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Sergei Kukushkin was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,705 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

At a Baku court hearing, the head of the Election Observation organization testified in the case of human rights activist Anar Mammadli and journalist Anar Abdulla. He denied the prosecution's allegations of smuggling.

Two 16-year-old residents of Stavropol, suspected of attempting to set fire to cell phone towers, have been taken into custody.

Maxim Skvortsov from the Kumylzhensky District was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,704 soldiers from the Volgograd Region have been officially recognized as killed.

Former employees of the agricultural university, fearing eviction from their official housing in Nalchik, considered the university's response to their complaints to be a formality. They proposed creating a commission to jointly assess the legality of each eviction case.

The Ministry of Defense reported that three drones were shot down overnight in the Astrakhan region.

The majority of online voters opposed the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources' proposal to change the protection regime for endangered plants. The bill would ease restrictions on resort construction on the Lago-Naki plateau and threaten the local flora, environmentalists noted.

A memorial plaque has been reinstalled on the wall of the building where journalist Anna Politkovskaya lived and was shot. The previous plaque was torn down the day after it was installed.

The former head of the Nalchik Vodokanal is suspected of causing 1.1 million rubles in damages to the budget of the company. Investigators claim he illegally awarded himself additional payments in addition to his main report.

More than 600 people crossed the border between Iran and Azerbaijan through the Astara checkpoint, including 125 Russian citizens, as well as Serbian diplomats.

Alvina Dzhabrailova stated that her father could not have committed suicide; she believes he was killed because of his friendship with American businessman Jeffrey Epstein.

In Vityazevo, work to replenish clean sand continues on a kilometer-long stretch of beach. Based on the results, decisions will be made regarding other areas of the emergency zone. Ecologist Yevgeny Vitishko believes that such actions simply conceal the problem, not solve it.

A native of Dagestan, who lived in Yerevan and was friends with murdered Chechen native Ayshat Baimuradova, received threats from unknown individuals through her account. Law enforcement officials are searching for the young man in Russia.

The minimum amount of wealth on which Muslims are required to pay interest on alms during Ramadan is 127,700 rubles, according to the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Chechnya. Social media users debated what income is included in the nisab.

Investigative authorities in Ingushetia have completed their investigation into criminal cases against perinatal center employees accused of entering into fictitious contracts for the supply of medical supplies.

Rashid Gasayniev from Khasavyurt was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly named at least 1,836 Dagestani combatants killed there.

Georgia's fifth president, Salome Zurabishvili, welcomed the unification of nine Georgian parties into an opposition alliance. The rally outside the Georgian parliament on the 460th day of protests was preceded by a protest against fabricated drug cases.

Mozdok resident Yulia Melnichenko spent over six hours in police custody after yet another picket outside the Prosecutor General's Office. Law enforcement called a team from a psychiatric hospital and demanded Melnichenko be hospitalized, but medical staff saw no grounds for this.

Elista resident Elveg Khartskhaev has been in pretrial detention for over seven months on charges of disrespecting Russia's military glory. The historian's prosecution stemmed from a social media post published about ten years ago.

Due to the closure of airspace in several countries and the resulting delays in air travel, the Georgian government is organizing special flights for citizens who are unable to return home in a timely manner.