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It's difficult to find a working gas station in Makhachkala, and long lines of cars form at the few operating stations. High gas prices are forcing people to save money and avoid trips, according to residents interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot."

The total amount of payments to residents of Dagestan affected by the floods has reached 1.9 billion rubles. More than 52,000 people received assistance, which is less than 20% of the total number of applicants.

A Sochi court fined a local resident for discrediting the armed forces for writing on a banknote using a self-inking stamp. He was also jailed for ten days.

Chechen teenager Roman Murdiev is in quarantine in a Volgograd pretrial detention center, but his sentence expires within the next three weeks. His defense doesn't rule out the possibility that Murdiev could be released before reaching the Kamyshin Correctional Colony.

Vladimir Korsunov from the Proletarsky district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have named at least 900 Don soldiers killed there.

Participants in the protest outside the Georgian Parliament on the 574th day of protests expressed solidarity with Nana Sander, who was convicted today in the case of the attempted seizure of the presidential palace in Georgia on October 4, 2025. Sander's lawyer reported that his client is in a grave psychological state.

In Adygea, restrictions on gasoline sales have been introduced, while in the Volgograd Region and Kuban, authorities attribute the sales limits to increased demand and the retailers' own decisions. Social media users have questioned the need for the limits.

Investigators in Dagestan have completed a criminal investigation into the former general director of a construction company, who is accused of large-scale fraud during the renovation of a school in the village of Barshamai in the Kaitag district.

The "black rain" following the drone attack in Tuapse threatened the health of residents, the safety of crops, and the development of fish fry, the ecologist noted.

The Tbilisi City Court sentenced Nana Sander to seven years in prison, while Abo Naveriani and Anton Uper received five years each. Mariam Mekantsishvili, who was fined, said she would continue to fight for all those convicted.

Kirill Skorik, a resident of Bataysk, was fined 400,000 rubles for publicly calling for terrorist activity. He was also disqualified from administering websites and internet channels for two years.

The court sentenced Avetik Chalabyan, coordinator of the Hayakve movement, to two months' detention on charges of plotting to obstruct the exercise of electoral rights. Specifically, this involved a visit abroad and meetings with business representatives to encourage Armenian citizens to vote for Karapetyan's party. The movement stated that Chalabyan's case fits perfectly into the pattern of repression.

The Supreme Court of Dagestan placed pregnant Jamila Garunova under house arrest. Human rights activists said the move was facilitated by the publicity surrounding the situation.

The court sentenced Arslan Taushev and Rasul Koshmanbetov to lengthy prison terms, finding them involved in the 2000 attack on Pskov paratroopers in Chechnya. The defendants denied their guilt.

Official Baku and the Armenian opposition extracted political benefits from an unsubstantiated report about Azerbaijanis demolishing the "We Are Our Mountains" monument in Stepanakert.

Security forces seized documents from the Dagestan Ministry of Natural Resources as part of a search in connection with a case of fraud involving the construction of waste processing plants, a source reported.

In Anapa, after cleaning and renewing the sand, a 3.5-kilometer stretch of beach from the Bimlyuk sanatorium to the Ryabinushka sanatorium was removed from the danger zone.

Police and Investigative Committee officers conducted a search today at the apartment of opposition figure Avetik Chalabyan and subsequently detained him. The Investigative Committee clarified that Chalabyan was detained as part of a criminal investigation.

Unidentified individuals smashed streetlights in Anapa's Orekhovaya Roshcha. Local residents, commenting on the incident on social media, called on authorities to find and punish those responsible and to establish nighttime security for the area.

At least 4,628 soldiers from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,672 soldiers from the Southern Federal District have been officially recognized as killed in the special operation in Ukraine.