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.

Crimean Tatar Teimur Abdullaev, held in Correctional Colony No. 2 in Salavat (Bashkortostan), has lost hearing in one ear. In addition, the man's vision has deteriorated due to hypertension.

A group of armed security forces broke into a Muslim prayer house in Khabarovsk during a collective prayer. Last Friday, UFSB and UFMS officers, supported by riot police, disrupted the service, forcing the worshipers to lie face down on the floor. The security forces walked on the carpets in dirty shoes and insulted the believers with obscene language. The raid may be part of an anti-migrant policy, but not a single illegal foreigner was found in the prayer house. For more details, watch our video.

On this day, exactly 30 years ago, the Russian authorities attempted an armed overthrow of the first president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, Dzhokhar Dudayev, by the forces of the so-called Chechen opposition.

The Supreme Court of Chechnya awarded six applicants 200,000 rubles in compensation. In 2000, during the second Russian-Chechen war, federal troops allegedly killed three of their relatives.

The Georgian Parliament has approved the date of the presidential elections in the country – December 14. The new head will be elected for 5 years. The term of the current President Salome Zurabishvili expires on December 16.

Washington and London are working on organizing a "Ukrainian scenario" in some CIS countries. This was stated by the Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin at a meeting of the heads of security agencies and intelligence services of the CIS countries in Moscow.

Armenia will not participate in the CSTO summit in Astana on November 28. At the same time, Yerevan "does not object to the planned documents being adopted." This was reported by the Russian Permanent Representative to the organization, Viktor Vasilyev.