Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, who is under arrest, called on citizens to increase street protests against the results of the parliamentary elections.

Nikita Zhuravel, a student from Volgograd, who was sentenced by a court in Chechnya to 3.5 years on charges of burning the Koran, was brought to his hometown to participate in the first hearing in a new case of treason. According to the investigation, in the spring of 2023, he not only burned the holy book, but also gave the SBU a video of a train carrying military equipment. The young man faces a life sentence.

Chechen activist Abubakar Yangulbaev, the son of Zarema Musayeva, who was kidnapped and convicted in Grozny, filed a statement with the Paris police station. In it, he reported threats of violence against him and his family members from the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, State Duma deputy Adam Delimkhanov and their entourage.

The Kirovsky District Court of Irkutsk recognized the actions of security forces in suppressing the riot in IK-15 of Angarsk, Irkutsk Region, in 2020, as legal. One of the victims was a prisoner, a native of Chechnya, Khumaid Khaidaev, who received several dozen injuries. This was reported by the "Team Against Torture".

The Moscow Garrison Military Court has extended the arrest of former lawyer Elman Pashayev from North Ossetia. He is accused of fraud on an especially large scale.

60-year-old Crimean Tatar Ruslan Nagaev is kept in the dark about the date of his operation. The man, recently sentenced to 13 years, was transferred from the Verkhneuralsk prison to IK-21 in the village of Iksa in the Arkhangelsk region. From there he was almost immediately taken to the hospital at the Federal Penitentiary Service, where he has already spent a week.

Ahead of the opening of the 29th UN Climate Change Conference in the Azerbaijani capital Baku, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) called on the international community to put pressure on Azerbaijan to release imprisoned journalists and put an end to gross violations of their rights.

The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation upheld the sentence of six years in prison for 32-year-old Almira Ayupova. The native of Chechnya was found guilty of participating in the international terrorist organization "Islamic State" in Syria. Both prosecution witnesses did not actually confirm the woman's guilt.

The first session of parliament will be held in Georgia in 10 days after the results of the parliamentary elections are announced. This was announced by Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. He noted that the presence of the president is not required for this and the deputies will hold the session without the consent of Salome Zurabishvili. She is an opponent of the ruling Georgian Dream party.

A former Special Forces officer, Republican Congressman Mike Waltz, will be appointed US National Security Advisor. This was announced by the country's President-elect Donald Trump.