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According to the official results of the All-Russian census, the population of the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the main river) is over 5.8 million. However, according to Veniamin Kondratiev, the governor, judging by the number of schoolchildren, there are more residents in the Territory.

The Volgograd initiatives to restore the image of Joseph Stalin serve to promote a certain policy, but fail to find mass support in the society, the local ethnographers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have pointed out.

Junior Sergeant Khamzat Ilyasov has perished in Ukraine; a memorial plaque has been installed at the school in the village of Avtury, where he studied, the North-Caucasian Branch of the "Rosgvardiya" (Russian National Guard) has reported. Since the start of the military operation in Ukraine, the deaths of at least 23 natives of Chechnya have been officially confirmed.

Larisa Kudzieva, who received multiple wounds during the terror act, because of a delay in payment failed to get to Germany for surgery. The terror act victims and their relatives also need psychological help, Fatima Kusova, a former hostage, is sure.

In Kalmykia, investigators have opened a criminal case on incitement to riots against Dagestani prisoners Magomed Atimagomedov and Daud Kuramagomedov, their advocates have informed.

The “Communists of Russia" and “Party of the Cause” Parties were not allowed to participate in the September elections in North Ossetia under far-fetched pretexts. This was stated by members of the parties’ regional departments, who considered the above the discrimination against non-parliamentary parties.

Danil Tarakanov, a military man from the Stavropol Territory, perished in Ukraine during the special military operation, the head of the Soviet Urban District of the Stavropol Territory reported. Since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, the deaths of at least 56 Stavropol residents there has been officially confirmed.

It was decided not to hold a festival of shorts, announced in a Makhachkala café. This was reported by organizers of the festival, who explained the decision by a noticeable public outcry. The scandalous event could lead to conflicts, noted the press secretary for the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan.

It is unlikely that the Ramzan Kadyrov’s demand to reconsider the decision of the court in Tatarstan, which recognized the “Sakhikh al-Bukhari"*, a collection of sayings of the Prophet Muhammad, as extremist material, will be met, Alexei Malashenko points out. On the contrary, Sergey Zhavoronkov suggests that the court’s decision to ban the book will be cancelled in the nearest future.

Due to the absence of a law on terror act victims, the money allocated from the state budget to the victims of the Beslan terror act is not enough to treat and rehabilitate all the former hostages, the activists of the "Beslan Mothers" of and "Voice of Beslan" have stated.

The profile of Joseph Djugashvili (Stalin) and his party pseudonym will return after restoration to the facade of the building of the Volgograd Medical University located in the Square of Fallen Warriors. It will also be returned to the facade of the Volgograd planetarium. The townspeople's opinions about authorities' decision have diverged.

The inclusion of the collection of Prophet Muhammad's sayings entitled "Sahih al-Bukhari"* into the list of extremist materials means that a certain edition of the book is banned, and a certain translation thereof, while other editions and the original text of the collection of hadiths are allowed, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have stated in their comments on Ramzan Kadyrov's demand to cancel the court decision.

A Krasnodar court has again received the case of Vitaly Katsko, an advocate, about discrediting the Russian Army in his social network posts. Earlier, the court ruled to stop the case, but the police have challenged the ruling.

A court in the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the main river) has found Vitaly Molodanov, a resident of the village of Poltavskaya, guilty of discrediting Russian militaries after his posts in a social network and a local chat. The activist said he would appeal the court's ruling.

The federal list of extremist materials includes a specific edition of "Sahih al-Bukhari"*, and not the collection itself. There is another translation of the collection in Russia, the Muftiate of Dagestan has pointed out, responding to calls to comment on the ban.

Military man Valery Kotovich is accused of spreading fake news about the Russian Armed Forces, and he was taken into custody, Pavel Chikov, the head of the “Agora” international group, reports in his Telegram channel today.

Since the beginning of the special military operation in Ukraine, at least 653 residents of the southern regions of Russia have been officially confirmed perished, including 439 natives of Northern Caucasus and 214 residents of the Southern Federal District. Most of the dead were natives of Dagestan.

The Mufti of Chechnya supported the Ramzan Kadyrov’s demand to reconsider the decision of a court to include “Sakhikh al-Bukhari*, a collection of sayings of the Prophet Muhammad, into the list of extremist materials. Users of the “VKontakte” social media outlet called on the Muftiate of Dagestan to voice their position as well.

Investigators have begun checking the complaints of doctor Nikolai Kaklyugin about the torture he was subjected to in the Rostov tuberculosis hospital of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN), Nikolai Kaklyugin himself reports today.

On the demand of Sergey Menyailo, the head of North Ossetia, the regions are recruiting detachments of volunteers to be sent to Ukraine, municipal authorities have informed. They promise to pay those who agree to become contractors USD 53 per day.