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Azerbaijani authorities have extended the special quarantine regime, which closed land borders and was introduced in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, for another three months.

FSB officers detained two men in Ingushetia for possessing pistols converted from non-lethal to combat-grade.

The Russian government has allocated an additional 2.5 billion rubles for flood relief in Dagestan and Chechnya. The funding will be used for hydraulic engineering work.

Mutalib Isakov and Dzhamidin Yuzbekov from the Akhtynsky District were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly named at least 2,017 Dagestani servicemen killed there.

A military court in Rostov-on-Don will hear the case of a Novorossiysk resident accused of justifying terrorism based on comments he made on a messenger app.

The Anti-Corruption Court has changed the pretrial detention order for Artur Avanesyan, a member of the "Strong Armenia" bloc, placing him under house arrest. He is also prohibited from leaving the country.

On the 575th day of continuous protests, participants in a rally outside the Georgian parliament expressed solidarity with Giorgi Chakhunashvili and Nana Sander, convicted in the case of the attempted storming of the presidential residence.

Flowers from Armenia can be sold in the EU, Central Asian countries, Arab states, and neighboring countries, stated Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. However, even at the lowest prices, flowers are difficult to sell domestically, and farmers countered with no information about deliveries to Europe.

Khasan Tungoyev was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, at least 198 combatants from Ingushetia have been officially recognized as killed.

Anastasia Zinovkina, convicted in Georgia, requires the help of an allergist and a dentist, but she cannot be seen in prison.

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don found four members of a terrorist organization created on the territory of a penal colony in Kalmykia guilty.

An appeals court in Armenia has lifted the house arrest of Archbishop Mikael Ajapakhyan, Primate of the Shirak Diocese, but left his travel ban in place. The archbishop's case has been transferred to the Shirak Regional Court of First Instance.

About four kilometers of coastline along the village of Volna—from Cape Zhelezny Rog to the port of Taman—have been completely cleared of emissions, trash, and pollution. The recently opened beaches of Veselovka are also clean, according to the Dolphins headquarters.

The Nazran District Court fined 32-year-old Adam Kotiev 25,000 rubles for failing to report the involvement of acquaintances who attacked a traffic police post on the border between Ingushetia and North Ossetia in the spring of 2023 in a terrorist organization.

The Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia has submitted a petition to the Central Electoral Commission to strip Gagik Tsarukyan, leader of the Prosperous Armenia Party, of parliamentary immunity.

Former Communist Party of the Russian Federation member Viktor Smirnov was forcibly prevented from entering the party's Sochi branch after an intra-party conflict escalated into a physical confrontation. He sustained injuries and filed a police report.

Starting today, Lukoil gas stations in the Volgograd region will sell no more than 20 liters of gasoline per customer.

The defense has legal grounds to challenge the decision of the Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria, which left local resident Temirlan Fargiev in custody, as his case contains evidence of violations of the law and human rights.

Korenovsky District authorities reported the presentation of posthumous awards to 14 soldiers. The total number of officially reported soldiers from Krasnodar Krai killed in the SVO zone is at least 863.

Torture victims and their families have been facing the consequences of violence for years, and court proceedings are also protracted, according to stories from victims in Kuban, Rostov Oblast, Dagestan, and other regions of southern Russia. A fundraising campaign for legal and psychological support for victims has been launched to coincide with International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.