Overview
- Regional officials reported the latest restoration on January 3, bringing electricity back to 8,200 additional homes.
- About 43,000 people remain without power across the region, according to Governor Veniamin Kondratyev.
- The most difficult conditions were recorded in parts of Belorechensky, Apsheronsky, Kurganinsky, Labinsky and Ust-Labinsky districts, as well as Armavir and Sochi.
- A state of emergency is in effect in Belorechensky district as repair teams work to stabilize the grid.
- Work continues in settlements of Apsheronsky, Belorechensky and Kurganinsky districts and the Tuapse municipal district, after an earlier update cited 22,300 reconnections in less than a day.