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In Sochi, on the eve of International Women's Day, waste bins are overflowing with trash, illegal dumps are growing, and bulky waste is not being collected. Sochi residents are confident that the announced increase in waste collection fees will not improve the situation.

The Tbilisi City Court set bail of 3,000 lari each for Saba Mindiashvili and Levan Zardiashvili, who are accused of attacking journalists from Publika last fall.

A Stavropol court has remanded the first deputy head of the Pyatigorsk administration, who is accused of abuse of office, to pretrial detention until May 5.

On the occasion of International Women's Human Rights Day, the organization drew attention to the plight of nine journalists arrested in Azerbaijan and called for their release.

A drone attack caused a fire at an oil depot in Armavir.

Netgazeti journalist Mariam Dzidzaria and Tabula's Mariam Kuprava have been accused of blocking the sidewalk during daily protests outside the Georgian parliament building.

Zelimkhan Batukaev and Alkhazur Saikhanov from the Vedensky district were killed in the military operation in Ukraine. Since its beginning, at least 260 Chechen fighters have been officially confirmed dead.

The Kremlin website's report on Vladimir Putin and Sergei Melikov's meeting took up only two lines, though the republic's leader reported on his Telegram channel that he had spoken about Dagestan's economic achievements and support for the North Caucasus Military District. According to sources, Melikov requested 20 billion rubles for a number of projects, including the construction of an ice rink.

The march, under the slogan "Strength in Unity," united representatives of the opposition alliance created to dismantle the regime. Participants in the march and rally outside the Georgian parliament demanded new elections and the release of political prisoners.

A foreign brand's name on her swimming trunks and cap led to a child's disqualification from the Krasnodar Krai Swimming Championship. Regional administration officials cited the size of the inscription, not the language, as the reason for the disqualification, even though the competition regulations do not limit the size.

Hamlet Arakelov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 384 soldiers from Kabardino-Balkaria have been officially recognized as killed.

More than 1,790 people were evacuated from Iran through the Azerbaijani checkpoint, including 282 Russian citizens.

The branch of Al-Mustafa International University in Georgia has come under scrutiny by the State Security Service (SSS) following allegations of links to terrorism after its former rector, Alireza Arafi, joined Iran's interim leadership council.

Although the Iranian president apologized to neighboring countries for attacks on their territory, the UAV strikes on Nakhchivan raise questions, social media users pointed out. Several commentators suggested that Iran's adversaries may have been interested in the attack, or that the strikes were staged.

The latest government commission report does not contain specific data on the cleanup of the fuel oil spill and does not clarify the chances of reopening Anapa's beaches, social media users noted.

Police Lieutenant Alexei Zvonkov was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,709 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

The district prosecutor's office in Rostov-on-Don has found violations in the activities of the International Union of Evangelical Christians-Baptists and demanded its ban.

Heavy-duty truck traffic, including from Dagestan, across the Iranian-Azerbaijani border has resumed as normal, according to the Association of Road Carriers. The forced idling of a truck at the border allows the carrier to avoid liability for cargo damage, the lawyer noted.

Shakhmirza Tagirov from the Magaramkent district was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,839 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

Employees of the embassy in Tehran and the consulate general in Tabriz were evacuated to Azerbaijan.