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The State Duma expands benefits for the close relatives of participants in the special military operation. The State Duma approved in the first reading a bill expanding the list of citizens eligible to enroll in higher education institutions on a state-funded basis. The changes concern relatives of participants killed in the special military operation (SMO). Kirov residents are in no hurry to convert their salaries into digital rubles. Despite plans for the widespread implementation of the digital ruble from autumn 2026, most residents of Kirov Oblast are wary of the new form of payments, a survey by the job-search service SuperJob found. A trapper from Kirov was fined for illegal quadcopter flights over the Vyatka River. A man launched a drone without registering it with Rosaviatsiya and was held administratively liable. Fake medics are going door-to-door in Kirovo-Chepetsk with "miracle drugs". Residents of Kirovo-Chepetsk were warned about a new type of fraud — unknown individuals pose as medical workers and try to sell "cold remedies." In the Kotel'nichsky District, a tenant paid nearly a million rubles for illegal logging. The agricultural enterprise compensated for the damage caused by cutting down trees after an inspection by the environmental protection prosecutor's office. It has become known whether traffic jams are expected in Kirov on January 15. The State Traffic Inspectorate of the city of Kirov reported on road congestion on Thursday.