On December 6, in Makhachkala, on the shore of Lake Ak-Gel, a stone was laid for the construction of the Alexander Nevsky Cathedral. The solemn ceremony was attended by Presidential Envoy to the North Caucasus Federal District Yuri Chaika, the leadership of the republic, and the hierarchs of the Russian Orthodox Church.
On December 2, the toponymy commission of the Izyum city administration approved the renaming of 22 city streets. Among them is Turgenev Street, named after the first president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, Dzhokhar Dudayev.
On December 1, the Meshchansky Court of Moscow passed a verdict on the co-owners of the Summa group - the Dagestani businessmen brothers Magomedov. Ziyavudin Magomedov received 19 years of strict regime, ex-senator from the Smolensk region Magomed Magomedov - 18 years. The court also confiscated all the property remaining from the oligarchs and deprived them of state awards.
On November 22, Pope Francis gave an interview to the American magazine America, where he spoke about the war in Ukraine. The interview was published on November 28 and caused a stir in Russia due to the fact that the pontiff called the Chechens and Buryats the “most brutal” participants in the war.
On October 29, Ukrainian politician, deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, representative of Ukraine in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Alexey Goncharenko, announced the creation of a battalion of Dagestanis named after Imam Shamil as part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The unit was headed by Magomet Seipulaev.
On October 28, a demonstration took place in front of the Romanian Embassy in Austria against the deportation of Chechen Amina Gerikhanova at the request of Russia. Previously, similar actions with the participation of representatives of human rights organizations and the Chechen diaspora took place in several European cities.
On October 27, speaking at a meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club, President Vladimir Putin accused the West of nurturing terrorists in Russia.
On October 26, the Congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk people published the Declaration “On State Independence of the Republic of Kalmykia,” in which it announced the need for “the complete liberation of the Oirat-Kalmyk people from colonial dependence on Russia.” The Congress stated that it would seek the secession of Kalmykia from the Russian Federation, the proclamation and creation of a sovereign independent state.
A military court in Nalchik sentenced Atmir Tokhov to five years in prison for leaving his military unit without leave.
The Constitutional Court of Armenia has upheld the nationalization of Electric Networks of Armenia, a company owned by Russian businessman and billionaire Samvel Karapetyan. The constitutionality of the July 3 bill amending the laws "On Energy" and "On the Public Services Regulatory Authority" has been upheld.
The Moscow City Court has approved the confiscation of real estate, land, and vehicles worth a total of 41.9 billion rubles from Vladimir Kayshev, the former head of the Karachay-Cherkessia government, his family, and associated individuals. This decision was in response to accusations of illegally conducting business while serving in government service and attempting to raid the Kavminvody plant.
The panel of judges of the 2nd Western District Military Court in the Moscow City Court handed down verdicts in the Crocus terrorist attack case. The four perpetrators of the attack—Shamsiddin Fariduni, Dalerdzhon Mirzoyev, Makhammadsobir Fayzov, and Saidakram Rachabolizod—were given life sentences. Similar sentences were given to Ingush natives Dzhabrail Aushev, Khusein Medov, and nine other defendants.