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Those arrested in the Meydan TV case were persecuted at the behest of Azerbaijan's leadership for their journalistic activities, one of the defendants, Shamshad Aga, testified in court. The court extended his pretrial detention, refusing to transfer him to house arrest.

The military shot down four drones over Chechnya, the only region in the North Caucasus Federal District where a drone attack was recorded overnight. Drones were also shot down in the Krasnodar Krai, Volgograd Oblast, and Rostov Oblast.

Around 30 Sochi residents complained to the prosecutor's office about a gynecologist's ineffective medical care and her comments about patients. Following the scandal, the management of a private clinic announced the doctor's dismissal, but she continued to see patients at the city hospital's women's clinic.

The man killed in an attack on police officers at the Dzhemikentsky checkpoint near Derbent was withdrawn and reclusive. He worked in the north and came home for a couple of months a year, said Rafat Akhmedov, head of the village of Tatlyar.

The operations of the airports of Vladikavkaz, Grozny, Magas, Makhachkala and Nalchik have been temporarily suspended.

Bakhruz Samedov's grandmother, Zibeyda Osmanova, was not allowed to see him at the court hearing. The closed prison regime allows short visits only once every three months.

During their inspection, inspectors discovered that 19 homes in the Seversky District were damaged during a drone attack. All owners were promised financial assistance.

A drone alert has been declared in Chechnya, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, North Ossetia, and the Stavropol Krai. Rosaviatsiya has not announced any restrictions on airport operations in these regions.

The fence on the Bermamyt plateau in Karachay-Cherkessia was erected without permission, but regulatory agencies and law enforcement are restricted by a moratorium on inspections of businesses, according to a Ministry of Natural Resources employee. The ecologist countered that officials are still able to conduct contactless inspections.

A military court in Rostov-on-Don found Viktor Krymsky guilty of preparing a terrorist attack on behalf of the Right Sector* and collecting information about military units.

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.