The Embraer 190 passenger airliner of Azerbaijan Airlines, which crashed on December 25 in the Kazakh city of Aktau, was hit by a missile fired by a Russian anti-aircraft missile system. This interpretation of the events was voiced by Euronews, citing unnamed sources in the government of Azerbaijan, and today it has been supported by many publications and bloggers. The fact that the plane was damaged by a Russian air defense system may be indicated by photo and video footage of holes in the skin of its surviving wreckage.

The authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina granted asylum to a native of Chechnya, Selima Khadisova, and her three children. According to human rights activists, if she were deported at Moscow's request, her children could be taken away from her and she herself could be tortured.

During the summit of the EAEU countries in St. Petersburg, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced via video link that his delegation will not go to Minsk next year either. Since 2025, Belarus has been the country chairing the EAEU, and Yerevan will again participate only remotely.

The Azerbaijan Airlines Embraer passenger plane that crashed in Aktau, Kazakhstan, on December 25 could have been hit by a Russian missile over Grozny. This was reported to Euronews with reference to sources in the Azerbaijani government.

The Cherkessk City Court will consider a criminal case of fraud against the former adviser to the head of the Karachay-Cherkessia Republic and Deputy Prime Minister Eldar Baichorov and the former head of the economic security department of the regional Ministry of Internal Affairs Temirlan Baikulov.

Experts have found that the most affordable housing in a new building is in Chechnya, where the average cost per square meter is about 40 thousand rubles with an average monthly salary of 43 thousand. In a year, a resident of the region can buy about 13 square meters if he does not spend money on food and other needs. These are the data from the Key Capita study.

Crimean Tatar Osman Seytumerov, held in a prison in Vladimir, complained of periodic attacks of gastritis. According to his mother, he is receiving treatment.

The head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov held an extended meeting on the results of the outgoing year. The chairman of the regional government Magomed Daudov said that the average salary increased to 40,580 rubles. Industrial production, according to him, increased by 29%, more than 12 thousand jobs were created. It was possible to reduce unemployment to 5% and introduce more than 2 million 300 thousand square meters of housing.

According to the order of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, December 26 has been declared a Day of Mourning in memory of the victims of the AZAL plane crash.

On the skin of the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed this morning in Kazakhstan, traces resembling damage from missile strike elements are visible. Video confirmation of this version was posted by Fighterbomber, a blogger associated with the Russian Aerospace Forces, on his Telegram channel. In the video, damage is clearly visible on the skin of the surviving tail section of the plane.