The Investigative Committee did not initiate criminal proceedings against Moscow police officers. In November, they beat up Tamerlan Marzoev, a native of North Ossetia, on the street, insulting him on ethnic grounds.

A new criminal case was opened against the deputy head of the Tatar-Bashkir service of Radio Liberty, Alsu Kurmasheva, under an article about military “fakes”. The reason was a book that the accused published in November 2022. It contains 40 stories of Russians opposing the war in Ukraine.

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

The Shali City Court of the Chechen Republic, as expected, denied the parole of Zarema Musaeva. He agreed with the arguments of the state prosecution and the colony. They believe that the goals of the punishment have not been achieved and Musaeva should not be released.

Political prisoners Ruslan Suleymanov and Osman Arifmemetov, held in the Novocherkassk pre-trial detention center, do not receive purchases from the FSIN prison store made by their relatives. Lawyer Lilya Gemedzhi reported on the preparation of complaints to the prosecutor's office.

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.

Late in the evening in the village of Avtury, unknown persons knocked on the Gakishevs’ house. They called Bislan Gakishev and shot him right in the yard. At one time, Bislan worked as a security guard for Adam Deniev, and it is possible that the murder is connected precisely with this fact in his biography.

A criminal case has been sent to court against the alleged participants in the attack on Pskov paratroopers during the second Russian-Chechen war. Residents of Tatarstan Ilgam Gumerov, Ilgiz Mukhametgaliev, Khaidar Razzakov and Mukhamedvali Shaikhutdinov are accused under Part 2 of Article 209 (participation in a gang), Article 279 (armed rebellion) and Article 317 (attack on the life of military personnel) of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation.

A meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the European Union and the ministerial of the Eastern Partnership countries was held in Brussels. As the EU's chief diplomat Josep Borrell noted, Georgia is moving towards EU membership, and the situation in Armenia requires strong support.