Today in Makhachkala a traditional picket took place in support of political prisoner-journalist Abdulmumin Gadzhiev. The action was attended by the deputy editor-in-chief of the Chernovik publication Magomed Magomedov and his colleagues.

“An icon is something that people pray to. But the icon of Stalin as such does not exist.” This is how the head of the Public Relations Service of the Patriarchate of Georgia, Archpriest Andria Jagmaidze, commented on the appearance of an icon with USSR Secretary General Joseph Stalin in the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity (Tsminda Sameba) in Tbilisi.

Islam is a powerful religion, and devoutly religious fanatics are capable of any sacrifice in order to defend their idea of the structure of the world, says Russian State Duma deputy Mikhail Matveev. “We see how they are conquering more and more living space,” he said.

Ingushetia is recognized as one of the regions with the largest increase in street crime (robberies, thefts, etc.). Over the 11 months of 2023, the dynamics were +29% compared to the same period in 2022. This was reported in the report of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

There are 1,407 schools with 481 thousand students in Dagestan. Among these institutions, 143 are recognized as emergency and another 714 are in need of major repairs. In fact, over half of the schools in Dagestan are not equipped for full-fledged education due to the deterioration of buildings and infrastructure.

Ingushetia took first place in the Russian Federation in terms of the share of drug crimes in January-November 2023. It accounted for 28.6% of the total number of crimes committed, according to statistics from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, held a meeting with the heads of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs and the National Guard. He recalled that their relatives will also be held responsible for the actions of all “extremists and terrorists” operating from abroad.

The Supreme Court of Adygea found a Maykop resident guilty of treason and sentenced him to 4.5 years in prison.
According to the investigation and the court, from the end of 2021 to the beginning of 2023, the minor took photographs of the locations of military units of the Russian Ministry of Defense on the territory of Maykop.

Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze responded to complaints from a number of Georgian artists that the authorities do not invite them to perform at New Year’s concerts in any regions.

The Ministry of Emergency Situations warned of heavy snowfalls and ice in the regions of the North Caucasus Federal District. Due to avalanche danger, the Elbrus resort in the Kabardino-Balkaria region suspended its activities. There is also a danger of snow masses falling from the mountains of Dagestan and North Ossetia.