A 72-year-old local resident named Kottoyev has been detained in the village of Psedakh in the Malgobek District of Ingushetia. He is suspected of participating in an illegal armed group.

Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Shalva Papuashvili, commenting on the discussion of Trump's peace plan, emphasized that the European Union's position on this issue has become fundamental. He noted that on November 22, everyone heard for the first time from European leaders that any peace plan must require "agreement between Ukraine and Europe," not just Ukraine.

The Azerbaijan-Turkey Think Tank Forum has opened in Shusha. Heads and researchers from leading analytical institutions from both countries are participating in the event. Key discussion topics include regional security, foreign policy, economic integration, and cooperation in transport, communications, and energy.

Georgi Mamniashvili, an employee of the Georgian opposition television channel TV Pirveli, was subjected to degrading treatment in custody after being detained on November 22. His lawyer, Tornike Migineishvili, stated this, stating that the journalist was handcuffed for several hours and forced to strip naked and do squats. Mamniashvili is reportedly being held in the Dighomi pretrial detention center.

On November 17, during a meeting in Yerevan, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan asked US Deputy Secretary of State Alison Hooker what steps Washington was taking to free 23 Armenian prisoners in Azerbaijan. He cited a promise made to him personally by US President Donald Trump during their August meeting at the White House.

Azerbaijan has become the latest country to rule out participation in the International Stabilization Force for Gaza, jeopardizing the prospects for the implementation of US President Donald Trump's multinational plan.

A criminal case for fraud has been opened in Dagestan against Magomed Magomedov, the editor-in-chief of the republican newspaper "Molodezh Dagestan."

The court granted the investigation's motion to remand Spartak Ghukasyan, the son of the mayor of Gyumri, Armenia's second-most populous city, for two months. He is accused of hooliganism committed by a group of individuals using information or communications technology.

Irakli Pavlenishvili, Deputy Secretary General of the Georgian opposition party United National Movement, called the statement by Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili "shameful." Papuashvili had previously stated, "Ukraine is in a situation today where it can neither continue the war nor end it. They wanted this to happen to us, so that we would have no choice, and so that we would be faced with two bad options."

Georgia's fifth President, Salome Zurabishvili, addressed Volodymyr Zelenskyy ahead of a meeting of European Union leaders dedicated to the war in Ukraine. The politician expressed support for the Ukrainian president and wished him "strength and a peaceful future with dignity."