Since October of last year, more than 100 incidents involving falling drones have been recorded within the Utrish Nature Reserve in the Krasnodar Territory. Fourteen of these incidents resulted in fires, affecting a total area of ​​71.7 hectares. TASS reported these figures, citing the reserve's acting director, Dmitry Onokhov.

The Nalchik City Court has fined a 40-year-old local resident for distributing extremist materials. According to law enforcement, the woman posted an advertisement on an online platform to sell a religious book that had been added to the Federal List of Extremist Materials in 2015.

Mansur Movlaev, a native of Chechnya currently held in Kazakhstan pending extradition, has recounted a conversation with a representative of the Penal System Committee following two suicide attempts. According to Movlaev, the prosecutor stated that the Russian side would succeed in having him returned regardless, while also mentioning the possibility of him becoming a "martyr."

In August, the American startup Firebird launched an AI-focused data center in Hrazdan, located approximately 45 kilometers from Yerevan. The company plans to ramp up the facility's capacity to 300 MW and install over 70,000 Nvidia chips by the end of 2027.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has once again "nationalized" the assets of a foreign company. This time, he signed a decree placing the "Aptar Vladimir" enterprise—owned by the US-based plastic products and packaging manufacturer Aptar—under temporary management.

According to a report by the Russian Ministry of Defense, air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 297 drones overnight on September 22 over several Russian regions, including the Kuban, the Rostov and Volgograd regions, and occupied Crimea.

Georgia’s ruling "Georgian Dream" party has expanded its constitutional lawsuit seeking to ban opposition parties by adding the political force of former Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia—"Gakharia – For Georgia"—to the filing. The updated document was submitted to the Constitutional Court on September 21.

Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a congratulatory message to Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on the occasion of the republic's Independence Day. The text of the message was published on the Armenian government's website, though it has not yet appeared on the Kremlin's site.

Ramzan Kadyrov secured 99.85% of the vote in the election for the head of Chechnya—a record-breaking figure even by his own standards.

On the morning of September 21, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that Russian air defense forces had destroyed 244 UAVs overnight. The drones were shot down over 19 Russian regions—including the Rostov and Krasnodar regions and the Republic of Adygea—as well as over the Black Sea.