The Azerbaijani Parliament (Milli Majlis) commented on the planned increase in security spending in the 2026 state budget. Arzu Nagiyev, head of the Defense Committee, attributed this to the need to finance demining and infrastructure development in Karabakh, as well as the formation of police forces and rapid response services there.

Former Azerbaijani political prisoner Saleh Rustamov has been banned from leaving the country. The activist, who had been living abroad after his release, returned to Baku to attend the funeral of a relative.

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan emphasized that normalizing relations with Turkey and achieving peace with Azerbaijan are two independent, yet important, processes for Yerevan. He noted that artificially linking these processes could harm both, while establishing relations with Turkey could create favorable conditions for normalizing relations with Azerbaijan.

The Prosecutor General's Office has filed a lawsuit to seize 850 million rubles worth of property from Dagestani parliament member Murtuzali Murtuzaliev, his common-law wife, and her relatives. An investigation revealed that the acquisitions of the member and his relatives significantly exceeded their combined legal income for the period from 2006 to 2023.

Giga Lemonjava, a member of the Droa party, cited the fact that the Georgian delegation included a sanctioned deputy minister as the reason for the postponement of the Georgia-EU human rights dialogue:

According to Important Stories, a behind-the-scenes struggle for the post of head of Chechnya is unfolding in the Kremlin amid rumors of Ramzan Kadyrov's deteriorating health. Citing sources in the security services, the publication reports disagreements between various agencies over the successor.

A resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, arrested for treason and preparing an act of sabotage, faces life imprisonment. The 34-year-old man is suspected of collaborating with Ukrainian intelligence services and planning an act of sabotage in Kabardino-Balkaria.

Georgia accused the European Union of disrupting planned human rights talks. Tbilisi stated that the EU canceled a meeting scheduled for November 21 in Brussels shortly before it was scheduled.

Despite the defense's efforts, the Kutaisi Court of Appeals upheld the first-instance ruling that sentenced Mzia Amaglobeli, founder and director of the Batumelebi newspaper group, to two years in prison.

Dagestan residents Yuliana Aliyeva and Maryam Chunkova were found guilty by the republic's Supreme Court of publicly desecrating the memory of defenders of the Fatherland.