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The court sentenced former Shakhty City Court judge Sergei Sham to seven years in prison after finding him guilty of fraud, official forgery, and knowingly making unjust decisions.

An appeals court upheld the sentence of protest participant Saba Dzhikiya, who was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison in 2025 for kicking a special forces officer.

In the Belorechensky District, where a local emergency has been declared, more than 230 residential areas have been flooded, with water entering 48 private homes and one apartment building.

Kemerovo Region pensioner Oleg Tyryshkin, found guilty of justifying terrorism for his commentary on the death of Akhmat Kadyrov, died in custody.

Bloggers urged authorities to monitor the quality of sand dumped on Anapa beaches and at least sift it beforehand.

A march demanding a change in Georgia's political course and the release of protesters took place in Tbilisi on the 514th day of daily protests.

Oil spills up to 3.8 square kilometers in size were recorded on a satellite image near Tuapse. Besides Tuapse, the beaches of Agoy and Olginka are also at risk. Authorities reported cleaning up nearly a thousand cubic meters of oil spills. Volunteers have set up a relief center for animals affected by the "black rain."

A landslide destroyed six homes in the village of Tebekmakhi in the Akushinsky District, but the situation remains unaddressed, a local resident reported on Telegram.

Police detained journalist Afgan Sadygov, deported from Georgia, while he was obtaining an Azerbaijani internal identity card. He was later released, informed that he was still wanted in the database, and issued the document.

Krasnodar resident Maria Smelaya has only seen her son once since reaching a settlement with her child's father. The visit took place in the presence of her ex-husband, and no further arrangements have yet been made for a location, she said. Courts are failing to address violations by fathers, and enforcing the court's requests for interim measures could have led to a different outcome, human rights activists believe.

A Tbilisi court has sentenced Tamaz Goloev, a student at South Ossetian State University, to two months' pretrial detention on espionage charges. According to the Georgian State Security Service, he was collecting information on law enforcement agencies and strategic infrastructure.

The number of applications for various types of payments following the flood in Dagestan reached 223,166, an increase of 4,949 in the last 24 hours. However, only 5,738 people received assistance.

The cassation court, acting on a motion from the Kabardino-Balkarian Prosecutor's Office, overturned the compensation awards to two victims of the cable car collapse in Nalchik, citing violations of substantive and procedural law. The cases were remanded for retrial.

Concerts featuring Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's band should be considered propaganda events, observers have stated. According to them, instances of public sector workers being coerced into attending the performance in Gyumri have been recorded.

A resident of the Gumbetovsky district, suspected of attempting to murder two doctors at a hospital in Makhachkala, has been taken into custody. According to the Ministry of Health, the condition of the injured has improved.

A drone attack resulted in a fire at an industrial site in the Kotelnikovsky district.

A court in Nalchik sentenced a serviceman who was absent from his unit for more than a year during mobilization to a prison term.

Air pollution from the fire and oil spill in Tuapse affected the industrial zone, and popular hotels are located dozens of kilometers from the port. Tour operators said no decline in resort tour sales is expected.

A landslide damaged a section of road in the Charodinsky district, leaving residents of nine villages without transportation.

More than 1,200 children in Dagestani villages have been transferred to distance learning after five school buildings were deemed unfit for use following the flooding. Authorities have requested 1.5 billion rubles for modular school buildings in Dagestan.