The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, gave advice to local security forces on how to deal with the instigators of unrest. “If we have even one person going to unsanctioned riots, detain and imprison him. Or fire three warning shots in the air and after that, if the person does not comply with the law, fire the fourth shot in the forehead. They won't come out anymore. This is my order,” Kadyrov told the personnel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the National Guard at a meeting in the government of the republic.

Today it is impossible to imagine Azerbaijan without repressive measures, harassment, violence and intimidation aimed at suppressing freedom of speech against social and political activists. This was reported by human rights activist and co-founder of the Defense Line organization Rufat Safarov.

After a search and interrogation, journalist Idris Yusupov was released and no charges were brought. However, mobile phones, laptops, and flash drives, including those belonging to his family members, were confiscated from him.

The Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria sentenced Salikh Osmanov, a 40-year-old resident of the village of Tyrnyauz, to 9 years in a maximum security colony.

In Cherkessk, security forces drew up protocols under the rally article (Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code) for 34 participants in the protest against the arrival of refugees from Israel to Karachay-Cherkessia.

In Makhachkala, security forces came to search the house of journalist Idris Yusupov. His relative reported this.

The family of Ingushetia resident Marina Yandieva, who ran away from home, set a condition for Team Against Torture lawyer Magomed Alamov: the girl must return home by Sunday, October 29. Otherwise, the man and his family members face death. This was reported by the Team Against Torture.

Zarema Musayeva received a more severe punishment than other citizens of the Russian Federation accused under the same articles. The woman was sentenced to 2.5 years in prison for fraud and three years for using violence against a police officer.

At a meeting of the Khasavyurt District Court of Dagestan, the prosecutor's office demanded that activist, former coordinator of Navalny's headquarters in Makhachkala, Eduard Atayev, be sentenced to 7.5 years in prison.

The Makhachkala Garrison Court and the Southern District Court sentenced residents of Dagestan Bayramali Turlalov and Osman Tokayev to five and five and a half years in prison, respectively. They were found guilty of leaving a military unit without permission during mobilization.