Non-Moscow News Overnight – By the Morning of December 9
🔹 The fire started in Novosibirsk Pedagogical College. Clouds of smoke are billowing into the sky. Almost the entire roof of the building is engulfed in flames. Students reported hearing explosions. They are now being evacuated to neighboring School No. 17.
🔹 Killed in Yerevan Chechen woman Aishat Baymuradov She may have been poisoned, Dozhd reports, citing a source close to the investigation. It was previously believed the girl was strangled. The Investigative Committee Armenia The forensic examination is not being released—it can take up to a year. In November, it was reported that Armenian investigators had opened a criminal case against two people connected to Aishat's murder. They have been placed on the wanted list and arrested in absentia, but their names have not been released.
🔹 The driver who hit six people was released from custody in Novosibirsk: "The preventive measure in the form of house arrest for the accused has been changed to a preventive measure in the form of a ban on certain actions," The press service of the region's general jurisdiction courts reported that 19-year-old Oleg Popov is accused of driving a carsharing vehicle drunk and without a license, and crashing into people near the Oktyabrsky Department Store bus stop in October. One of the victims was in critical condition, and four were in serious condition.
🔹 At 18 years old Adam Kadyrov - the son of the head Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov — a new award. This time, a certificate of honor from the Russian National Guard. “This award is a recognition of his personal contribution and active assistance to the units of the Russian National Guard in fulfilling the tasks of protecting the constitutional order, ensuring public safety and law and order,” An associate of the head of Chechnya commented Magomed Daudov. “Adam Ramzanovich has proven himself to be a responsible, effective, and efficient person.”
🔹 The court sentenced the former State Duma deputy Ilya Ponomarev To six years and one month in prison for "justifying and promoting terrorism," as well as for evading his duties as a "foreign agent." Taking into account his previous sentence, the former deputy, arrested in absentia, was sentenced to 12 years in prison.