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Witchcraft is forbidden in Islam, but vigilantism is unacceptable, the imams stated while commenting on the murder of a resident of Ingushetia. Low education in Islam and anxiety in society have become factors that provoke aggression, emphasized a Caucasian studies expert and a psychologist. Even if the defense of the accused in the murder proves that the victim was engaged in witchcraft, this will not be a mitigating circumstance, the lawyer is convinced.

The Communications Commission of Georgia fined the TV channel "PosTV" for violating the law "On Broadcasting". This is the first case where the regulator imposed financial sanctions on a pro-government media outlet for failing to comply with impartiality standards.

On Pioneer Avenue in Anapa, signs have been placed directly on the sun loungers and canopies over the deck chairs. Among the indicated safe locations are nearby restaurants and a grocery store. Commentators on social media noted that the information was posted late, and the shelters are far away.

Law enforcement officials saw in the comments of a resident of Makhachkala a distortion of historical information about the events of World War II.

The video recording of the children's apologies for the cruel treatment of a kitten in Kaspiysk cannot fix the situation, but only provoke bullying against the children if acquaintances can recognize them in the recording, analysts pointed out. In their opinion, a systematic approach is necessary to prevent such cases. Meanwhile, Telegram channels have posted a new video of a child mocking a kitten, which allegedly took place in Makhachkala.

Alexander Ismagombetov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 875 fighters from the Krasnodar region have been officially recognized as killed.

An employee of a gas station in the Voroshilovsky district of Rostov-on-Don sold gasoline and diesel fuel in thousand-liter canisters, which led to a fire. The driver then drove the burning car into the yard of a residential building. The gas station, 21 cars, and a three-story building were damaged. The investigation reported a case against the gas station employee who violated the ban on dispensing fuel into canisters, and against the driver who planned to resell the fuel.

Azerbaijan is ready to supply natural gas to Ukraine if necessary and is considering the use of Ukrainian underground gas storage facilities to strengthen regional energy security, said the head of Azerbaijan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jeyhun Bayramov.

Lawyer Alexander Savin filed a petition for the conditional early release of Zarema Musaeva, who is serving a sentence for the case of disorganization of the colony settlement.

The authorities of Dagestan are negotiating with vertically integrated oil companies about working in the republic. Fuel prices at gas stations in Dagestan have not decreased, despite the fact that purchase prices have fallen and there is no shortage, said the chairman of the government, suggesting that the antimonopoly service should act more actively.

The Baku Appeal Court upheld the sentence of the former leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh and other prisoners who received long sentences on charges of war crimes. The decision was expected, but it was necessary to reach the European Court of Human Rights, noted the former speaker of the Nagorno-Karabakh parliament, David Ishkhanian.

The trade turnover between Russia and Armenia in 2026 decreased by two-thirds compared to 2025. The reduction in trade turnover will continue, said the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia. Cars with Dagestani and Azerbaijani license plates have been waiting for more than 10 days at the border of Azerbaijan and Iran; their cargo is pepper from Armenia, which they tried to pass off as Iranian and import into Russia, reported the Ministry of Transport of Dagestan.

Alexander Tsopin from the Tbilisi district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 874 fighters from the Krasnodar region have been officially recognized as killed.

The Baku court has tightened the conditions of detention for activist Nijat Ibrahim, ruling to transfer him to a closed-type prison for six months. The prison administration accused the activist of violating internal regulations. Ibrahim considers the decision another manifestation of pressure on the activist.

The power supply in Georgia has been fully restored after a large-scale outage.

The condition of the convicted Russian citizen Dmitry Fedorov in Azerbaijan has sharply deteriorated, reported lawyer Elchin Sadigov. The defense stated the need to consider the issue of Fedorov's release from further serving his sentence.

More than 20 drones were shot down over six districts of the Rostov region.

The resident of Nalchik, Khalid Karaf, his wife, and daughter were summoned to the FSB after the man tried to find out the fate of his missing son. Khalid was threatened that both his son and he would be "sent to the SVO as stormtroopers," and later it was reported that his son was dead.

An information campaign is being conducted against Georgia to create the impression of threats to Russian tourists in the country, stated the State Security Service.

The first payments are directed to the accounts of those affected by the drone crash on the beach in Arkhipo-Osipovka, reported the head of Gelendzhik, Alexey Bogodistov.