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Azerbaijan will seek Russia's recognition of responsibility for the plane crash, although persistence won't result in any serious problems in mutual relations. If Moscow fails to react, then some diplomatic response is possible.

The Azerbaijani President, Ilham Aliev, has demanded from Russia to admit its guilt in the crash of the Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) plane, punish those responsible and pay compensation.

The court has sentenced singer Eduard Sharlot* to 5.5 years in colony on charges of rehabilitating Nazism and insulting believers. In his final statement, the musician, who had earlier asked Ramzan Kadyrov for forgiveness, has apologized again for his video clips.

Tragedy of the Baku-Grozny flight, pollution in Anapa, drone attacks, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, protests in Georgia, victims of energy crisis in Abkhazia, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of December 23-29, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

Odiljon Tozhiev, an Uzbek MP, has condemned Ramzan Kadyrov's statements about the officials who had survived the assassination attempt; he has called on Kadyrov to apologize and help find the suspects. One of them, Bislan Rasaev, was accused of political murders and espionage in Turkey, but could have been released within prisoners' exchange.

The authorities of Bosnia and Herzegovina granted asylum to Selima Khadisova, a native of Chechnya, who fled from domestic violence.

The court has announced that the sentence against Timur Idalov, a Chechen advocate, has come into force, and released him from the SIZO (pre-trial prison), demanding from him to get registered for forced labour. Idalov has claimed his illegal keeping at the SIZO after the verdict.

Ramzan Kadyrov has treated the situation in Uzbekistan as provocation and threatened to respond according to Chechen traditions for slander to two officials who, according to the media, were the targets of an assassination attempt organized with the participation of Chechen authorities.

December 28 will be a day of mourning in Chechnya for those who perished in the aircraft crash near Aktau; entertainment events in the republic have been cancelled and state flags have been lowered.

Inna Tishkina from Krasnodar apologized for her posts on the X social networking service which were “discrediting the Russian Army.” The reason for the attention to the resident of Krasnodar was an appeal to the law enforcement and related bodies by MP Sergey Klimov, who demanded an apology from Ramzan Kadyrov.

An Embraer 190 aircraft flying on the Baku-Grozny route crashed near Aktau due to physical and technical external interference, Azerbaijan Airlines said, citing data from a preliminary investigation.

Oksana Osadchaya held a solo picket in the city of Ramenskoye in support of Zarema Musaeva, who was arrested in Chechnya in a new criminal case. The solo picket attracted the attention of passers-by and law enforcers.

Secretary of the Chechen Security Council Khamzat Kadyrov has posted on a social networking service a video of the destruction of a drone. The Chechen official has also added that all the drones launched today to attack the republic had been shot down.

The withdrawal of the fatwa on polygamy does not cancel the fact that it is enshrined in the Koran; while its main purpose is to clarify the procedure and responsibility for concluding a religious marriage, a representative of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) and an Islamic scholar believe.

The creation of the “Centre for Assistance to International Protection” organization 30 years ago was an important event for the development of human rights protection in Russia, and the “Centre” itself won hundreds of cases in the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) when defending people whose rights were violated.