The governors of the southern regions asked Vladimir Putin to tighten control over foreign traders. The heads of the Don, Kuban and Stavropol regions sent a letter to the president asking to strengthen the state’s role in controlling Russian grain exports, 30% of which are purchased by foreign companies. This was reported in the documentary film “Grain” on the TV channel “Russia 1”.

The northern bypass of Anapa was opened in the Kuban. The four-lane highway connected the M-4 Don highway and the Crimean Peninsula, reports the press service of the Krasnodar Territory Administration. The cost of the road with a length of 13.5 km amounted to 9.2 billion rubles.

On the Don, restrictions on border transport of freight and a ban on drones have been introduced since December 22. The exit of vehicles with a carrying capacity of more than 3.5 tons is limited to the Veselo-Voznesensky checkpoint, and the entry of transit vehicles with a carrying capacity of more than 12 tons to Rostov-sur -the-Don is prohibited, head of the Rostov region Vasily Golubev wrote on his Telegram channel.

The ban on flights to southern airports has been extended until January 2. The airports of Anapa, Gelendzhik, Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don, Simferopol, Elista are closed to civil aviation, reports the Federal Air Transport Agency. The air ports of Sochi, Volgograd, Mineralnye Vody, Stavropol and Moscow operate as before.

The verdict of the former deputy governor of the Rostov region has entered into force. The Court of Appeal confirmed the verdict against Sergei Sidash in the criminal case of abuse during the construction of the Rostov Arena stadium, the press service of the Rostov regional court reported. The ex-official, who was given a four-year suspended prison sentence, claimed his innocence.

The case of illegal markets in Aksai district has been taken to court. More than a dozen people, including ex-Aksai district head Vitaly Borzenko, businessman Karim Babaev, his sons Vadim and Eduard Babaev, are defendants in the lawsuit over the region’s markets from Aksai.

Liliya Bulatova became the general director of JSC Gloria Jeans. The company’s former COO replaced Seis Ismail, a UK citizen, as CEO. Information about this is contained in SPARK-Interfax. Lilia Bulatova started her career at Gloria Jeans as an Analytical Reporting Manager.

Inflation in Kalmykia decreased to 10.02% in November 2022. Annual inflation fell by 1.4% in November in Kalmykia, reports the press service of the southern department of the Bank of Russia. This is the lowest figure among the regions of the Southern Federal District, where inflation is 14.90%.

Alice Fashion Rus plans to open a logistics center in Novocherkassk. The company will invest 600 million rubles. in the construction of the center with an area of ​​​​24 thousand square meters. m., according to the press service of the manufacturer. Construction is expected to be completed by mid-2024.

The Rostov court replaced Anastasia Shevchenko’s suspended sentence with a real one. A liquidated former Open Russia activist (linked to the British Open Russia Civic Movement, which was declared undesirable) was sentenced in absentia to three years in a settlement settlement by decision of Rostov’s Leninsky District Court, said Kommersant-Sud to the press office of the court.

“Chernomortransneft” is asking for compensation from the owners of the sites under the pipeline. As it became known from Kommersant-Sud, the company, through the court, is seeking reimbursement of compensation payments (from 110,000 rubles to 4 million rubles) paid during the construction of the Novovelichkovskaya-Krasnodar oil pipeline. The possibility of such a return is provided for by the terms of the agreement with the owners of the land.

In Rostov, 1017 citizens were called as part of a partial mobilization. 394 children are brought up in the families of conscripts, said the head of the city Duma, Zinaida Neyarokhin. Children are enrolled in educational institutions for free and without queuing, they receive free meals.

The project for the revision of underpasses in Rostov will be prepared by a contractor from Pyatigorsk. The contract for the development of design and estimate documentation for the overhaul of underground pedestrian crossings in Rostov was won by the restoration department of the Pyatigorsk SNP, the head of the city administration, Alexei Logvinenko, said on his Telegram channel. The cost of four crossing repair projects is 26.6 million rubles.