On November 28, the mayor of Makhachkala, Salman Dadaev, announced at a session of the city meeting that he was leaving his post. He did not hide that the reason for his early resignation was a conflict with the head of the republic, Sergei Melikov.

On November 16, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine put the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, on the wanted list. The orientation indicates that he is accused under two articles of the Criminal Code: Art. 110 “Encroachment on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine” (punishable by imprisonment for a term of 5 to 10 years) and Art. 437 “Planning, preparation, unleashing and waging an aggressive war” (up to 15 years).

On October 31, negotiations between the heads of Russia, Armenia and Azerbaijan on Nagorno-Karabakh took place in Sochi. First, Putin held bilateral meetings with Aliyev and Pashinyan, then everyone met in a trilateral format.
As experts note, the Sochi meetings did not add anything new to the negotiation process.

On October 29, Ukrainian politician, deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, representative of Ukraine in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Alexey Goncharenko, announced the creation of a battalion of Dagestanis named after Imam Shamil as part of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The unit was headed by Magomet Seipulaev.

On October 27, speaking at a meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club, President Vladimir Putin accused the West of nurturing terrorists in Russia.

On October 26, the Congress of the Oirat-Kalmyk people published the Declaration “On State Independence of the Republic of Kalmykia,” in which it announced the need for “the complete liberation of the Oirat-Kalmyk people from colonial dependence on Russia.” The Congress stated that it would seek the secession of Kalmykia from the Russian Federation, the proclamation and creation of a sovereign independent state.

On October 25, the Armenian authorities announced that they consider the arrival of State Duma deputy, first deputy chairman for CIS affairs and relations with compatriots Konstantin Zatulin undesirable. Margarita Simonyan, editor-in-chief of the Rossiya Segodnya media group and RT television channel, was subject to the same restrictions.

On October 18, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted a resolution in which it declared the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria a territory “temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation” and condemned “the commission of genocide of the Chechen people.” 287 deputies voted for the adoption of the document.

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.

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.