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The prosecution requested to sentence former Vice-Governor of Krasnodar Krai Alexander Nesterenko to nine years in a penal colony. The prosecution also demands to lift his house arrest and take the former official into custody after the verdict is announced.

The former head of Sunzha in Ingushetia has been arrested in connection with the attempted murder of the former head of the Karabulak Department of Internal Affairs, Ilez Nalgiev, who was previously convicted for torturing a detainee. Along with him, two direct executors of the assassination attempt have been arrested.

The court in Sevastopol has arrested Sochi resident Margarita Reutt for two months, who was detained the day before. The woman has been charged under the article on terrorism.

A man was killed in the center of Makhachkala, receiving about 20 stab wounds. The investigation named blood revenge as the motive for the murder, and a search for the attacker is underway.

In the Stavropol region, a resident of St. Petersburg was detained for planning to set fire to fuel tanks on the railway.

The Meta* administration has blocked the Facebook* page of the Azerbaijani opposition newspaper "Azadlyg," citing mass complaints and a 2019 publication about suicide. The editorial staff believes the blockage is part of pressure on the publication critical of the authorities.

109 beaches of Anapa received permission from Rospotrebnadzor to operate after the area was filled with new sand, and three more beaches are undergoing examination.

The emergency dormitory on Ingushskaya Street in Nalchik was supposed to be evacuated several years ago; the remaining residents asked the head of the Investigative Committee to expedite the relocation.

Martun Grigoryan, who was in the top ten of the "Prosperous Armenia" list, has been arrested for two months in a case of bribing voters in favor of the party.

Trash bins remain overflowing at the Central Beach, where increased water pollution with petroleum products was previously recorded, a local resident reported on Telegram. Other Tuapse residents, commenting on his post, criticized both the vacationers who leave trash and the officials for poor waste management.

A tourist from Cherkessk became a victim of an attack in Sukhum due to the authorities' inadequate control over the compliance of Akhra Kvekveskiri with the conditions of house arrest, social media users stated. Recently, the problem of violence against women has escalated in the South Caucasus. Reports about this from Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia have caused a public outcry.

Evgeny Mushayev from Elista was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the special military operation, at least 251 combatants from Kalmykia have been officially recognized as killed.

The fuel situation in the city is tense but stable, reported the mayor of Sochi. Local residents, commenting on his report in Telegram, pointed out the queues at gas stations and the lack of gasoline.

A new group of fighters has been sent from Grozny airport to the military operation zone in Ukraine, reported the authorities of Chechnya.

The court in Dagestan has arrested the former mayor of Kizlyar, Alexander Shuvalov, suspected of exceeding his official powers.

17 citizens of Ukraine, who have been in the basement of the border checkpoint "Verkhny Lars - Daryali" for more than a year, have been evacuated to the territory of Georgia due to the threat of a natural disaster.

A 40-year-old resident of the Stanitsa Starozbilenenskaya was sentenced to ten months of corrective labor for desecration of military graves.

In the village of Vorovsky, the parents of students demanded to stop the liquidation of the only school. Local residents collected more than 50 signatures and sent complaints to the prosecutor's office, the president, the Investigative Committee, and the Commissioner for Human Rights.

The Nalchik garrison military court sentenced serviceman Rustam Khushtov to five years in a penal colony, finding him guilty of evading military service.

Pollution near the Taman port is a separate episode against the backdrop of numerous oil spills in the Black and Azov Seas, where beach recreation should be avoided under such conditions. In the absence of oil collection, the consequences of such spills take years to eliminate, say ecologists interviewed by "Caucasian Knot."