Non-Moscow news for the night of January 12
🔹 At war in Ukraine a representative of a small people from Irkutsk area - Tofalar Andrey KholyamoevHe only turned 18 in August 2025, and he died in September. The obituary notes say that Kholyamoev was from Tofalaria — a remote area where an endangered people lives. In 2015, there were only 663 Tofalars.
🔹 Russia has used for the first time the new Geranium-5 drone, which is 6 meters long and has a wingspan of up to 5,5 meters. "This UAV can hardly be considered Russia's own development. Significant design and technological similarities with the Iranian Karrar drone have been recorded," The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine stated that the Geran's warhead weighs approximately 90 kg, and its stated range is approximately 1000 km.
🔹 Churches across Russia held prayer services to "admonish those intending" to have an abortion. Specifically, all churches Tomsk и Khabarovsk dioceses, in the main churches Chelyabinsk и Volgograd dioceses, in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Moscow, Vologda areaThe text of the prayer service was approved by the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church at the end of 2025. It includes the following words: “That our brothers and sisters, who are overwhelmed by the sinful thought of infanticide, may come to their senses, and that they may be delivered from this senseless darkness and come to repentance and understanding of the truth.”
🔹 Residents Chelyabinsk area A job posting is being sought to "guard" the Crimean Bridge. The vacancy appeared on a popular online job board. The "guards" of this infrastructure, built with gross violations of international law, are promised salaries of 210 to 258 rubles per month.
🔹 In Shirinsky area Khakassia has discovered a mass fish kill in a river. White Iyus — pike, dace, burbot, taimen and grayling lie along the banks. “They went down the Iyus River, — said the head of Solenoozerny Alexander Nikitin. “The consequences of the freeze are visible along the riverbed for 10 kilometers.” Water samples and fish will be taken for examination by specialists from the Ministry of Natural Resources. Khakassia.
