Polish border guards handed over Chechen native Alvi Akiyev to their Russian colleagues. In Russia, a criminal case was opened against him for participating in an illegal armed group in Syria, and he is threatened with torture and imprisonment.

The Vakhitovsky District Court of Kazan sentenced opposition blogger and former serviceman from Dagestan Askhabali Alibekov, under the pseudonym "Wild Paratrooper", to 2 years and 4 months in a maximum security prison. He was found guilty of attacking a police officer.

A school teacher from Chechnya, Mansur Zhabrailov, made a public apology for provocative statements about Christianity. Earlier, he called Orthodox Christians "tritheists" and Jesus Christ a "Greek humanoid."

The Georgian government does not plan to impose sanctions against Russia, despite calls from members of the European Parliament. The corresponding statement was made by Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili.

From 2025, Russian border guards will stop serving at the checkpoints on the Armenian-Iranian border. This was reported by the Armenian government. Such an agreement was reached in Moscow during a meeting between Russian President Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

The Southern District Military Court found 25-year-old Ulkyar Gashimova from Dagestan guilty under articles on calls for terrorism and extremism. The girl was sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in prison.

This year, 6 terrorist attacks have been committed in the North Caucasus Federal District, 23 terrorist crimes have been prevented. More than 200 people have been detained. This was stated at a meeting of the National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC) by its chairman, Director of the FSB of the Russian Federation Alexander Bortnikov.

The Balashikha City Court of Moscow sentenced a native of the Karachay-Cherkessia Republic, former head of the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the Tverskoy District of the capital, Marat Tambiev, to 16 years in prison. He was accused of receiving a record bribe in bitcoins, RIA Novosti reports.

Polish citizen Katarzyna Marciniuk, who disappeared more than a month ago in the Chechen village of Itum-Kali on the border with Georgia, has contacted her. This was reported by her sister Anna Ignachak. According to her, Katarzyna was hitchhiking around Crimea and the North Caucasus. She is currently in Russia, but plans to return home in two weeks.

Due to the sharp deterioration in the health status of the Azerbaijani journalist Afghan Sadyvov, the Azerbaijani journalist was transferred to a prison medical institution.