According to the Ministry of Defense, a Ukrainian drone was shot down over a military airfield in the city of Engels in the Saratov region. Three servicemen died due to falling shrapnel. On the night of December 26, Telegram channels began publishing videos of the explosion in Engels. It was also reported that an air raid siren was heard in the city. Earlier on December 5, explosions were also heard at airfields in Engels and Ryazan.

The arsonists of the Nizhnevartovsk military registration and enlistment office, Vladislav Borisenko and Vasily Gavrilishen, have had their charges increased. Now they are accused of committing a “terrorist attack.” Previously, they were charged under the articles “destruction or damage to property” and “hooliganism.” On May 4, Borisenko and Gavrilishen threw two Molotov cocktails into the military registration and enlistment office building in Nizhnevartovsk.

On January 25, 2024, Doxa was recognized as an “unwanted organization”. If you are in Russia or plan to return to it, you can not replace our materials on social networks, refer to them and publish quotes. Read more about what is possible and impossible, read in the cards .

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs has put the head of the Bellingcat investigative group, journalist Hristo Grozev, on the wanted list. A criminal case was opened against him about Grozev, a criminal case was opened for disseminating “fake news” about the Russian army, according to the pro-Kremlin publication RIA Novosti.

In the UK, airlines are refusing to operate deportation flights on which the government plans to send refugees to Rwanda. The British government made the decision to deport immigrants who arrive in the country in search of political asylum back in April 2022. It was supposed to primarily affect migrants from African countries who arrived in the UK by boat or truck “illegally”, according to the British government. Human rights activists spoke out against the deportation plan.

On December 25, in the capital of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Stepanakarta, a rally of thousands took place against the blockade of the Lachin corridor. “Once again, the military-political leadership of Azerbaijan grossly violates the norms of international law and the obligations assumed within the framework of the trilateral statement of November 9, 2020.

Activists from Kalmykia, Buryatia, Tuva, Khakassia, Sakha and Altai launched the podcast “The Republic Speaks _” about the life of these Asian republics within Russia. The podcast can be listened to on eight platforms , and the fate of the project can be followed on its page Instagram . There you can also send an audio message about your experience for the podcast if you are a representative of one of the listed republics.