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A Baku court has extended the arrest of Ali Karimli, head of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, for another five months.

Blogger Arsen Markaryan, sentenced to 4.5 years in prison for Nazi rehabilitation, appealed to the court for a sentence that did not involve actual imprisonment. The prosecutor's office, however, insisted on a harsher sentence.

Residents of the villages of Nizhniy Chiryurt, Gelbakh, and Bavtugay in the Kizilyurt district returned home after experts determined there was no threat to their homes.

A 68-year-old resident of the Baksan district and his associates exerted physical and psychological pressure on other local residents, forcing them to observe religious canons, the Ministry of Internal Affairs stated.

A gas pipeline fire in Dagestan was caused by a leak, authorities said.

Tourists displaying Georgian symbols should face strict measures, including entry bans, local residents stated on Facebook*, commenting on an incident involving a Sochi resident who was walking in Gagra wearing a Panama hat emblazoned with the Georgian flag.

A court in Nalchik sentenced serviceman Akhmat Abshaev to one and a half years in prison. According to investigators, he defrauded two soldiers of two million rubles by falsely promising to help them transfer to other units.

Rustam Kochesokov, CEO of Ecologistika LLC, falsified tax reports, resulting in the company underpaying more than 500 million rubles in taxes, the Investigative Committee reported.

Blogger Magomeddibir Magomeddibirov has declared a hunger strike in the Astrakhan pretrial detention center, where he has been held for about six months following a road rage incident. Shamil Khadulaev, head of the Dagestan Public Monitoring Commission, noted that the video shows the blogger's opponent hitting him first, but that security forces detained Magomeddibirov.

The section of the Mozdok-Kazimagomed gas pipeline near Kizilyurt where the fire occurred is planned to be repaired within three days, Dagestani authorities reported.

In Anapa, 151 beach areas were inspected for safety after cleanups, including sand resurfacing and restoration work, Rospotrebnadzor reported.

The Southern District Military Court sentenced a Sevastopol resident to 5.5 years for comments on a messenger deemed to justify terrorism.

The Nalchik Garrison Military Court sentenced serviceman Yevgeny Solovyov to five years in prison for failing to report to his military unit for more than a year.

The Court of Cassation upheld the decision to deny the developer of the Gorizont aparthotel in Sochi's attempt to annul 886 shared construction agreements. The developer insisted that the money received from the participants was embezzled by former director Anzor Pruidze, who was convicted of fraud.

The pro-Russian opposition's performance in the parliamentary elections in Armenia can only be described as a defeat, while the ruling party, although it failed to achieve its key goal, retained its position.

Tuapse will host 66 beaches this summer, including 15 public areas, according to Sergei Boyko, head of the Tuapse District.

Purchasing paid verification and additional features on Instagram* is considered in Russia as financing extremist activity and may result in criminal prosecution, the Chechen ombudsman stated.

In the Millerovsky district, a fuel tank caught fire after a drone attack, evacuating residents of private homes and nursing home residents.

The arrest of Sapa editor-in-chief Alina Dzhikaeva has been extended for another month.

A Russian court sentenced Georgian citizen Nuri Mitagvaria in absentia to 14 years in prison, recognizing him as a participant in military operations on the Ukrainian side.