Vardan Ghukasyan, the mayor of Gyumri, Armenia's second-largest city by population, has been charged with new statements regarding his comments on a possible union with other states. Investigators have characterized these statements as "public calls to renounce the country's sovereignty" (Article 422, Part 2 of the Armenian Criminal Code). The defense claims the charges are politically motivated, citing international norms.

The Investigative Committee of Armenia reported the arrest of three Gyumri mayor's office employees. They are accused of coercing citizens into participating in a protest in support of the arrested mayor, Vardan Ghukasyan.

In Yerevan, a decision has been made to rename Leningradyan (Leningradskaya) Street. City officials cited the former name's associations with the Soviet era.

The Investigative Committee of Armenia reported that 13 participants in the mass unrest in the city of Gyumri have been taken into custody. One of the detainees, a minor, has been placed under house arrest.

An explosion occurred near a military unit in the 204th Quarter neighborhood of Stavropol. A local resident was injured. The incident occurred near the 247th Airborne Assault Regiment.

In September of this year, the North Caucasus Federal District demonstrated the lowest per capita alcohol consumption among Russian regions.

The Regional Control Center (RCC) of Ingushetia reported the spread of a fake news story on social media, allegedly showing the "desecration of Ossetian graves" in the village of Plievo in the Nazran District.

The Leninsky District Court of Orenburg is holding off-site hearings at the Black Dolphin maximum security prison in the Orenburg Region, where former Senator Rauf Arashukov from Karachay-Cherkessia is serving a life sentence. A new criminal case against the convicted man is being heard there.

The FSB detained a man allegedly planning a terrorist attack on the Georgievsk administration building in Stavropol Krai.

The Leninsky District Court of Stavropol, following a lawsuit filed by the First Deputy Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, confiscated property worth over 31 million rubles from former Dagestan Deputy Prime Minister Rayudin Yusufov and his relatives.