December 28 marked exactly 80 years since the start of the deportation of the Kalmyk people. About a hundred thousand people were exiled to Siberia on Stalin's orders. More than 50 thousand displaced people died during transportation and living in a new place.

In Novosibirsk, a customer at the Maria-Ra retail chain made a remark to the saleswoman about wearing a hijab in the workplace. In response, she called her a Nazi.

Lawyers of the Memorial center turned to the UN special rapporteur on human rights in Russia, Mariana Katsarova. They asked to intervene in the situation with the persecution of people who in Dagestan were put on “profutsa” as “religious extremists.”

In Crimea, this and last year, 590 reports of administrative offenses were drawn up under Article 20.3.3 of the Administrative Code “Public actions aimed at discrediting the use of the armed forces of the Russian Federation.” These are the data of the “Crimean process”.

A protocol was drawn up against a resident of Ingushetia, Ruslan Khashiev, to discredit Russian military personnel. This was reported on the website of the Magas District Court. What kind of punishment we are talking about is not specified.

The court in Alushta found Denis Gritsenko guilty of promoting extremist symbols (Part 1 of Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the Russian Federation) for signing “Glory to Ukraine” in his passport. He was arrested for 12 days.

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.

At 3 o'clock in the morning in the city of Urus-Martan, Russian servicemen burst into the house of the Dzhabrailovs, living at the address: Gogol Street, 4. At this time, the residents were sleeping.

The Yerevan Court of General Jurisdiction decided to drop charges against former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan. He was accused of receiving a bribe of $3 million from a businesswoman. The statute of limitations on this case has expired.

Leaders of Georgian opposition parties commented on the decision of the Abkhaz parliament to ratify the agreement with Russia on the transfer of ownership of the Pitsunda state dacha to it. The opposition of Abkhazia also protested against the decision of its authorities.