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Military forces shot down a drone launched from Ukraine in the Volgograd region.

Today, 169 members of Azerbaijani families who fled the Karabakh conflict returned to the villages of Sos and Khorovlu. In total, more than 24,000 Azerbaijanis from 6,206 families have returned to Karabakh's towns and villages.

Gasan Antayev was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,742 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

In Volgodonsk, a monument to Hero of Russia Sergei Molodov, who commanded the 6th Company of Pskov Paratroopers, was doused with green paint and defaced with graffiti. A local resident was detained and charged with desecrating monuments.

A Baku court found journalist Ganimat Zahid guilty of inciting violence against the state and sentenced him in absentia to seven years in prison.

Valentina Shostak, an activist from Goryachy Klyuch, filed a complaint against the investigator's inaction, who refused to consider her complaint about possible crimes committed during the September 12-14 elections and forwarded it to the regional electoral commission. The court dismissed the complaint.

A military court in Nalchik sentenced Abdullah Umarov to one year in prison after he left his military unit without permission and was absent for about a month.

Tikhoretsk animal welfare inspector Denis Dzhalaganiya was summoned to the police again for questioning in connection with a case of discrediting the army. The summons was prompted by another complaint from Stavropol animal rights activist Oksana Zhiteneva, who had previously attempted to accuse Dzhalaganiya of a similar offense.

A court in Nalchik sentenced Vaisul Karagulov to one year in prison, finding him guilty of leaving his unit without permission during mobilization.

Zalim Tutukov from the Leskensky district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly acknowledged that at least 350 soldiers from Kabardino-Balkaria have been killed there.

The Sovetsky District Court of Krasnodar sentenced Anatoly Yevtushenko to two years in prison, finding him a member of an extremist cell. During the court hearing, Yevtushenko pleaded not guilty and did not recant his beliefs.

During the New Year holidays, several dozen people are expected to arrive to clean up fuel oil in the Temryuk district, where deposits of old emissions are regularly discovered, the Dolphins headquarters reported, asking social media users to order groceries.

Andrei Volodin was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,595 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

The court sentenced a Central Asian man to 15 years in prison for allegedly attempting to recruit underage female residents of Maykop to join a terrorist organization.

Activist Tamara Mearakishvili was found in a Ministry of Internal Affairs detention center after disappearing from her apartment in Tskhinvali, where she refused to eat. She is suspected of espionage, and her detention has attracted the attention of Tbilisi.

Igor Pankratov was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,594 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

The Supreme Court of South Ossetia has reduced the sentences of the police officers convicted in the torture and death of Inal Dzhabiev, and released one of them. The court's decision came as a surprise to Dzhabiev's widow and her lawyer, who had demanded a harsher sentence.

Authorities have once again initiated the eviction of residents from a former government dormitory in the village of Neutrino. Residents who acquired ownership of this property many years ago and have already won a lawsuit are now at risk of ending up homeless.

Krymsk Mayor Yanis Budagov has been charged with abuse of power in transferring a plot of land to a local resident.

A fire on a fuel oil pipeline in the port of Taman, which started after a drone attack, has been extinguished.