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On the 369th day of continuous protests, activists in Tbilisi set off smoke bombs outside the Georgian parliament in response to a BBC report about the authorities' use of toxic substances to disperse demonstrators.

The university administration can provide students with a prayer room, but it is impossible to expel a student for public prayer, the lawyer stated. Prayer times in Islam are flexible, Islamic scholars noted, commenting on the uproar at the North Ossetian Medical Academy.

Twenty Taganrog residents applied for financial assistance due to the complete loss of property following the drone attack on November 25. Six hundred and thirty-five applications for one-time payments were also accepted.

Acquittals are rare in Russia. In the case of Diana Tsipinova, a second acquittal on charges of assault against a police officer was the result of the active stance of the legal community, including the leadership of the Federal Chamber of Advocates.

A resident of Stavropol is suspected of calling for terrorist activity due to an audio recording published on a social network.

The Urvan District Court of Kabardino-Balkaria, having re-examined the case of lawyer Diana Tsipinova, again acquitted her of the charge of using violence against a police officer.

A court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced a minor resident of Stavropol to 6.5 years in prison on four terrorism charges. His 20-year-old accomplice was fined.

Vladislav Spirin, Mikhail Golubtsov, and two of their fellow countrymen from the Proletarsky District were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly named at least 770 soldiers from the Rostov Region killed there.

The court remanded politician Aleko Elisashvili, accused of attempting to commit a terrorist attack, into custody as a preventive measure.

A Baku court has ordered pretrial detention for Ali Karimli, leader of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, accused of committing acts aimed at the violent seizure of power. The PFPA has denied the charges, calling them politically motivated.

The widow and son of Ilez Torshkhoev, who was killed in Ukraine, have a greater moral right to remain in the apartment they received from the authorities, many social media users argued. Their opponents sided with Torshkhoev's mother, while some commenters deemed the legal battle waged by the relatives of the murdered man unethical.

Mikhail Chalenko and Rustam Kebirov were killed in the military operation in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 525 fighters from North Ossetia have been officially recognized as killed.

A 12-year-old girl was hospitalized in Makhachkala after sustaining minor injuries during a drone attack in Kaspiysk.

Today, the military shot down drones over Kaspiysk. Last night, drone attacks were recorded in Kuban, as well as in the Volgograd and Rostov regions.

Participants in a video message to the Governor of Kuban recalled that a third church in Krasnodar's Yubileiny microdistrict is planned for construction in a local recreation area. Telegram users supported the participants' demand to prevent development on Rozhdestvenskaya Embankment.

Alexey Novikov was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,557 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

A drone attack damaged three private homes and a cell phone tower in the village of Ilsky, home to an oil refinery.

Marik Demeyev, killed in a special military operation, was buried in South Ossetia. At least 35 South Ossetian fighters have been killed since the start of the operation in Ukraine.

Aleko Elisashvili, one of the leaders of the Lelo - Strong Georgia coalition, has been charged with attempting to commit a terrorist act after he was detained while attempting to set fire to the Tbilisi City Court office building.

A drone threat has been declared in Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, North Ossetia, and Stavropol Krai.