On October 18, Azerbaijan celebrates the Day of Restoration of State Independence.

State Duma deputies Bekkhan Barakhoyev from Ingushetia and Rizvan Kurbanov from Dagestan have stopped attending plenary sessions. Earlier, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, declared blood feud against them both.

A criminal case against Anzor Abrekov from the Karachay-Cherkess Republic has been transferred to the Second Western District Military Court. He will be tried on charges of financing terrorism.

The health condition of a refugee from Chechnya, 40-year-old Zhabrail Musikhanov, who is undergoing treatment in an Austrian hospital, is deteriorating. He suffers from a serious oncological disease - blood cancer.

Основатель правящей партии «Грузинская мечта», олигарх, бывший гражданин РФ Бидзина Иванишвили имеет связи с Москвой, которые, скорее всего, стали еще крепче. Об этом заявила президент Грузии Саломе Зурабишвили в интервью Politico.

Former Federation Council member from Karachay-Cherkessia Rauf Arashukov, who was sentenced to life in prison, posted an apology to Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov on his Instagram page.

A project for a Spiritual Center, where the tallest mosque in Russia will be built, was presented in Derbent. Its height will be 88 m, the administration of the head of Dagestan reported.

The fastest growing destinations in Russian domestic tourism are Tuva (+78%), Chechnya (+66%), Dagestan (+46%), Ryazan Oblast (+46%) and Yakutia (+40%). This was announced by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Chernyshenko at a meeting of the president with members of the government.

The Military Court of Appeal continued to consider the appeal in the criminal case of Dagestan journalist Abdulmumin Gadzhiev. In September 2023, he was sentenced to 17 years in a maximum security penal colony under articles on "participation in the activities of terrorist organizations" and "financing terrorism."

Ahead of the parliamentary elections, the State Security Service (SSS) of Georgia issued a statement about a possible provocation against government officials.