Armenia's participation in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court directly damages Russian-Armenian relations. This was stated by the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova.

The Prigorodny District Court of North Ossetia found former Deputy Head of the Federal Penitentiary Service Amiran Tigiev guilty under three articles - illegal entrepreneurship, especially large-scale theft and abuse of power. However, he was released from punishment due to the expiration of the statute of limitations.

The largest number of car thefts this year were detected in Moscow. In second and third place are Dagestan and Kabardino-Balkarian Republic. In these regions of the Russian Federation, 40%, 26% and 17% of car thefts were recorded, respectively.

Today at five in the morning an explosion occurred in Grozny. According to preliminary data, a drone attack could have been the cause. According to the opposition Telegram channel 1Adat, the strike occurred near one of the facilities of the Akhmat Kadyrov Special Purpose Special Forces Regiment.

The Public Defender of Georgia Levan Ioseliani appealed to the Ministry of Internal Affairs with a demand to immediately respond to the police abuse against the protesters. In particular, the Ombudsman accuses the security forces of using brutal physical violence as punishment.

Chechen lawyer Timur Idalov, convicted in a case of threatening a prosecutor, is being denied letters by employees of Moscow's Pretrial Detention Center No. 4. They cite the lack of envelopes with stamps. The petition in question concerns a petition to the Khimki City Court - in the letter, Idalov asks to review the protocol and audio recording of the court hearing.

The case of 66-year-old journalist Nadezhda Kevorkova was returned from the prosecutor's office to the investigation stage due to "inaccuracies in the charges." After revision, it will be returned to the prosecutor's office for review.

The Constitutional Court of Georgia did not accept for consideration the claims of the president and 34 opposition members to cancel the results of the parliamentary elections held on October 26. The decision is final and cannot be appealed or reviewed, the website of the Constitutional Court says.

The Abkhazian parliament voted against ratifying an agreement with the Russian Federation on investments. Earlier, its possible adoption caused mass protests.

On November 17, lawyer and human rights activist Rustem Kyamilev left a special detention center in annexed Simferopol. This was reported on the Facebook page of the public movement "Crimean Solidarity", where he works.