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Investigators have reported on a criminal case against the former mayor of Malgobek, who illegally demolished a three-story non-residential building in 2017, causing damage to its owner in excess of 12 million rubles.

Two of the victims, including a child, are relatives of the man who died in Rostov-on-Don.

The Azerbaijani authorities are interested in weakening the regime in Tehran, but they fear the spread of the experience of mass protests to Azerbaijan. At the same time, the situation of Iranian Azerbaijanis will not significantly improve, either with the regime in Tehran remaining or with regime change.

A court in Volgograd rejected appeals against the decision to transfer the assets of former Chairman of the Supreme Court of Adygea Aslan Trakhov and his family to the state.

A Sunzha resident criticized his fellow residents in a video message for allowing an illegal garbage dump to occur near a road on the outskirts of the city. The owner of the site had already been fined for polluting the area, but the problem remains unresolved, according to the Ingush Ministry of Natural Resources.

Federal authorities responded to a hunger strike by military wives in the Rostov region, after which the women ended their protest. Other victims of the developer's deception complained that they were forced to rent housing and pay mortgages on unfinished buildings.

Rescuers found a man's body while clearing the rubble of a multi-story building damaged by a drone in Rostov-on-Don. The military reported 25 drones shot down overnight in the Rostov region and 13 in the Stavropol region.

A drone strike caused fires in an industrial zone on the outskirts of Nevinnomyssk. City authorities have switched schoolchildren to distance learning following the air strike.

Alexey Buvalin from the Kotovsky District was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,622 soldiers from the Volgograd Region have been officially recognized as killed.

An airstrike in the Rostov region injured three adults and a preschooler and left them hospitalized. A temporary shelter has been opened in the regional center for residents of the damaged apartment building.

The court upheld the preventive measure for one of the leaders of "Lelo - Strong Georgia," Aleko Elisashvili, who is accused of a terrorist attack due to an attempt to set fire to a court office.

The case of two Armenian residents accused of murdering the head of the Parakar community, Volodya Grigoryan, and police officer Karen Abrahamyan, has been sent to court.

Krasnodar officials and prosecutors inspected the quality of snow removal in courtyards, identifying over 200 violations in two days. Local authorities claim that over 30 pieces of specialized equipment are clearing roads, but Krasnodar residents claim they haven't seen any of it.

In the western part of Rostov-on-Don, several apartment buildings were damaged as a result of an air strike, and a fire occurred at an industrial plant.

A Moscow court has remanded former Rostov Region Finance Minister Lilia Fedotova, who is accused of abuse of power, in custody until February 3.

Armenian public figures have appealed to the country's prosecutor's office, demanding criminal prosecution of Russian television host Vladimir Solovyov for calling for aggression against Armenia.

The Temryuk District Court sentenced Yuri Sysoev to five years in prison for a social media post. He pleaded not guilty.

The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg ruled that the criminal prosecution of Azerbaijani activist Elgiz Gahraman (Gahramanov) in a drug case in 2016 was unlawful. The ECHR ordered the Azerbaijani government to pay him compensation in excess of 12,000 euros.

Supporters of Georgia's European integration held their traditional rally outside the parliament building on the 412th day of continuous protests. Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Sadigov burned an effigy of Irakli Kobakhidze during the rally.

A conscript soldier from Dagestan, Magomedbek Khizbulaev, stated in the hospital that he had been beaten, and that his commanders' version of a fall from a tower was inconsistent with the nature of his injuries. His family received information about the incident from a fellow soldier; the military unit did not notify the family.