Fourteen citizens of the Russian Federation were detained at protests in Georgia from November 28 to December 9. The corresponding message was posted on the Facebook page of the Russian Interests Section at the Swiss Embassy.

Russia may provide payments to Abkhazia if it stops playing out agreements to the detriment of Moscow. This was stated by the first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, Konstantin Zatulin.

Over the past 10 days, Georgian police and special forces have harmed more than 70 journalists and cameramen covering protests in support of European integration. One of the high-profile episodes was the attack on the TV Pirveli film crew. This was announced by the Office of the Media Ombudsman of Georgia.

International human rights organizations have appealed to the Georgian authorities to prevent the extradition of journalist Afgan Sadigov to Azerbaijan. The applicants include International Partnership for Human Rights, Open Contract Partnership, Crude Accountability and the Norwegian Human Rights House Foundation.

A blind Muslim, Alexander Sizikov, sentenced to 17 years, was transported from Crimea. This was reported by OVD-Info, citing the prisoner's mother, Elena Sizikova. According to her, the man was taken to Krasnodar, and from there, most likely, he will be delivered to the Vladimir region.

The level of violence and brutality against protesters in Georgia is deeply concerning. This was stated by EU Ambassador to the country Pawel Gerchinsky.

Following the ban on wearing masks during rallies, the Georgian Dream party plans to regulate the import and sale of pyrotechnics in Georgia. This was announced by the speaker of the parliament, Shalva Papuashvili.

Former employee of the Sovetsky District Department of Internal Affairs of Makhachkala Islam Atavov was found guilty of abuse of power and sentenced to 7.5 years in prison. He participated in the torture of a local resident, Kurban Dalgatov.

Kabardino-Balkaria is in the penultimate, 84th place in the ranking of saving up for the initial mortgage payment. Here, the average family with one child will have to wait 7.7 years. The worst income situation is in Crimea - it will take more than 8 years to collect the required amount.

In Russia, there are more owners of smartphones on Android than on iOS - 58-60% versus 40-42%. At the same time, the largest number of iPhone owners are registered in Dagestan and Chechnya, where the share of users of this brand reaches 63% and 61%, respectively.