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

In the morning, in the village of Starye Atagi, a 25-year-old local resident, Mokhmad-Salah (Magomed-Salah) Iriskhanov, was killed. He was going to visit relatives who lived nearby, left his house and saw Russian military personnel on Lenin Street.

Dozens of Makhachkala residents gathered in the square in front of the government building of the republic for a rally of solidarity with Palestine. According to the Gorets channel, the police dispersed the crowd.

After his arrest, a video was found on the phone of 20-year-old Mohammed Mogushkov where he swears allegiance to the banned terrorist organization Islamic State. Investigators believe that the attack by a native of Ingushetia at the French school was planned.

The industrial court of Vladikavkaz imposed a fine of 30 thousand rubles on local resident Kazbek Alikov under the article “discrediting” the army. He posted an anti-war comment under the video.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced his readiness to sign a peace treaty with Azerbaijan by the end of 2023. He announced this at a meeting in the European Parliament.

They propose to check Anatoly Chubais for the withdrawal of capital from Russia. State Duma deputy from Dagestan Sultan Khamzaev said that he would send the relevant requests to the FSB and the Investigative Committee.

The Russian embassy in Paris said Mohammed Mogushkov had been radicalized in France since he was a child when he arrived there with his family.

Georgian President Zurabishvili, after the decision of the Constitutional Court that she had violated the law, said that she was not going to resign.

On the night of October 16, in the villages of Starye Atagi and the village of Chiri-Yurt, attacks occurred on the POM (or, as local residents call them, commandant’s offices). The number of attackers is unknown.