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Vadim Sadykov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,561 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

A fire broke out in one of the towers of the Grozny City complex, damaging the building's cladding. The video went viral during the closure of Grozny Airport due to the threat of a drone attack.

At a hearing in the Baku Court of Grave Crimes, lawyers said the guilt of their clients, the former leaders of Nagorno-Karabakh, was unproven and called on the court to acquit them.

A Sochi court sentenced local residents for participating in and inciting others to participate in the activities of an extremist organization. A mother and son, Yulia and Yaroslav Rybin, received five and three years in a general regime penal colony, respectively.

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

Sergei Bespalov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have acknowledged at least 779 combatants from the Rostov region killed there.

The defense appealed the life sentences handed down to eight defendants in the Crimean Bridge terrorist attack case.

The case of Khankendi resident Karen Avanesyan, accused of attacking Azerbaijani security forces, has been transferred to the Ganja Court of Grave Crimes.

The Southern District Military Court has arrested Dmitry Taksidi, former deputy head of the Defense Ministry's military construction complex construction department, accused of lobbying for the company's interests during the construction of a facility in the Krasnodar Territory.

In Karachay-Cherkessia, a criminal investigation has been completed into the collapse of a five-story building following a gas explosion in one of the apartments, killing five people. The defendant is a gas distribution company employee, accused of providing services that did not meet safety requirements.

Investigators suspect Elmira Ponomareva of bribing the former chairperson of the Sovetsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don, Elena Kobleva, to secure her appointment as a justice of the peace.

Another group of volunteers trained at the Russian Special Forces University departed from Grozny Airport for the military operation zone in Ukraine.

Alan Gatsoev, who spent more than five months in the no-man's land between Georgia and Russia, is being transferred to another hospital due to heart problems and may require surgery. Gatsoev's family has sent a request to the North Ossetian Ministry of Internal Affairs not to deport him, and to South Ossetia to allow him entry.

Opposition parties, activists, and students have announced a large-scale march on December 6 demanding an international investigation into the use of chemical agents against protesters in November-December 2024.

Opposition parties, activists, and students have announced a large-scale march on December 6 demanding an international investigation into the use of chemical agents against protesters in November-December 2024.

A court sentenced Volgograd blogger Alexey Ulyanov to two months' pretrial detention on extortion charges. In court, he admitted receiving money for his publications, but that everything was legal.

The Kirovsky District Court of Makhachkala has remanded Magomed-Gadzhi Aidiev, former head of the Novolaksky District of Dagestan, in custody for two months. Investigators allege he illegally transferred 37 plots of land in villages that had not yet been established.

The fire at the landfill near Novorossiysk has been extinguished, but the smoldering area extends to 220 square meters, and soil is still being filled in. Fires at the landfill are recurring due to violations of operating procedures, the ecologist noted.

Chechen Minister of Physical Culture and Sports Akhmat Kadyrov donated over 18 million rubles to the families of fire victims. Social media users wondered when he managed to earn such a large sum.

Ali Karimli, the head of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party, is not receiving a parcel in pretrial detention, his family reported. The PACE General Rapporteur on Political Prisoners called on the Azerbaijani authorities to review the charges against Karimli and ensure his rights are respected during the investigation.