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Yanina, the wife of former Sochi Mayor Alexei Kopaigorodsky, has declared an indefinite hunger strike demanding visits with her children in the capital's pretrial detention center "without bars or partitions."

A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Dagestani resident Robert Vazirov to one year in prison, finding the preacher's video he posted on social media to be a justification of terrorism.

The Moscow Arbitration Court has declared businessman and owner of the Summa Group, Ziyavudin Magomedov, bankrupt. He was convicted of creating a criminal organization and embezzling more than 11 billion rubles from government contracts.

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry called the attacks on the country's diplomatic missions in Ukraine unacceptable and demanded an investigation.

Alexander Barannikov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 836 soldiers from the Stavropol Krai have been officially recognized as killed.

Sevinj Osmangizi, a political émigré and head of the YouTube channel Osmanqızı tv, was summoned to the Azerbaijani Prosecutor General's Office for questioning in connection with the criminal case against her. If she fails to appear, the office threatened to sentence her in absentia. Osmangizi considered her persecution to be an attack on freedom of speech.

Temporary accommodation centers have been set up in Novorossiysk for residents of buildings damaged in drone attacks, and a state of emergency has been declared.

Armenia and the United States are discussing two scenarios for granting construction rights for the "Trump Route" project in Armenia: 99- and 49-year terms, with the land remaining Armenian property, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced. Construction is expected to begin in 2026, but border delimitation may be necessary for the project's implementation.

Authorities and security forces have officially named at least 3,943 soldiers from the North Caucasus Federal District and 4,008 from the Southern Federal District killed in the military operation in Ukraine.

Samir Gadzhibekov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 1,664 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed.

In addition to the city resident, three crew members of the civilian aircraft were injured. Novorossiysk authorities announced the drone threat had been cancelled, and operations at Gelendzhik and Krasnodar airports have resumed.

Last night, air defense alert systems intercepted a total of 216 unmanned aerial vehicles over Russian regions, including 71 over the Krasnodar Krai, Rostov Oblast, and Volgograd Oblast. Another 59 drones were shot down over the Black Sea.

Drones were shot down over six northern districts of the Rostov region tonight.

Military personnel repelled a drone attack on energy facilities in the Volgograd region overnight.

Air defense forces intercepted 17 unmanned aerial vehicles over the Rostov region and the Black Sea in three hours on the evening of November 13.

A Yerevan court has extended the pretrial detention of Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, who is accused of plotting to seize state power, for another three months.

A Novorossiysk resident was hospitalized after being injured by shards of broken window glass during a drone attack. Three apartment buildings were damaged, as well as an oil depot at the Sheskharis transshipment complex.

At a military court hearing in Baku, prosecutors demanded life sentences for five former leaders of the unrecognized republic of Nagorno-Karabakh, including its former president, Arayik Harutyunyan.

A Moscow court acquitted Kabardino-Balkaria resident Aslan Khagundokov of the 2012 murder of a Moscow official. Khagundokov remains in prison on a conviction handed down ten years ago for the murder of a Rostov businessman.

The Dagestan Prosecutor's Office has filed an appeal against the Khasavyurt Court's ruling that Muslim Ediev's detention was unlawful due to his illness. Ediev remains in pretrial detention and complains of worsening health, according to his lawyer.