As a result of mutual agreements between Moscow and Baku, a detainee exchange took place. Russia released Yusif Khalilov, the leader of the Azerbaijani diaspora in Voronezh, in response to Azerbaijan's release of Yevgeny Belousov, editor-in-chief of Sputnik Azerbaijan.

German authorities deported 48 people to Georgia, including the brother and other relatives of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, a Chechen field commander and Georgian native killed in 2019.

Prominent Azerbaijani opposition blogger, human rights activist, and former political prisoner Mehman Huseynov published a video with the caption: "The thief Ilham Aliyev and his family are agents of Russia. The Aliyev family has occupied our country."

Russia has added Ruslan Suleymanov, an Azerbaijani orientalist and employee of the Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy (ADA) and the CBC-Azerbaijan television channel, to its list of foreign agents.

Political prisoner Darya Polyudova, serving her sentence in Correctional Colony No. 8 in Kostroma, has declared a hunger strike. She is drinking only water. This decision is due to the pressure she is facing in the prison colony.

The Investigative Committee of Armenia reported the arrest of three Gyumri mayor's office employees. They are accused of coercing citizens into participating in a protest in support of the arrested mayor, Vardan Ghukasyan.

The Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) of Ukraine has admitted its involvement in the explosion that occurred on October 22 in Stavropol.

Mikhail Gutseriev, an Ingush billionaire, won his case in the European Court of Justice. He challenged EU sanctions imposed against him in 2024 due to his ties to the Belarusian leadership. The court found that the Council of the European Union relied on outdated data in its decision.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced the country's gradual lifting of the blockade. Speaking at an international forum in Tbilisi, he welcomed Azerbaijan's decision to lift export restrictions and thanked President Ilham Aliyev for this.

A blind Muslim, Alexander Sizikov, has been detained again in Crimea. A nighttime search of his home, conducted by approximately 20 security officials, resulted in the seizure of his equipment.