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Murad Sultanli, Chairman of the Audit Commission of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, has been placed under administrative arrest for 30 days. His associates believe the charges against him are fabricated.

The nationalist nature of the murder of a 10-year-old Tajik boy in a school near Moscow demonstrated the failure of nationalities policy in Russia. The "Russian Community" condemned the incident, but users of Dagestani and Chechen Telegram channels pointed out the contribution of such groups in perpetuating Islamophobia as a norm for years.

Mehdi Zuzayev was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 254 Chechen fighters have been officially recognized as killed.

At a hearing in the Baku Military Court, the prosecutor proposed a life sentence for former Nagorno-Karabakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan. Vardanyan stated that the trial did not meet the requirements of a fair trial.

Residents of the Muzykalny microdistrict in Krasnodar recorded a message for the Russian president's direct line, complaining about the state of the roads and the lack of garbage collection. They say their appeals to local authorities have been ineffective.

Parliament approved a decision to abolish the administration of the former South Ossetian Autonomous Region effective January 1, 2026.

A college student intended to bring a backpack containing a homemade explosive device equivalent to 10 kg of TNT to the Volgodonsk administration building and hand it over to an official.

The international academic network Scholars at Risk has appealed to the Azerbaijani government to release researcher Bahruz Samedov. The petition was also supported by the human rights organization Amnesty International and the Norwegian Foundation for International Aid to Students and Scholars.

The case materials against Nikolai Nabiev, Sergei Kuzovenko, and Marina Zakharova, who are accused of creating an illegal armed group, have been submitted to the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don. Nabiev is hospitalized with a third heart attack.

A criminal case for participation in a terrorist organization and preparation for a terrorist attack has been opened against a 19-year-old resident of the village of Novaya Adygeya.

Numerous children were beaten in street fights in Krasnodar, after which three teenage girls were detained, but not all parents agreed to file police reports. Psychologists emphasized that violence and the desire to assert oneself through such behavior indicate psychological problems.

The Dagestan Ministry of Energy reported positive trends in the republic's electricity supply. Telegram channel users called the situation catastrophic, while Makhachkala residents reported ongoing power outages.

Krasnodar City Duma deputy Alexander Safronov was summoned to the police on December 17 following a video message recorded by over a thousand residents demanding that the embankment not be built with a church.

Novorossiysk residents complained about water supply not being delivered according to schedule

Kadyrov's statement that Zarema Musayeva was detained because of the Yangulbayev family's work on social media confirms the political nature of her persecution, but in the current reality, the Chechen leader's confession will not lead to a review of Musayeva's sentences, human rights activists noted.

There are no ongoing discussions regarding Russia's participation in the TRIPP project. Official Yerevan also stated that it is taking into account the interests of neighboring countries, such as Iran, in implementing the "Trump Route."

The Istanbul Magistrate's Court for Criminal Cases upheld the decision to place Azerbaijani opposition figure Gultekin Hajibeyli in a deportation center. She considers the court's ruling and the overall decision to deport her unlawful.

Pavel Bataev and his deputy Artur Tsamaev, accused of organizing a terrorist group on the territory of a correctional facility, received 22 and 24 years in prison.

Chechens Timur Dugazayev and Khusein Agayev, having received German citizenship as refugees, maintained contact with Kadyrov's inner circle and represented his interests in Europe, and also made numerous trips to Chechnya. Dugazayev returned to the republic after the imposition of US sanctions, but Agayev remains in Germany.

Two injured residents of the Slavyansky district have been transferred to the Regional Clinical Hospital. Operations at 21 kindergartens and three schools have been suspended.