From February 2026, schools and colleges in North Ossetia will have advisers on military-patriotic education from among the participants in military operations in Ukraine, announced the head of the region, Sergei Menyailo.

Photo: “Chechnya Today” A memorial plaque to those killed in the Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) flight crash was unveiled today in Grozny, in the park named after Heydar Aliyev. It is alleged that in addition to representatives of the Chechen authorities, the ceremony was attended by relatives and friends of the victims. On the memorial plate there is the inscription: “Eternal memory to those killed in the plane crash.

In the Second Western Military District Court, there is a debate on the case of treason against Evgenia Konforkina, an animal engineer and riding instructor from Lyubertsy, near Moscow. Today, during the debate, the prosecutor’s office asked the animal rights activist for 18 years of general regime and a fine of 300 thousand rubles, a Novaya Gazeta correspondent reported from the courtroom.

Photo: Pskov “Yabloko” The network of communities “Citizens ... of the Territory” was blocked on VKontakte again soon after the first blocking, writes the telegram channel “kromnash”. The communities were named after the names of districts of the Pskov region and were associated with the local branch of Yabloko. For the first time, VKontakte blocked communities on December 22 at the request of Roskomnadzor - 26 of them. For what exact reason is unknown.

The Bar Chamber of the Udmurt Republic terminated the status of lawyer Dmitry Talantov and his powers as a member of the Council of the Bar Chamber. The “Word to Defense” project drew attention to this. The Udmurt Department of the Ministry of Justice demanded that Talantov’s status as a lawyer be terminated in connection with the entry into force of the verdict against the lawyer. In 2024, the court sentenced Talantov to seven years in prison.

HRC member, human rights activist and journalist Eva Merkacheva gave Putin a list of convicted Russians who are proposed to be pardoned on the occasion of the New Year. This was stated today by the head of the Human Rights Council Valery Fadeev. “Eva Merkacheva handed over the list to the president. I absolutely support her.

Monuments to Stalin continue to rise throughout the country, although they are starting to wobble a little Moscow. Photo: Sergey Fadeichev / TASS A rare example of a decision to dismantle a monument to Stalin erected in Vologda, finally approved by the Arbitration Court of the North-Western District, is lost against the background of more and more new memorial installations.

Did a sensation really occur at the just concluded Plenum of the Supreme Court? Igor Krasnov at the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. Photo: Sofya Sandurskaya / TASS The next, last this year, meeting of the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has ended.

The head of Crimea, Sergei Aksenov, notified that restrictions on the operation of mobile Internet on the peninsula will last “until the completion of the Northern Military District.” “The Internet today can serve both good and bad purposes. The enemy often uses these things. So these restrictions will remain in effect until the end of the Northern War.

The Tagansky Court of Moscow accepted the lawsuit of a group of Russians due to the restriction of calls in the Telegram and WhatsApp instant messengers, the press service of the capital's courts reported. As follows from the lawsuit, among the defendants are Roskomnadzor and the Ministry of Digital Development. Among the plaintiffs are 42 messenger users, their representatives reported to RBC.

How easy is it to move to the USA? Photo: Vladimir Gerdo / TASS Over the past months, dozens of Russian citizens have been deported from the United States to Domodedovo by plane with a transfer in Egypt. Upon arrival, they are interrogated by FSB officers, and men of military age are immediately given summonses to the military registration and enlistment office.

Where does the Motherland begin for those who were deported to Russia from the USA? Photo: Zuma/TASS 18+. THIS MATERIAL (INFORMATION) WAS PRODUCED, DISTRIBUTED AND (OR) SENT BY FOREIGN AGENT AZAR ILYA VILYAMOVICH OR CONCERNES THE ACTIVITIES OF FOREIGN AGENT AZAR ILYA VILYAMOVICH. Over the past six months, four charter flights carrying dozens of Russians deported from the United States have landed in Moscow.

We summarize the results of 2025 in Valery Shiryaev’s regular column “February 24/7” Over this year, the nature of combat operations has noticeably changed: the role of drones has grown even more, and underground communications have appeared at the front. Against this backdrop, there was the election of Donald Trump in the United States, a reassembly of American foreign policy and the first talk of peace negotiations in a long time.

"Manege" opened the exhibition "All Benois - All Benois", dedicated to the largest artistic dynasty in Europe Exhibition “All Benois - All Benois” at the Manege. Photo: official TG channel of the Manege Central Exhibition Hall For more than 230 years, members of the Benois family in Russia built theaters and palaces, painted paintings and created sets for theatrical productions, stood at the origins of museum work in Russia and preserved monuments of Russian culture.

In Novosibirsk, masked riot police broke into the private home of the large Belozerov family. At that moment, the father of the family, his pregnant wife and eight children were sleeping in the apartment, writes the Precedent publication. “I jump out of bed and then riot police break me, hitting me in the legs. They also knocked my two children, 10 and 13 years old, to the floor." — Evgeny Belozerov told reporters.