Chechnya's Human Rights Commissioner, Mansur Soltayev, has called on Marina Akhmedova, a member of the Russian Presidential Council for Human Rights, to apologize for her critical remarks about Akhmat commander Apti Alaudinov, whom she called "the most talkative general."

Arrested Gyumri Mayor Vardan Ghukasyan has been hospitalized due to a sharp deterioration in his health. According to his lawyer, Zaruhi Postanjyan, Ghukasyan fell ill in pretrial detention and was taken to the Grigor Lusavorich Medical Center. According to preliminary reports, he has been diagnosed with diabetes. There were earlier reports of nutritional problems following his arrest.

A case has been opened against Oksana Kobeleva, the author of the Z-channel "Security in a Vatnik," for "discrediting" the Russian Armed Forces. The case will be heard in the Gelendzhik City Court.

According to the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, in the first nine months of 2025, the fewest crimes were recorded in the Sirius federal territory (457), the Nenets Autonomous Okrug (491), and the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug (515). Ingushetia (1,530) and Chechnya (2,020) also made the top ten regions, ranking fourth and eighth, respectively.

A Moscow court has extended the arrest of blogger Arsen Markaryan, who was detained in August, by two months. According to the press service of Moscow's courts of general jurisdiction, Markaryan is charged with insulting the memory of defenders of the Fatherland (Part 4, Article 354.1 of the Russian Criminal Code).

The Ministry of National Policy and Religious Affairs of Dagestan has allocated approximately one million rubles for programs for children from families with individuals accused of terrorism and extremism.

Magomed-Bek Uzhakhov, head of the regional branch of the Bank of Russia in Ingushetia, has been arrested for two months on charges of abuse of office.

For the first time since the 1990s, Russian Railways sent a shipment of wheat to Armenia via Azerbaijan. The Russian Ministry of Transport reported that the shipment of over 1,000 tons of wheat from Dimitrovgrad station (Ulyanovsk Oblast) to Armenia was made possible by the resumption of freight transit.

The opening of new transport routes between Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Turkey poses a serious threat to Georgia's logistics industry. According to expert estimates, the country risks losing a significant portion of its transit cargo flow, amounting to 2 million tons, or 15-20% of the Middle Corridor's volume.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, currently in China, commented on the report on European Union enlargement. He stated that the injustice and distortion of facts by European bureaucracy have led to a gradual decline in Georgia's trust in the European Union and the EU as a whole.