On October 12, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a resolution recognizing the Russian regime as “terrorist.” The document is called “Further escalation of aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine.” The Assembly also called on the Georgian authorities to release from arrest a citizen of Ukraine, ex-President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili.

On October 11, the International Monetary Fund, in its latest World Economic Outlook report, forecast that the Armenian economy will grow by 7% by the end of 2022.

On October 10, Vladimir Putin announced that he had ordered massive long-range strikes.

On October 8, an explosion occurred on the Crimean Bridge, which connects the Krasnodar region of Russia with the annexed Ukrainian peninsula.

Human rights activists from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus received the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize.

It is difficult to say what other mediators can offer, but both the Americans and the Europeans are doing their best to strengthen their influence in the South Caucasus by offering their platforms for negotiations.

According to official data, partial mobilization was supposed to cover 300 thousand people. However, regional human rights organizations and activists note that the mobilization disproportionately affected ethnic minorities. Thus, according to State Duma deputy from Yakutia Sardana Avksentyeva, if in the Kursk region 0.9% of men of military age were mobilized, in the Novosibirsk region - 0.27%, then in Kalmykia - 1.41%, in Yakutia - 1.66%.

On October 6, Putin ordered the transfer of the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant under Russian control as federal property.

On October 5, the heads of the State Duma committees on defense, Andrei Kartapolov, and security and anti-corruption, Vasily Piskarev, sent a letter to Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov with a request to sort out the problems arising in the supply of the rear.

On October 4, Ukrainian troops entered the village of Torskoye in the Donetsk region and are fighting for the village of Kremennaya in the Lugansk region.