The best defense against Russian aggression is Georgia’s solidarity with the European Union and the country’s presence within the European community. Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili stated this in an interview with France24 English.

At 10.30 on Zhukovsky Street in Grozny, near the “Banya” stop, unknown persons attempted to blow up an armored personnel carrier. The military opened random fire from machine guns in different directions. Whether intentionally or accidentally, a city bus on route 29 passing by also came under fire. The driver was seriously injured, but managed to drive the bus to safety and stop it. The name and place of residence of the deceased driver of the Memorial Human Rights Center are unknown.

In Azerbaijan, on National Revival Day, a group of public figures organized a flash mob demanding the release of the famous economist professor and opposition politician Gubad Ibadoglu. The day before, his arrest was extended for another three months. The lawyer noted that the charges have no legal basis.

This year, instead of serving time in a colony, former RUBOP operative Sergei Khadzhikurbanov, sentenced to 20 years for organizing the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, served in the Storm-Z unit in Ukraine (a unit for prisoners).

The Nalchik garrison court sentenced mobilized Isa Malsagov, accused of leaving a military unit, to five years of probation. Mitigating circumstances were recognized as his receipt of the medal “For Courage” for being wounded at the Northern Military District in Ukraine and participation in the counter-terrorist operation in the North Caucasus.

The South Ossetian authorities banned an activist from the Akhalgori region, previously persecuted for political reasons, Tamara Mearakishvili, from holding a picket against corruption in the region. The dishonest behavior of citizen Mearakishvili is aimed at discrediting state power in the eyes of the public, noted the Prosecutor General’s Office of the self-proclaimed republic.

At least 27 people accused of participating in mass riots (Part 2 of Article 212 of the Criminal Code) were sent to the Makhachkala pre-trial detention center. We are talking about participants in the pogrom at Makhachkala International Airport.

On November 3, in Sevastopol, 22-year-old Farkhad Soliev and his colleague, 33-year-old Server Aliyev, were taken to an unknown direction in a car belonging to the FSB. Since then, the relatives of the abducted have not known about their location and status.

The 15-year-old son of the head of Chechnya, Adam Kadyrov, received two new awards. This is the Order of “Labor Valor of Russia” and the medal “For Contribution to the Development of the Russian Special Forces University”, 1st degree. To date, Adam Kadyrov has already received eight awards and a high rank after beating student Nikita Zhuravel, accused of burning the Koran, in a pre-trial detention center in Grozny.

On November 17, Azerbaijan celebrates a national holiday known as National Revival Day.