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The authorities of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) spend money on mass celebrations, although the problems with industry decline and bad roads have not been solved, local residents have noted.

At a polling station in Anapa, commission members did not allow making photos; and ballot stuffing is not ruled out there, observers assert.

Mistakes were made in the Kharkov direction, and if the strategy of the special military operation is not changed in the near future, it will be necessary to contact the leadership of the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the country, Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Chechnya, has stated.

Ilona Grachevskaya, a candidate to the Legislative Assembly in Gelendzhik, appealed to Ella Pamfilova, the head of the Central Election Commission (CEC), with a request to intervene in the situation in Gelendzhik. According to Ilona Grachevskaya, observer Tatiana Mamentieva was subjected to pressure after she discovered that an employee of the precinct election commission was hiding filled-in ballots.

The school management in the city Tyumen would not change the internal regulations after a scandal with a Dagestan schoolgirl, who was not allowed to attend classes in a hijab.

The case of the Chechen actor, Timur Debishev, who is trying to bring law enforcers to justice for torture, but because of the investigation, cannot reach the consideration of his complaint in court, is typical for Chechnya and other Russian regions, human rights defenders assert.

The new textbooks of the Kabardian language are morally outdated and too difficult for younger pupils, some Instagram* users have pointed out. Others noted that too little time is allocated in schools for learning the mother tongue.

The home of doctors from Volgograd, Angelina Neroznik and her husband Sergey was searched; after interrogation they were released after taking a non-disclosure obligation from them.

Law enforcers have detained Andrei Fokin, an activist, when he came to the police to file a complaint about election violations.

In the Friendship Park in the city of Rostov-on-Don, 237 healthy trees are planned to be cut down during the improvement works, townspeople have complained. They called on the Governor, Vasily Golubev, to protect the park from being ruined.

The attack on Badma Byurchiev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, is directly related to his professional activities; attacks on political opponents have already happened in Elista; and local officials are involved in this, local activists assert.

In Novorossiysk, law enforcers have detained Askhabali Alibekov, a blogger, also known as "Wild Paratrooper", on suspicion of public calls for extremism. This was reported by the human rights project "OVD-Info"** with reference to his friend.

Since the start of the military operation in Ukraine, the deaths of at least 700 residents of Southern Russia have been officially confirmed, including 463 residents of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), and 237 residents of the Southern Federal District (SFD).

An appeal filed about the extension of arrest of Eduard Ataev, the former coordinator of the Navalny’s headquarters* in Makhachkala, was granted, but Eduard Ataev remains in custody pending review of the decision in the first instance court.

When commenting on the threats voiced by an official against activist Viktor Ilyin, residents of the village of Poltavskaya have noted that the official should take care of the well-being of residents and the environmental situation in the municipality and not intimidate the residents.

Vitaly Nemtsev, the coordinator of the "Citizen Observer" project, became a figurant of the protocol on the demonstration of prohibited symbols. He was left in custody for the night.

The court has fined Evgeny Lavrik, a resident of the Shpakovsky District, finding him guilty of discrediting the Russian Armed Forces, the "Kavkaz.Realii"* outlet has reported.

Several men have attacked and beaten up Badma Byurchiev, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, in Elista (the capital of Kalmykia), the journalist himself reported, linking the attack with his professional activities.

The Chechen Branch of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has overturned the refusal to initiate a criminal case on the application of Timur Debishev, a Chechen actor, who reported being beaten up and tortured by law enforcers.

Aida Khaita and Sultan Omarov, the prosecution witnesses in the case of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, Abubakar Rizvanov and Kemal Tambiev, have stated at trial that their testimonies given during the investigation had nothing to do with reality.