Yashar Shikhametov, a Crimean Tatar and political prisoner currently serving a sentence in a penal colony in Russia's Kemerovo region, has been assigned Group III disability status. His health is deteriorating rapidly; due to joint and spinal issues, he is barely able to move around on his own. Sources among human rights defenders in temporarily occupied Crimea reported this to *Suspilne Krym*.
The main work to eliminate the consequences of the mudflow has been completed in Tyrnyauz. The head of Kabardino-Balkaria Kazbek Kokov reported that utility and road services worked intensively, ultimately restoring the city's water, gas and electricity supplies.
It is planned to open a technical passage along the federal bridge over the Gerkhozhan-Suu River, and an alternative passage in the direction of Prielbrusye has already been provided. City roads have been cleared of mud and stone masses, and access to institutions has been restored.
According to Kokov, work to restore the mudflow system lies ahead. He noted that the volume of mudflows amounted to about 5 million cubic meters, which exceeds the figures for 2000 (4 million cubic meters). More serious consequences were avoided thanks to the preliminary cleaning of the tray, carried out over the past three years.