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The Abkhazian Ministry of Foreign Affairs responded to the detention and arrest of Irakli Bzhinava, an associate professor at a Rostov university department who criticized the practice of issuing Russian passports in Abkhazia.

A Rostov-on-Don resident who was seriously injured in a drone attack on Novorossiysk in May 2025 has been discharged from hospital after nine months of treatment.

Anzor Shebzukhov, Rasul Geryukov, and three other fighters from the Zolsky district have been confirmed killed in the military operation in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 368 fighters from Kabardino-Balkaria have been confirmed killed.

A Baku court has remanded in custody a tenth-grader who opened fire with his father's gun at a lyceum. Doctors have described the teacher injured by the teenager as stable after surgery.

The Ministry of Defense reported six drones shot down overnight over the Black Sea. An air strike threat was issued overnight in Novorossiysk.

Activist Alexander Sherchenkov held a solo picket near the Russian embassy in Armenia in support of Nikita Oleynik, who was arrested in Russia in connection with the "Tyumen case."

Aslan Dauletov from the Volodarsky district was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 700 soldiers from the Astrakhan region have been confirmed killed.

The appellate court found no grounds to change the sentences of former Volgograd City Duma deputies Yevgeny Shchur, Fyodor Litvinenko, and Alexey Zverev.

The Southern District Military Court has received a case against two Dagestan natives accused of organizing a fundraiser to purchase thermal imaging drones for the Ukrainian Azov Battalion*.

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Ukrainian citizen Bogdan Musikhin to 18 years in prison for participating in combat operations against Russian troops as part of a volunteer battalion.

Five local residents suspected of calling for terrorist activity have been detained in several districts of Ingushetia.

Nineteen-year-old Darya Nasreddinova, who suffered severe burns during the drone attack on Bataysk on December 18, died in the hospital.

Daniil Kulagin, Ildar Batkayev, Alexander Amosov, and eight other fighters were killed in the military operation in Ukraine. Since its beginning, at least 699 fighters from the Astrakhan region have been officially recognized as killed.

Nearly 190 people signed a petition demanding that the body of Chechen native Ayshat Baimuradova be returned to her friends for burial in Armenia. Social media users supported the petition.

The body of serviceman David Manukyan was found in one of the military units of the Armenian Ministry of Defense.

The Chudo Center, where children were poisoned by carbon monoxide, has been sealed by order of the Dagestan Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing. Materials regarding the suspension of its operations have been submitted to the court.

The "Protect Education" march concluded at the Georgian Parliament. Participants, including Georgia's fifth president, Salome Zurabishvili, joined supporters of European integration, who have been protesting for 437 consecutive days.

The head of the Chechen government stated that jeeps and enduro bikes may only be used on paved roads in Chechnya's forests; driving into the forest is prohibited, citing concerns about the preservation of flora and fauna. However, he did not comment on the head of the hunting department's plans to confiscate off-road vehicles used by violators.

A court in Makhachkala has arrested cosmetologist Raisat Algasanova, after a patient of hers suffered serious complications following liposuction. The incident for which Algasanova was arrested is one of many, sources say.

Stavropol resident Konstantin Bernatov, who was sentenced for funding the Anti-Corruption Foundation*, appealed his sentence. Human rights activists have deemed his prosecution politically motivated.