Georgia is suspending the negotiation process on joining the European Union until 2028. This was announced yesterday by the reappointed Prime Minister of the country Irakli Kobakhidze.

The Khimki City Court of the Moscow Region sentenced lawyer Timur Idalov to 1 year and 11 months of forced labor in a case of threats to kill or cause harm to health against a prosecutor. In addition, he was banned from practicing law for three years.

The Tbilisi City Court has decided to extradite journalist Afgan Sadigov to Azerbaijan. According to the defense, in this case he will not escape political persecution, torture and cruel treatment for criticizing the Azerbaijani authorities.

At today's session, the Georgian Parliament, represented by the ruling Georgian Dream party, approved a new government. Irakli Kobakhidze was reappointed as the country's Prime Minister.

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.