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Apti Alaudinov announced the dismissal of the case against Chechen fighter Alikhan Bersayev, who was detained after a conflict at a Luhansk swimming pool with blogger Maksim Divnich. According to the head of the Akhmat special forces unit, Divnich faces serious consequences, and criminal charges are being considered.

Former Nagorno-Karabakh President Arayik Harutyunyan stated that he first heard about a number of war crimes he is accused of in court and refused to admit guilt. Two other defendants expressed a similar position. Ruben Vardanyan's international lawyer, commenting on the requested life sentence, called the charges fabricated.

Human rights activists and lawyers have stated that a combination of legal methods and public activism is needed to secure an investigation into the pressure exerted on those who signed the petition in defense of Larisa Tuptsokova. At the same time, they believe that informal pressure, including the dismissal of public sector employees, may continue.

The head of the affairs department of the head and government of Ingushetia has decided to resign of his own accord following the seizure of illegally acquired property worth 80 million rubles.

Residents of southern Russia had hoped that their questions, voiced during the direct line with the president, would lead to solutions to pressing problems, but their requests were never aired. Specifically, questions about the opening of Anapa's beaches and a request from residents of the Yubileiny microdistrict in Krasnodar, recorded by about a thousand people, were not aired.

Following an appeal from the Governor of the Krasnodar Krai, Rosmorrechflot closed the Lider Line ferry service, which included the Seabridge ferry, scheduled to operate between Trabzon, Turkey, and Sochi. The governor attributed the inability to receive the ferry at the Sochi port to insufficient infrastructure.

Volgograd activist Nikolai Belikov, who participated in protests in Tbilisi, has been served with a deportation notice from Georgia with a five-year entry ban. He must leave the country by January 10.

The Rostov-on-Don Military Court was unable to hold a hearing in the case of Kuban pensioners accused of creating an illegal armed group because the condition of Nikolai Nabiyev, who was hospitalized with a third heart attack, worsened. The pensioners' families can no longer afford legal fees.

Three days after the murder of a schoolboy in Odintsovo, Chechen Security Council Secretary Adam Kadyrov expressed his condolences to his family. He stated that the incident was the result of years of hate propaganda against people from Central Asia and the Caucasus.