On September 19, Azerbaijan announced the start of "local anti-terrorist measures" in Nagorno-Karabakh and began a massive shelling of its territory. By the end of the month, more than 100,000 Armenians left the unrecognized republic and fled to Armenia. NKR President Samvel Shahramanyan signed a decree on the termination of the republic's existence from January 1, 2024.

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili proposed making changes to the state order and creating a bicameral parliament. The head of state noted that there is no “real self-government” in the country.

On October 24, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, announced the formation of a new Chechen battalion named after Sheikh Mansur, which will fight as part of the Russian Defense Ministry. On October 26, another new unit was announced – the Baysangur Benoevsky Rosgvardia battalion.

On September 4, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree awarding state awards to a number of Russian figures. Among them is the daughter of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, Minister of Culture Ayshat Kadyrova. She was awarded the medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" of the 2nd degree. The decree notes her "services in the development of national culture and art, many years of fruitful creative activity."

Opposition members of the Georgian parliament appealed to NATO and the EU to “take a firm and united position against Russia’s ongoing policy of occupation and annexation.” They called for a response to the placement of a permanent base for the Russian navy in the Abkhaz port of Ochamchira.

The meeting in Malta of the Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia with the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine is a demonstrative anti-Russian gesture of official Yerevan. This was stated by the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Zakharova.

Salome Zurabishvili fears that Russian President Putin may use relocants to launch a “doctrine for the protection of Russian-speaking citizens” and start a war. She stated this in an interview with a reporter from the American television channel CBS (CBS).

The Israeli authorities assessed the level of danger for their citizens’ stay in the North Caucasus and the South of the Russian Federation as maximum (fourth) and urged them not to visit these regions.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting in the Kremlin that the unrest at Makhachkala airport was “inspired through social networks from Ukraine through Western intelligence services.”

Georgia expects a far-sighted and fair decision from Europe that will allow the country to deservedly receive candidate status. Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili stated this during his speech at the Silk Road Forum in Tbilisi.