Eight people died after being poisoned by low-quality alcohol in Irkutsk, reports , citing a source in the region’s emergency services. Interfax According to the source, nine more were hospitalized, six of them in critical condition; Victims began arriving at hospitals on Saturday. The Irkutsk Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs confirmed the departures. “The incident occurred on December 18 in the Novo-Lenino microdistrict of the regional center.

In the Staropromyslovsky district of Grozny, alleged militants suspected of attacking police officers have been blocked, reports , citing a source in law enforcement agencies. RIA Novosti “At the moment, the suspects in the attack are blocked in the area of ​​the cemetery in the Staropromyslovsky district, a special operation is underway,” the agency quotes the source as saying. The "Caucasian Knot" writes that shooting is also taking place on Putin Avenue.

The Investigative Committee of the Moscow Region is conducting an investigation after the body of a man without outer clothing was found in the forest area of ​​the Mytishchi district, according to the department’s website. RIA Novosti, citing a source in law enforcement agencies , notes that a French citizen who disappeared after a robbery in Moscow has been found.

Chechen police are looking for three militants who fled after an attack on police officers in Grozny, TASS reports , citing a source in law enforcement agencies. According to the source, police are looking for three suspects aged 18 to 20 years. “According to our data, they previously left their permanent place of residence and became part of an ISIS cell. The criminals may be armed,” he said. According to the Caucasian Knot, two suspects, Ibragim Mazhaev and Istamul Mamaev, are wanted.

Four suspects in an attack on a policeman in the Oktyabrsky district of Grozny were killed during an attempt to arrest them, cites RIA Novosti data from the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov. Two attackers were wounded and taken to hospital. According to him, at night a group of armed people attacked a police officer and drove away in his car, after which the “Interception” plan was introduced.