Local government elections are being held in 21 communities (municipalities) across Armenia. In five communities, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s ruling Civil Contract party is running unopposed. The highest voter turnout was recorded in Stepanavan, where 58.36% of eligible voters had cast their ballots by 5 pm.

A rally organised by members of Circassian diaspora communities took place in Berlin on 24 October. Participants called for Circassians and their descendants to be granted the right to return to their historic homeland in the North Caucasus. The demonstrators gathered at the Brandenburg Gate, marched through the city streets and then headed to the Russian embassy.

In a post on his Telegram channel, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, lashed out at natives of the republic who have moved to Europe and criticize his rule from abroad. He accused them of s,landering their own people and declared that there is nowhere left for them to return to.

The Rostov and Krasnodar regions were among the Russian territories targeted by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the night of October 25. On Sunday morning, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that 532 Ukrainian UAVs had been shot down over the preceding 12 hours.

On 24 October, Chechen Parliament Speaker Akhmed Dudaev visited Vladikavkaz alongside the Chechen Minister for National Policy, External Relations, Press and Information. At a meeting with North Ossetian leader Sergei Menyailo, representatives of the republic’s leadership and students from Chechnya, Dudaev stressed the need to respect local traditions and customs. He also said that the Chechen authorities were carrying out preventive work with compatriots living in other regions. The visit took place amid public controversy over a shooting in Vladikavkaz in which Chechen MMA fighter Ibrahim Islamov, known as Nikarkho, was injured.

The first video of Chechen pop-MMA fighter Ibrahim Islamov, known by the nickname Nikarkho, has emerged online following a shooting in Vladikavkaz. In footage published on 24 October, he walks along a hospital corridor, holding on to a friend with his left hand. Earlier reports said the fighter had sustained serious gunshot wounds and undergone surgery.

Eric Ciotti, the mayor of the French city of Nice, has proposed granting honorary citizenship to 20 Armenian prisoners serving lengthy sentences in Azerbaijan. He made the announcement at a rally in their support. Ciotti also called for their immediate and unconditional release.

Overnight on 24 October, drone debris damaged residential buildings, vehicles and energy infrastructure in Rostov Region and Krasnodar Krai. A man was injured in Rostov Region. Several settlements experienced power cuts

The Investigative Committee of Armenia is exploring the theory that there may have been multiple masterminds behind the murder of Aishat Baimuradova, a native of Chechnya who had fled domestic violence. The agency disclosed this in response to an inquiry from the outlet "Vot Tak," which also reported that the Russian side has, for the second time, failed to respond to a request from Armenian investigators for assistance with the case.

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don has sentenced six Crimean Tatars from Bakhchysarai to prison terms ranging from 15 to 19 years, to be served in a strict-regime penal colony, in a case involving alleged ties to the organization Hizb ut-Tahrir. In their final statements, five of the defendants asserted that the criminal prosecution is a form of pressure exerted on Crimean Tatars due to their religion and ethnicity. Remzi Nimetulaev declined to make a statement.