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Opposition parties, activists, and students have announced a large-scale march on December 6 demanding an international investigation into the use of chemical agents against protesters in November-December 2024.

A court sentenced Volgograd blogger Alexey Ulyanov to two months' pretrial detention on extortion charges. In court, he admitted receiving money for his publications, but that everything was legal.

The Kirovsky District Court of Makhachkala has remanded Magomed-Gadzhi Aidiev, former head of the Novolaksky District of Dagestan, in custody for two months. Investigators allege he illegally transferred 37 plots of land in villages that had not yet been established.

The fire at the landfill near Novorossiysk has been extinguished, but the smoldering area extends to 220 square meters, and soil is still being filled in. Fires at the landfill are recurring due to violations of operating procedures, the ecologist noted.

Chechen Minister of Physical Culture and Sports Akhmat Kadyrov donated over 18 million rubles to the families of fire victims. Social media users wondered when he managed to earn such a large sum.

Ali Karimli, the head of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party, is not receiving a parcel in pretrial detention, his family reported. The PACE General Rapporteur on Political Prisoners called on the Azerbaijani authorities to review the charges against Karimli and ensure his rights are respected during the investigation.

Former Volgograd student Nikita Zhuravel's appeal against his treason conviction was dismissed.

The court is hearing a case against Elena Khoshtaria, one of the leaders of the Coalition for Change, for defacing an election banner in her absence. The politician also barred her lawyer from participating in the examination of evidence.

The Prosecutor General's Office of Dagestan has approved the indictment against Batal Magomedov for the attack on police officers in Makhachkala, which resulted in the deaths of two security officers. The case has been sent to the Southern District Military Court.

Rustam Murzagishiev, a resident of Karachay-Cherkessia, Ilkhom Shukurov, a resident of Tatarstan, and Chingiz Savchenko, a Ukrainian citizen, have been arrested on charges of armed rebellion, participation in a gang, and attempted murder of military personnel. Investigators believe they participated in the 2000 attack on Pskov paratroopers in Chechnya.

Turkish law enforcement agencies have initiated deportation proceedings against Azerbaijani opposition politician Gultekin Hajibeyli to Azerbaijan on suspicion of threatening public safety. She has appealed to the ECHR, urging Turkish authorities not to extradite her due to the risk of arrest.

Airports in Grozny, Magas, and Vladikavkaz have resumed operations without flight delays. At Volgograd Airport, a flight to Dubai and an arrival from Moscow were delayed.

The government is providing no assistance to the Zhemchuzhnaya Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, which houses more than 100 birds affected by the oil spill near Anapa.

Authorities in the Rostov and Stavropol regions reported drone strikes. Officially, there were no casualties.

Investigative Committee Chairman Alexander Bastrykin has requested approval from the High Qualification Collegium of Judges of the Russian Federation to prosecute five judges of the Sovetsky District Court of Rostov-on-Don, including Elena Kobleva, who was arrested in 2024.

Armen Kazarov, Alexey Ignatenko, Oleg Klopov, and five other of their fellow countrymen were killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have acknowledged at least 778 combatants from the Rostov region killed there.

Airports in Grozny, Vladikavkaz, and Magas have been grounded for the third night in a row. A no-fly alert has also been declared in Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Stavropol.

The Ganja Court for Serious Crimes sentenced Ismail Gasanov to 3.5 years in prison. He recruited from a Russian prison colony to the Wagner PMC and traveled to the Ukrainian war zone on the promise of release, money, and Russian citizenship.

A military court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Dagestani blogger Arslan Mirzaev (Ali Charinsky), finding him guilty of spreading "fakes" about the Russian army and calling for terrorism.

Rosaviatsiya (the Federal Air Transport Agency) has imposed temporary restrictions at Volgograd Airport, citing a threat to flight safety. A drone alert has been declared in the region.