Russian President Vladimir Putin is holding a direct line today and at the same time a large press conference on the results of the year. At the beginning of the event, a question appeared on the monitor screen: “Why does a tray of eggs cost 550 rubles in Dagestan?” The President ignored him.

The day before, the second group of refugees from Palestine arrived in Ingushetia - 18 people. They were taken to the Assa hotel in Nazran.

The night before, residents of Makhachkala blocked the road on Gamidov and Akushinsky avenues. They complained of a lack of electricity for several days. Due to this, heating devices in houses also do not work.

The first group of 55 Palestinian refugees arrived in Ingushetia. It is reported that the authorities plan to receive 100 people.

The Armenian public made an appeal to international organizations, protesting against the conditions for the return of residents to Nagorno-Karabakh proposed by Azerbaijan. The appeal was sent to the UN, OSCE, PACE, NATO, CSTO, CIS, the President of the European Council and the Chairman of the European Parliament.

Based on reports from local authorities, the death of 693 residents of Dagestan has been confirmed in the war with Ukraine. This is the highest figure among the republics of the North Caucasus Federal District.

Chairman of the Georgian Parliament Shalva Papuashvili commented on the civil march “Our voice to the European Union”, held on December 9 in Tbilisi as a sign of support for the country’s accession to the EU. Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili took part in the action. The protesters unfurled the largest EU flag in the world.

Six college students in France have been convicted of involvement in the 2020 murder of history teacher Samuel Paty by ethnic Chechen Abdullah Anzorov.

The head of Kabardino-Balkaria, Kazbek Kokov, said that a special flight of the Ministry of Emergency Situations will deliver over 20 tons of humanitarian aid collected by residents of the republic to Egypt for the population of the Gaza Strip. The head of the region thanked everyone who participated in the collection of humanitarian aid and its delivery.

The criminal case against the former head of the State Traffic Inspectorate of the Stavropol Territory, Alexei Safonov, was sent to the Fifth Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction. Safonov is accused of creating a criminal community and receiving bribes on a large scale by an organized group.