At a court hearing in Irkutsk, a native of Chechnya, Khumaid Khaidaev, denied charges of organizing a riot, calling on prisoners to harm themselves, and beating an employee at IK-15 in Angarsk, Irkutsk Region. According to him, he only had six months left to serve before his release, and on the day of the riots, one of the employees tried to provoke him with questions about religion.

If Georgia imposes sanctions against the Russian Federation, as the West is asking it to, it will lose 10% of its economic growth. This was stated by Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze.

The number of crimes registered in the first nine months of this year is higher than the figure for the same period in 2023 in three regions of the North Caucasus Federal District.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine has officially confirmed the drone attack on the Khanskaya military airfield in Adygea.

The head of the Azel TV channel, opposition Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Sadigov, arrested in Georgia, continues his hunger strike in a prison hospital despite his grave condition. He also refuses medical care, his wife said.

At a meeting with the Chechen security bloc, the head of the region, Ramzan Kadyrov, reported attempts to order his murder and declared blood feud against a number of well-known figures and businessmen because of the shooting at the Wildberries office. According to him, the State Duma deputies from Ingushetia (Bekhan Barakhoev) and Dagestan (Rizvan Kurbanov), as well as the Federation Council senator from Dagestan, Suleiman Kerimov, wanted to order his murder.

Ahead of the parliamentary elections, the ruling party of Georgia has placed new banners on the streets of cities. They depict representatives of the opposition and a hand holding them on leashes, and the inscription reads: "No to war! No to agents."

A massive drone attack on the Khanskaya military airfield in Adygea occurred at night. It is located near the village of Khanskaya, 6 km northwest of the city of Maikop. Fuel tanks are reported to be burning at the site of the explosions.

Chechen youth who lead an "idle, immoral lifestyle" should be sent to the "SVO" zone instead of being brought to administrative responsibility. This was stated by the head of the region, Ramzan Kadyrov, during a meeting with the security bloc on public safety issues.

Polish border guards handed over Chechen native Alvi Akiyev to their Russian colleagues. In Russia, a criminal case was opened against him for participating in an illegal armed group in Syria, and he is threatened with torture and imprisonment.