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The state prosecutor has requested a 23-year prison sentence for Shahin Shykhlinski, the former head of the Azerbaijani diaspora in Yekaterinburg, on charges of murder and attempted murder. For the other defendants, the prosecutor has requested sentences ranging from 13 to 23 years.

Security forces reported the arrest of a Krasnodar resident accused of treason "in the form of espionage." He is also accused of inciting terrorism and discrediting the Russian military.

Mekhrab Kaziyev from the Magaramkent district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, at least 1,810 Dagestani soldiers have been officially recognized as killed there.

A military court in Rostov-on-Don found a native of the Dokuzparinsky District of Dagestan guilty of justifying terrorism. She was sentenced to a fine and banned from managing any internet pages.

The checkpoint with a barrier at the Severny bus station in Nalchik has been moved closer to the station building following passenger complaints. The Kabardino-Balkarian Prosecutor's Office discovered a lack of parking spaces for people with disabilities at the bus station and instructed management to address this violation.

Law enforcement officials have detained a suspect in an industrial safety violation that resulted in the death of a man in a gas tank fire at a gas storage station in Makhachkala. Local residents were evacuated from their homes and apartments due to the fire.

A memorial plaque installed by activists on the home of Novaya Gazeta columnist Anna Politkovskaya in Moscow has once again been destroyed by unknown persons.

Ingush public figure Musa Malsagov, sentenced to nine years in prison in the case of protest leaders, was released after serving his full sentence.

A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Magomed Kottoyev, a native of Malgobek, to a lengthy prison term, finding him an accomplice to those involved in the attack on a traffic police post on the border between Ingushetia and North Ossetia in March 2023.

Elder Akhmed Barakhoev, convicted in the "Ingush case," was released from prison. Also today, Ingush activist Musa Malsagov's sentence expired, his lawyer announced.

Traffic on a section of road in the Tsuntinsky district of Dagestan has been suspended after a rockfall.

A Chechen man detained after his daughter reported death threats to police has been deported from Armenia. He is also banned from entering Armenia.

A Baku court found Ruben Vardanyan guilty of war crimes without evidence, but there was no hope of a fair trial, according to his relatives. Vardanyan headed the Karabakh government for several months during the blockade of the Lachin corridor.

A drone attack caused a fire at the Ilsky Oil Refinery. A tank containing petroleum products also caught fire in the village of Volna in the Temryuk District.

A Baku court has sentenced former Karabakh state minister Ruben Vardanyan, who is accused of war crimes.

At a Baku court hearing, Rufat Safarov, head of the Defense Line, described his criminal prosecution as a politically motivated act in retaliation for his human rights work. A witness who testified at the hearing did not confirm the investigation's version of events.

Priest Sergiy Fufayev, having criticized the ideas in Apti Alaudinov's book, voiced the official position of the Russian Orthodox Church, citing distortions of key tenets of the Christian religion as the basis for his criticism.

Last night, the military shot down drones in the Azov region and Taganrog. According to the governor, there were no injuries or damage.

Today, members of 120 Azerbaijani families who fled the city during the Karabakh conflict returned to the city of Aghdam.

Kuban pensioners Nikolai Nabiyev, Sergei Kuzovenko, and Marina Zakharova, accused of creating an illegal armed group, received packages from sympathizers timed to coincide with the start of Maslenitsa week. A relative of Nabiyev's reported that they are prohibited from visiting, but are allowed to correspond.