Yesterday, the Russian Ministry of Justice added to the list of foreign agents. Its new defendants are Chechen opposition blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov, journalist of the independent Russian online publication Mediazona Dmitry Treshchanin, stand-up comedian Denis Chuzhoy, who spoke out against the war, and the online publication about life in the regions Govorit NeMoskva.

Every year since 2009, Azerbaijan celebrates National Flag Day on November 9. The current tricolor flag of the country was first approved on November 9, 1918 by the government of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR).

A court in Makhachkala arrested activist and sports commentator Ramazan Rabadanov for two months, until January 7. He was accused of illegal arms and ammunition trafficking.

The parliamentary elections have taken place, and there are serious suspicions of fraud, which requires a serious investigation. This was stated by the President of the European Council Charles Michel at the summit in Budapest. According to him, the EU leaders will discuss the current situation in Georgia and send a clear signal to the country's leadership.

После нападения на росгвардейцев в Чечне местные силовики вернулись к практике «зачисток», сообщают правозащитники «Мемориала». Десятки людей были задержаны в ходе подворовых обходов в населенных пунктах, находящихся по соседству с селом Петропавловское. Подробнее – в нашем видеосюжете. 

A former deputy minister of education and science of Dagestan was detained on suspicion of accepting bribes in the amount of 60 million rubles. This was reported by the Investigative Committee of Russia.

The international journalistic organization Reporters Without Borders and the Committee to Protect Journalists condemned the detention of Azerbaijani journalist Polad Aslanov in a punishment cell and called for his release.

Rustem Kyamilev, a lawyer for the Crimean Tatar legal movement "Crimean Solidarity", was fined 50 thousand rubles under the article on discrediting the Russian army. He was charged with reposting a publication by politician Grigory Yavlinsky about the events in Syria and Ukraine, which was made back in 2017.

8 ноября Азербайджан отмечает День Победы во Второй Карабахской войне, которая завершилась выводом армянских вооруженных формирований из большей части Карабаха.

Security forces searched the house of lawyers, the spouses of Lila Gemedzha and Rustem Kyamilev. They are engaged in providing legal support to the Crimean Tatars.