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Oil spill responders in Tuapse scoop out buckets of thick fuel oil that spilled into the Black Sea after booms burst. Kuban authorities previously attributed the leak to heavy rains, making no mention of a breach.

Mukhtar Gadzhiev from Khasavyurt was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have acknowledged at least 1,902 combatants from Dagestan killed there.

Participants in the protest outside the Georgian Parliament, on the 513th day of daily protests, marched to the government chancery building, where a protest by parents of children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy has been underway for five days.

Lump sum payments to World War II veterans and equivalent categories of citizens in Azerbaijan have been increased by presidential decree. The assistance will reach approximately 2,000 people, including 13 direct participants in the war, and will be transferred before Victory Day.

A local emergency has been declared in the Yuzhnenskoye rural settlement of the Belorechensky District of Krasnodar Krai due to heavy rains and rising water levels. At least 40 residential areas are flooded.

State Duma deputy from Chechnya Shamsail Saraliev announced the latest prisoner exchange between Russia and Ukraine, expressing special thanks to Ramzan Kadyrov.

The North Ossetian Investigative Committee has opened criminal cases against former Deputy Prime Minister Larisa Tuganova and her son. They are suspected of accepting a large bribe and acting as an intermediary in bribery.

The fire at the Tuapse sea terminal, which was caused by a drone attack on Monday night, has been completely extinguished, according to regional governor Veniamin Kondratyev.

Oil spilled into the sea and onto the beach in Tuapse after booms failed, the emergency response center reported. Social media users expressed regret over the damage to nature and animals as a result.

A Moscow court has arrested Semyon Slepakov*, a singer and comedian from Stavropol Krai, in absentia on charges of evading his duties as a foreign agent.

Sagidadam Kurbanov from the Botlikh district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have acknowledged at least 1,901 combatants from Dagestan killed there.

A Tbilisi court has ruled inadmissible the second lawsuit filed by Netgazeti and Batumelebi founder Mzia Amaglobeli against Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, who demanded that statements made by the head of government about her be declared false.

The defense stated that there are no grounds for prosecuting convicted political scientist Azer Gasimli's wife, Samira, on charges of libel and insult and proposed transferring the case to the court in her client's place of residence. Gasimli believes the prosecution is an attempt to stop her activities in support of political prisoners.

The Supreme Court of Russia returned a lawsuit filed by activists regarding the illegal construction of a house on a spruce grove site in Rostov-on-Don to the appellate court. The lawyer called the ruling a favorable outcome. The city residents have been fighting to preserve the spruce trees on the site for several years.

The court sentenced Ivan Blagodatskikh, Ilya Kudinov, and Akhmed Ramaldanov to terms ranging from 8 to 10 years, finding them guilty of attempting to set fire to a military enlistment office in Rostov-on-Don. The testimony of a secret witness played a key role in the case.

Some social media users, including commenters with Ukrainian and Georgian surnames, responded with glee to the news that a fighter from South Ossetia had been killed in the SVO zone. Their opponents expressed condolences to the family and called for humanity.

350 tons of grain from Russia were shipped via Azerbaijan to Armenia. Since the start of shipments, 24,000 tons of grain have been transported to Armenia via Azerbaijani railways.

Only 5,293 people have received payments following the flooding in Dagestan, although 218,217 applications for various types of payments have already been submitted. 557 people remain in temporary accommodation centers.

Second-grade sand is being used to fill Anapa's beaches, a representative of the supplier company reported. This sand cannot serve as a full-fledged replacement for the sand previously removed from the beaches, according to social media users.

The prosecutor requested a 12-year prison sentence for the former head of the Ingush branch of the Social Insurance Fund, Yakub Belkhoroev, for embezzlement of budget funds, and for his relatives, who illegally received payments, to sentences of 3 to 4 years.