Protests continue in the self-proclaimed Republic of Abkhazia, which began due to the planned ratification of an investment agreement with Russia. On November 15, protesters in Sukhum broke into the parliament building, demanding the resignation of President Aslan Bzhania, as well as the appointment of an interim leadership and early elections.

The Central Election Commission of Georgia has approved the results of the parliamentary elections held on October 26. According to the final protocol, the ruling Georgian Dream party won, receiving 53.93% of the votes and 89 mandates out of 150.

The Nalchik City Court fined Margarita Getazheeva and Timbor Takov 10 thousand rubles. In messengers, they called on the parents of conscripts to come to the rally near the building of the republic's government.

Today's hearing on the case of Volgograd student Nikita Zhuravel, who is serving time in a Chechen penal colony for burning the Koran and is accused of treason, has ended. It was held behind closed doors. For this reason, the boy's parents were unable to attend, and his lawyer Andrei Sabinin refused to comment on the progress of the criminal trial. The defense attorney only noted that Nikita's mother is suffering greatly because of what is happening to him.

A 16-year-old native of Chechnya has been taken into custody in France on charges of planning a terrorist attack. This was reported on the website of the French publication Liberation. The teenager’s name was not given.

Mass protests by the opposition and its supporters against the investment agreement with Russia continue in the capital of Abkhazia, Sukhum. The protesters gathered near the parliament threw stones and bottles at law enforcement officers. The security forces used tear gas to disperse the protesters. The demonstrators also rammed a car through metal barriers and broke into the parliament building.

From December 1, previously legalized cryptocurrency mining will be banned in some regions of Russia. This list includes all regions of the SCFD, except for Stavropol: Karachay-Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria, North Ossetia, Ingushetia, Chechnya and Dagestan.

The head of the administration of the Karabudakhkent district of Dagestan, Mahmud Amiraliev, and a representative of the military enlistment office held a preventive conversation with citizens who participated in an unauthorized action at the Makhachkala airport on October 29, 2023 (with regard to those who were not subject to criminal prosecution).

The Surgut City Court fined a local resident, a native of Chechnya, Marina Lolokhaeva twice, 30 and 40 thousand rubles. She was found guilty of discrediting the Russian army.

Armenia has not changed its attitude towards the CSTO, despite the presence of the country's ambassador at the meeting of the Russian Foreign Minister with diplomats of the bloc's member countries in Moscow. This was stated by the Armenian Foreign Ministry.