At about 2 p.m., near the village of Chiri-Yurt, the VF of the ChRI attacked a convoy of federal forces, which included police officers and the district military commandant's office. On one section of the road, four landmines planted near the roadway exploded simultaneously.

Users of Gosuslug received a mailing with an appeal to enroll in the Russian University of Special Forces in Gudermes. There, men are being trained for war with Ukraine.

The Sovetsky District Court of Makhachkala extended until December 21 the arrest of five police officers accused of the death of a local resident during torture at a police station in January 2023. In total, seven security officers were detained in this criminal case.

Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturian signed a law ratifying the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. He accepted a statement that Armenia recognizes the powers of the ICC.

In the village of Katayama, unknown persons killed the husband and wife of the Bersanovs. The elderly people were found shot with a pistol in one of the rooms of their house on Derzhavin Street.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the alleged danger of an Azerbaijani invasion of Armenia in the coming weeks, Politico reports, citing sources.

The 1st Eastern District Military Court in Khabarovsk sentenced Apti Visaev, a native of Chechnya, to 17 years in prison. He was found guilty of preparing a terrorist attack in Norilsk. The men's relatives claim that the charges are completely fabricated.

On the night of October 13, at the 12th station in the Oktyabrsky district of Grozny, a shell fired from a self-propelled gun hit a house. As a result of the explosion, the owner of the house, Gilani Zaurbekov, died.

In the French city of Arras, a 20-year-old ethnic Ingush carried out a knife attack at the school where he used to study. As a result, a literature teacher was killed and two people were injured.

The Visaitovsky District Court of Grozny extended for six months – until April 20, 2024 – the term of Nikita Zhuravel’s detention in a pre-trial detention center. A 19-year-old student from Volgograd partially admitted his guilt and apologized to the Islamic society for burning the Koran.