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Ivan Alexeev has been fined by 45,000 roubles for expressing his opinion about the actions of the Russian Army in Ukraine.

In the churches of Southern Russia, Christmas services were held under heavy security guards. In their Christmas statements, religious figures and officials mentioned the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine.

Kirill Shekurov, a resident of Volgograd, was fined by 40,000 roubles for posting criticism of Vladimir Putin, Russian President, on the Internet.

The sale of tickets to the ice rink has been suspended due to the large number of visitors, the administration of the "Rosa Khutor" resort has announced amid the limited sales of ski passes.

The law enforcement bodies are putting pressure on relatives of Emran Navruzbekov, a former FSB officer from Dagestan, who has requested political asylum in Europe.

The Russian Special Forces University, operating in the city of Gudermes, has trained more than 9,000 fighters to be sent to Ukraine, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated.

In Nalchik, the police detained a developer of three housing complexes, suspected of fraud with the money of real estate investors. The detention was preceded by a video message recorded and made public by the homebuyers.

After the construction of fish farms on the Chirkei Reservoir, the water will become undrinkable, residents of the village of Chirkei have shared their fears in a video appeal to residents and authorities of Dagestan, urging them to influence the situation.

The head of Rustam Aguev, the head of the Kurchaloi ROVD (District Interior Division), who is in Ukraine, is alive. The reports about his death and that Ramzan Kadyrov was involved therein were treated as fake by Akhmed Dudaev, the Chechen Minister for National Policy, Foreign Relations, Press and Information.

Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov, the head of Ingushetia, is at risk of resignation in the first half of 2023, according to a report by the Agency for Political and Economic Communications (APEC). Among the factors that have affected his rating are the problems with the payment of pensions.

After falling under her husband's influence, a mother of many children from Makhachkala went to Syria, where she joined the ranks of the "Islamic State" (IS)*, investigators believe. Her defence treats these allegations as unjustified.

In Southern Russia, garrison military courts refuse to satisfy claims lodged by military servicemen, who seek dismissal due to the expiry of their contracts, citing the mobilization decree.

Gas and heating have been installed in the houses of three families of the mobilized compatriots, the administration in Kabardino-Balkaria reports.

Natives of Chechnya took part in rallies in support of Mikhail Saakashvili, organized by Georgian activists in European cities.

The development of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; sentencing of the Arashukov grouping; the scandals around Chechen authorities, – read about these and other events that happened in the Caucasus during the week from December 26, 2022, to January 1, 2023, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

The information that the military commissariats (registration and enlistment office) of the Kuban (Krasnodar Territory) demands from enterprises to allocate employees for sending to military training camps is not true, the territorial operative headquarters has stated.

On the day of memory of preacher Kunta-Khadji Kishiev, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, who regularly reports on sending volunteers to the special military operation and calls on religious figures to join it, has recalled the pacifist position of Kunta-Khadji Kishiev.

A rally against the extradition of Chechen refugees took place in front of the Croatian Embassy in Vienna. About 500-700 refugees from Chechnya cross the Bosnian-Croatian border every week, and the flow has grown amid fears of continued mobilization, the human rights organization “Vayfond” reports.

The Vladikavkaz Garrison Court has refused to satisfy the claim of Shamil Chupanov, a military serviceman, who demanded a certificate of his wound in Ukraine in order to receive the due compensation. The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don has also denied Chupanov.

The father of Magomed-Ali Sultanov, a resident of Kayakent, who was killed in a brawl, has expressed his gratitude to fellow villagers for their support. The father has noted that all his demands have been met; and those who call for new protests are pursuing their own goals.