After two closures of traffic on the Crimean Bridge, long queues of cars formed at the inspection points. From the Taman side, 2,120 cars are waiting to pass, from the Crimea side - 1,450. Trains are also delayed.
Bahruz Samedov, a postgraduate student at Charles University in the Czech Republic who was convicted in Azerbaijan on charges of treason, protested against the closed hearing of his appeal.
The first test flight from Sochi to the capital of Abkhazia, Sukhum, was made by the sea passenger ship "Kosmonavt Pavel Popovich" of the "Kometa 120M" type. In the future, the carrier may launch regular sea service between the cities.
The Nalchik City Court ordered the Russian Ministry of Defense to pay compensation to Eldar Pshibiev, who was called up for service despite being diagnosed with a heart defect.
Political scientist and former Volgograd City Duma deputy Mikhail Serenko, arrested in a case of public justification of Nazism and extortion, is now also accused of distributing pornographic materials.
Official authorities and representatives of security agencies have released data on 7,150 servicemen from the south of Russia killed in combat operations in Ukraine, of which 3,600 were in the Southern Federal District and 3,550 in the North Caucasus Federal District.
Volgograd airport operations are limited, and residents of the city of Surovikino in the Volgograd region reported explosions and a fire after the fall of a drone.
A 16-year-old boy from Ingushetia who complained to human rights activists about death threats from relatives said he was in a psychiatric hospital in Stavropol. The institution denies having such a patient.
Residents of the Reduktorny settlement in Makhachkala went on a spontaneous street protest because of the lack of electricity in their homes. The city administration then reported that power supply to most homes had been restored.
The Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria ignored the testimony of witnesses in the case of the murder of athlete Aslan Kambiev, acquitting the defendant Ruslan Kudayev and recognizing his right to rehabilitation. Kambiev's relatives intend to file a cassation appeal, but they cannot obtain documents from the court.
Shamil Murtazaliev was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,492 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.
The Krasnodar Regional Court upheld the complaint of those accused of creating an illegal armed group of pensioners to transfer their case to a military court and returned the case to the court of first instance. The defendants' relatives called this decision a victory, and the defense intends to seek the return of the case to the prosecutor.
Musayeva will not appeal the sentence in the new case, as she does not believe in a fair decision and it is physically difficult for her to be in the pretrial detention center. The decision on the place where Musayeva will serve her sentence must be made by the Federal Penitentiary Service Directorate for Chechnya.
A mudflow has occurred on the southern slope of Elbrus, but tourist infrastructure facilities are not in danger, the Kabardino-Balkarian Ministry of Emergency Situations has assured.
On the day of the sentencing, the Batumi City Court judge reclassified the charges against the founder of the publications "Batumelebi" and "Netgazeti" Mzia Amaglobeli. The defense called it an attempt to save face for the authorities.
Several officials of the Karabudakhkent district are suspected of abuse of power in the case with the land plot. The investigation estimated the damage at 15 million rubles.