Ingushetia, Dagestan and Chechnya are the anti-leaders of the unemployment rating
In 2024, Ingushetia, Dagestan and Chechnya recorded the highest share of unemployed people in the Russian Federation from the total number of economically active population - 25.5%, 11.5% and 7.5%, respectively. These are the data of the research agency "RIA Rating" based on the results of the fourth quarter of last year.
 
North Ossetia with an indicator of 7.4% is on the 82nd line of the rating, Karachay-Cherkessia - on the 80th (5.3%), Kabardino-Balkaria - on the 77th (4.8%), Stavropol Krai - on the 71st (3.4%).
 
At the same time, the level of official unemployment over the year in all regions of the North Caucasus decreased. The most significant is in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (-4%) and the Karachay-Cherkess Republic (-3.1%), the least is in the Stavropol Territory (-0.2%).
 
Moscow is the region with the lowest unemployment rate in Russia, followed by the Amur Region and the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug.
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The arrested former head of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration will be removed from the Security Council.
Politics
The arrested former head of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration will be removed from the Security Council.
17 October 2025

Former head of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration and former president of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS), Ramiz Mehdiyev, will be removed from the Security Council on charges of attempting to seize power. The court previously placed him under house arrest for four months.
A defendant in the case of his involvement in the attack on Pskov paratroopers in Chechnya received a lengthy prison sentence
Human rights
A defendant in the case of his involvement in the attack on Pskov paratroopers in Chechnya received a lengthy prison sentence
17 October 2025

The Southern District Military Court found Islam Batsiev, a native of Dagestan, guilty of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer (Article 317 of the Russian Criminal Code) for participating in the attack on Pskov paratroopers as part of Basayev and Khattab's field detachment. Batsiev was sentenced to 21 years in a maximum-security penal colony.
In France, natives of Dagestan were detained on suspicion of plotting an assassination attempt on Vladimir Osechkin
Society
In France, natives of Dagestan were detained on suspicion of plotting an assassination attempt on Vladimir Osechkin
17 October 2025

An assassination attempt on Vladimir Osechkin, the founder of Gulagu.net, was thwarted in France. French intelligence agencies arrested a group of individuals suspected of plotting the murder of the Russian opposition leader. Three natives of Dagestan were among those detained.
Kavelashvili Signs Law Tightening Penalties for Violations at Demonstrations
Human rights
Kavelashvili Signs Law Tightening Penalties for Violations at Demonstrations
17 October 2025

Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili, whose legitimacy is disputed by the opposition and a significant portion of civil society, has signed a bill toughening penalties for violations related to assemblies and demonstrations. The document amends the Code of Administrative Offenses and the Criminal Code of Georgia.