attack damaged a private home in the Kashar district. There were no injuries, and the residents are staying with relatives.

The court remanded former deputy head of Pyatigorsk Svetlana Marchenko, accused of abuse of office, in custody for two months.

Volunteers cleaning Tuapse's beaches of oil spills are particularly challenged by shortages of food and equipment, as well as respirators and bags. Women participating in the cleanup admitted they are not allowed into the most contaminated areas.

According to the Caucasus Heritage Watch organization, based on satellite images, the memorial to the 100th anniversary of the 1915 Armenian Genocide, erected in Stepanakert, has been destroyed.

While authorities claim minor damage and that water and air samples in Tuapse meet hygiene standards after four attacks, local residents are complaining of smog, traces of petroleum products on windowsills and balcony railings, and poor health.

Akhmed Balkarov, a native of Kabardino-Balkaria, who was planned by prison administration in the Penza region to be sent to a psychiatric hospital more than 1,000 kilometers away, has been "dropped out," the facility's administration told his mother.

Ramil Babayev, a defendant in the Toplum TV case, announced at a Baku court hearing that his health has sharply worsened amid his ongoing hunger strike. Babayev declared the hunger strike in protest against violence against pretrial detention facility inmates.

The court sentenced Salman Ozdoev to six years in prison after he first failed to report to his unit at the appointed time and then left his post without permission.