Nineteen Georgian non-governmental organizations have spoken out against a lawsuit filed by the ruling "Georgian Dream" party seeking to ban five opposition parties. They argue that the case, currently before the Constitutional Court, marks a new phase in the restriction of political competition and could leave hundreds of thousands of voters without representation.

Zamid Chalaev, commander of the Akhmat Kadyrov Special Police Regiment, has threatened residents of Chechnya with arrest and the use of firearms for helping people whom the authorities consider to be involved in extremist and terrorist activities. He made the threats in a post on his Instagram account.

Russian security forces held 16 relatives and friends of Crimean Tatars—accused in the "fifth Bakhchisaray group" Hizb ut-Tahrir case—on the Kerch Bridge for over 12 hours. This was reported by Amina Seitumerova, the wife of one of the defendants. Russian authorities have not commented on the situation.

On the morning of October 21, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that 373 Ukrainian drones had been shot down. The Krasnodar Territory was among the regions targeted in the overnight attack.