The New York Committee to Protect Journalists called on the Azerbaijani authorities to release the director of Internet television Channel 13, Aziz Orujov. The applicants also demanded that repressions against independent media be cancelled.

In the village of Pervomaiskoye, unknown persons stole government vehicles at gunpoint. At 19.15, three people in military uniform and masks entered the house of Vakha Zilaudinovich Bishaev, born in 1955, on Sadovaya Street.

Rosselkhoznadzor of the Russian Federation recorded a sharp increase in supplies of contaminated crop products from Armenia. During November 24-26, 36 violations were identified.

Residents of Ingushetia collected 150 tons of humanitarian aid for the Palestinians and about 80 million rubles in donations. This was announced by the head of the republic, Mahmud-Ali Kalimatov.

In the center of Urus-Martan, an attempt was made on the life of the military commandant of the Urus-Martan district, Major General Heydar Abdulmalikovich Gadzhiev, born in 1953. As usual, at this time of day he left the city administration building and headed to the former boarding school, where the commandant’s office, the FSB and the district VOVD were located.

The US has expressed concern over the arrest of four journalists and activists in Azerbaijan within a week.

The Georgian authorities have submitted to the European Commission (EC) an action plan to fulfill new conditions for the country to obtain candidate status for accession to the European Union. This was stated by the EU Ambassador to Georgia Pavel Gerchinsky.

Crimean Tatar philologist and journalist Seyran Saliev, sentenced to 16 years in prison, has been under preventive registration in a colony in the Tula region for six years. However, he did not commit any violations.

The lowest paid doctors in state medical institutions work in Ingushetia. They receive an average of 52.6 thousand rubles per month, according to official data from Rosstat. This is the last (85th) place in the country for this indicator.

Member of the Georgian Parliament from the ruling Georgian Dream party, Mamuka Mdinaradze, said that the introduction of sanctions against Russia would be self-deception and would harm the residents of the republic themselves.