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Dmitry Dryanin and Pavel Nikeshin were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 685 soldiers from the Astrakhan region have been officially recognized as killed.

Narek Samsonyan, co-author of the "Imnemnimi" podcast, was brought to the Yerevan court hearing in a wheelchair. His defense and the opposition blamed his condition on his imprisonment and a 15-day hunger strike.

At least 4,213 fighters from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,344 from the Southern Federal District have been acknowledged by authorities and security forces as killed during the military operation in Ukraine.

The Kazakh Prosecutor General's Office ordered the extradition of Chechen native Mansur Movlaev, stating that his defense has the right to appeal the decision. The court has not yet heard the appeal against the denial of refugee status for Movlaev, his lawyers stated.

The court sentenced 52-year-old Volgograd resident Pavel Palekhov to 18 years in prison, alleging espionage. His previous conviction for assaulting a law enforcement officer was also included in the sentence. According to traffic police, he attempted to cause an accident to escape after being detained.

The family of a disabled teenager from Krasnodar received notice that he had been excluded from the national sledge hockey team, despite an expert assessment ruling out any similarity between the athlete's gesture during a match and a Nazi salute. The teenager's family has decided not to appeal the decision.

The Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria overturned the Nalchik City Court's decision to reinstate Professor Murat Khokonov as department head at KBSU. This decision contradicts three previous court rulings, Khokonov stated, adding that he intends to seek justice.

A military court in Nalchik sentenced Zalim Bekov to five years in prison, finding him guilty of leaving his unit without permission during mobilization.

Ruslan Burzhumov and Elman Abdulkadirov from the Tabasaran district were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,787 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

Residents of the village of Tsunta in the Tsuntinsky District have appealed to the head of Dagestan and law enforcement agencies for help in restoring water supply to the Lastochka kindergarten.

Members of 26 Azerbaijani families who fled the village during the Karabakh conflict have returned to the village of Mamedbeyli in the Zangilan district. They have been given keys to new homes.

The funerals of Anatoly Dzhioyev and Dmitry Kozayev, killed in combat, were held in South Ossetia. At least 41 South Ossetian fighters have been killed there since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine.

The United Kingdom and 23 other OSCE countries have initiated the creation of an expert mission in response to the deteriorating human rights situation in Georgia. The mission's representatives are to assess human rights violations in the country from 2024 onward.

For Aina Mankieva, a native of Ingushetia who fled domestic violence, both her father, who promised to bring her home "at any cost," and law enforcement officers pose a threat. Only publicity helped her release from police custody.

Vladimir Zaplatnikov, Oleg Kukareka, and seven of their fellow countrymen were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly named at least 840 combatants from the Rostov region killed there.

The Krasnodar Regional Court will hear the case of two residents of the Anapa district accused of four arson attacks on the railway.

The Fifth Cassation Court in Pyatigorsk upheld the acquittal of Tamara Erzhibova, head of the agricultural enterprise "Majesty," who was accused of fraud after delivering corn to the Prokhladny grain receiving facility.

Moscow's Tverskoy Court has arrested Akhmed Bilalov, former vice president of the Russian Olympic Committee and former head of North Caucasus Resorts, who lives in the United States, in absentia on charges of attempted embezzlement of $200 million from Sberbank. The court ordered him to be held in pretrial detention for two months from the date of his arrest or extradition.

The Georgian Minister of Education announced the merger of Tbilisi State University and Georgian Technical University, prompting students from both universities to protest in Tbilisi. They stated that the reform aims to reduce the teaching staff by dismissing government critics.

The Oktyabrsky District Court of Krasnodar has ordered house arrest for Anna Minkova, CEO of the Kuban 24 media group and former deputy head of the region for social issues. She is accused of large-scale fraud.