The Georgian Parliament has approved the date of the presidential elections in the country – December 14. The new head will be elected for 5 years. The term of the current President Salome Zurabishvili expires on December 16.

Washington and London are working on organizing a "Ukrainian scenario" in some CIS countries. This was stated by the Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin at a meeting of the heads of security agencies and intelligence services of the CIS countries in Moscow.

Armenia will not participate in the CSTO summit in Astana on November 28. At the same time, Yerevan "does not object to the planned documents being adopted." This was reported by the Russian Permanent Representative to the organization, Viktor Vasilyev.

На минулих парламентських виборах було сфальшовано 500 тисяч голосів. Про це заявив екс-президент Грузії Михайло Саакашвілі, який перебуває під арештом.

A court in Volgograd sentenced 20-year-old student Nikita Zhuravel to 13.5 years in prison on charges of treason. He was also previously convicted of burning the Koran and was held in a pretrial detention center in Chechnya.

Over nine months, salaries in the regions of the North Caucasus Federal District increased by 12-20% compared to the same period in 2024. The most noticeable growth was in Stavropol (19.9%) and in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic (19.3%). In these regions, average salaries amounted to 54.8 and 46 thousand rubles, respectively. These are the data from the North Caucasus Statistics Office.

At the first session of the Georgian parliament of the 11th convocation, the deputies of the ruling Georgian Dream party recognized the powers of all its members, including the opposition members who demonstratively refused their mandates. Today's session took place despite a large-scale protest outside the parliament building. Opposition supporters who disagreed with the election results spent the whole night here.

In Tbilisi, the opposition and its supporters protesting against the results of the parliamentary elections are outside the parliament building. Police cordons guard the side entrances where deputies from the ruling Georgian Dream party are to enter for the first session.

Opposition protests in Abkhazia "have damaged the image" of the self-proclaimed republic, but "the situation has not reached the point of no return." This was stated by former President Aslan Bzhania, who recently resigned.

Dagestan topped the rating of Russian regions in terms of population commitment to a healthy lifestyle, scoring 99.1 points out of 100. This was reported by RIA Novosti. In second place is Chechnya (95.5 points), in third place is Kabardino-Balkaria (87.8 points).