Russian authorities have stripped Bakhtiyar Hasanov, head of the Council of National and Cultural Autonomy of Azerbaijanis, of his citizenship. He was accused of ties to "shadowy schemes" such as illegal migration, counterfeit goods, and inciting ethnic hatred.

The de facto leader of the occupied Tskhinvali region, Alan Gagloev, accused the Georgian authorities of continuing to use international platforms to promote the "propaganda slogan of Russian occupation and 'occupied territories.'" According to him, instead of dialogue on genuine security and stability in the South Caucasus, Tbilisi supports "Georgia's blockade of South Ossetia and Abkhazia," enshrined in the Law on Occupied Territories adopted under President Mikheil Saakashvili.

Assets of former Chairman of the Supreme Court of Adygea Aslan Trakhov and his family, worth over 13 billion rubles, have been seized by the state following a lawsuit filed by the Prosecutor General's Office.

A 43-year-old Anapa resident has been remanded in custody by the Takhtamukaysky District Court of Adygea for two months on charges of publicly insulting the feelings of believers (Part 2 of Article 148 of the Russian Criminal Code). According to investigators, on the night of September 14, he threw a pig's head onto the grounds of a mosque in the village of Kozet.