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A court in Kaspiysk sentenced Makhach Aliyev, former deputy minister of construction and housing and communal services of Dagestan, in absentia, finding him guilty of multimillion-dollar embezzlement.

Children at a private kindergarten in the village of Paraul were hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning. The Investigative Committee reported opening a criminal case.

Stand-up comedian Artemy Ostanin, speaking at a Moscow court hearing, denied the charges and called the victims "professional informers." However, he apologized to those who might have been offended by his remarks. His lawyer asked the court to acquit Ostanin.

The court released religious figure Akhmad Batlukhsky, accused of slandering the Muftiate of Dagestan, on the personal guarantee of a group of deputies.

A resident of Akhtubinsk attempted to set fire to a high-voltage transformer and security forces vehicles.

Director Alexander Sokurov was unaware of the existence of the Council for the Development of Cinematography until his expulsion.

A resident of the Otradnensky district of Krasnodar Krai is accused of systematic violence and deprivation of education for his children.

A Volgograd court convicted the former chief engineer of Water Supply Concessions LLC, who was accused of violating labor safety regulations.

Muslim Muslimov, awarded the title Hero of Russia, was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,795 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

The defense has filed a cassation appeal against the sentence of former head of the Stavropol traffic police department, Alexei Safonov, who was sentenced to 20 years in prison for large-scale bribery.

The Kuban Ministry of Natural Resources has filed a lawsuit demanding that the owners and charterers of tankers that sank in the Black Sea pay over 34 billion rubles for environmental damage and losses to the regional budget. This latest lawsuit was filed by officials amid volunteers' dissatisfaction with the authorities' role in the fuel oil cleanup.

The South Ossetian Ministry of Emergency Situations has lifted the ban on heavy-duty vehicles on the Transcaucasian Highway, but urged drivers to refrain from traveling due to the forecast of heavy snowfall and the risk of avalanches.

Last night, the military shot down four drones in the Krasnodar region, two in the Rostov region, and one in the Astrakhan region.

Sergei Lytov from the Dubovsky district was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,658 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

Last night, the military shot down drones in the Millerovsky and Chertkovsky districts.

During a raid at a port in the Trusovsky district, security forces discovered five illegal migrants who face deportation from Russia.

A Kuban resident complained that she had not been provided with the housing she was legally entitled to for over five years. Investigative Committee Chairman Alexander Bastrykin ordered a criminal investigation.

Energy workers discovered five illegal mining farms in four settlements in Ingushetia, causing damage exceeding 400 million rubles.

The Russian Prosecutor General's Office has filed a lawsuit seeking the seizure of the assets of former State Duma deputy from Kuban, Anatoly Voronovsky, current State Duma deputy Andrei Doroshenko, and several other individuals. Bailiffs have seized approximately 20 organizations specializing in road construction.

Airports in Vladikavkaz, Grozny, and Magas have been suspended to ensure flight safety. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, a drone was shot down over Chechen territory.