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A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced five prisoners in a penal colony in Kabardino-Balkaria to lengthy prison terms, finding them members of a terrorist organization.

The sea has exposed pieces of previously washed-up fuel oil on the shore in Anapa, a blogger reported.

Another 300 Russian combatants have returned from Ukrainian captivity, and 300 of Ukraine's military personnel have been transferred to Ukraine in exchange, said State Duma deputy from Chechnya Shamsail Saraliev.

About 24 hours ago, Azerbaijan closed the border with Iran to heavy trucks following drone strikes in Nakhchivan. About a thousand vehicles are awaiting exit from Iran, and about 150 are awaiting entry, according to a representative of a transport organization. The issue is being resolved at the diplomatic level.

Zarifa Sautieva, who was released in December 2024 after serving her sentence in the “Ingush case,” has been placed under administrative supervision: she must report to the police station once a month and is prohibited from traveling outside Russia or attending public events.

During the appeal hearing, it emerged that the prosecutor's office was seeking a two-month increase in the sentence of comedian Artemy Ostanin, who was convicted of making jokes about a disabled person and Jesus Christ. Several defense motions were denied, including one to recuse the judges and remand the case for retrial.

Despite regular reports from officials about raids on markets and stores, food prices continue to rise during Ramadan, social media users noted.

Truck drivers from Dagestan are stranded at the Iranian border, unable to leave because they're running out of money and fuel. The head of the Dagestan Public Monitoring Commission linked the delays in clearing vehicles to the drone attack on Nakhichevan.

A drone attack caused a fire at a substation in the Abinsky district, injuring two people. Windows in two high-rise buildings in Abinsk were shattered, and a power plant in the Krymsky district was attacked.

Valery Kovalenko, a native of Abkhazia who served in the Russian army, was killed in the military operation zone in Ukraine.

The Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria was unable to assemble a three-member panel to review the murder case of judoka Aslan Kambiev. The court is awaiting the outcome of the appeal against the cassation court's ruling, a lawyer suggested.

Those involved in the attack on journalists outside Kakha Kaladze's election headquarters in the fall of 2025 have been charged with obstructing journalistic activity. The defendants remain at large.

Ivan Kulakovsky and Vladimir Zakharchenko were killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 383 soldiers from Kabardino-Balkaria have been officially recognized as killed.

Ninety Azerbaijani families who fled the city of Aghdam during the Karabakh conflict have returned to their apartments.

Residents of the rural settlement of Sagopshi in the Malgobek district appealed to the head of the region, Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov, asking him to address the lack of energy infrastructure on Belkharoev Street.

Rashid Adzhiev from Khasavyurt was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly named at least 1,838 Dagestani combatants killed there.

The prosecution has appealed the lenient sentence given to police officer Dmitry Korchagin, who was charged with the death of detainee Ilya Afrosin. Afrosin's family plans to seek compensation for emotional distress.

A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Kropotkin resident Vladislav Suryadnov to a long prison term, finding him a participant in the “Russian Volunteer Corps”*.

A Moscow court has chosen a preventive measure for former First Deputy Minister of Defense, Vladikavkaz native Ruslan Tsalikov, who is accused of embezzlement and bribery.

Investigators and the prosecutor's office in Kabardino-Balkaria have launched an investigation into the actions of utility workers after a 70-year-old woman fell into a manhole on Pushkin Street in Nalchik. The elderly woman was hospitalized with fractures.