Early presidential elections in Abkhazia will be held on February 15, 2025. The corresponding decision was made by the parliament of the self-proclaimed republic.

The Tbilisi City Court has imposed fines on protesters who took place on November 10 and 17. The protesters expressed their disagreement with the results of the parliamentary elections, which were officially won by the ruling Georgian Dream party, and demanded a re-election.

The Southern District Military Court extended the pretrial detention of Enver Krosh, Vilen Temeryanov, Rinat Aliyev, and Edem Bekirov until February 28, 2025. Another Crimean Tatar, Seityag Abbozov, had his house arrest extended for the same period.

From January to September 2024, 94,588 children were born in the North Caucasus Federal District. Among the regions of the district, the largest number of babies were born in Dagestan (31,874), Chechnya (23,222) and Stavropol Krai (17,457). These are the data from Rosstat.

Moscow does not question the sovereign right of each state to determine its foreign policy, including regarding participation in CSTO events and further work in the organization. De jure, Yerevan remains a full member of the CSTO and retains all relevant rights and obligations. This was stated by the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova, commenting on Armenia's latest refusal to participate in the upcoming summit of the organization's leaders in Astana.

In Georgia, questions about the uprisings against the Russian Empire in the first half of the 19th century have been removed from school history exams. In addition, several works by Georgian poets have been removed from the Georgian language and literature curriculum.

In 2023, on average in the Russian Federation, there were 67 hospital beds per 10 thousand Russians. The worst indicator was recorded in Ingushetia - 43 inpatient beds. Over three years, their number has decreased by six units. This was reported by the Ministry of Health.

Правляча партія Грузії подала на пост президента країни кандидатуру колишнього футболіста, депутата Михайла Кавелашвілі. Про це на брифінгу повідомив засновник «Грузинської мрії», мільярдер-олігарх Бідзіна Іванішвілі.

Grozny, Makhachkala and Vladikavkaz entered the top ten cities of the Russian Federation with the highest quality of life. They took 2nd, 5th and 7th places, respectively, the Financial University under the Government reported.

The social activist and blogger Ramazan Rabadanov's cervical vertebrae were damaged during his arrest. He urgently needs help in restoring them, as he cannot sleep. This was reported by the chairman of the republic's Public Monitoring Commission Shamil Khadulaev after visiting SIZO-1.