In Moscow, blogger Areg Shchepikhin was sentenced to five years in prison. The defense announced its intention to appeal the verdict.

Lawyers for Russian citizen and billionaire Samvel Karapetyan reported that investigators in Armenia have brought new economic charges against him. The defense claims the charges are unfounded and lack any legal basis.

Georgia's fifth president, Salome Zurabishvili, commented on the release in Yerevan of Georgi Kinoyan, who was detained while crossing the Georgian-Armenian border.

Due to discovered cases of vote manipulation, the Bank of Russia has cancelled the results of the vote for the design of the back of the new 500-ruble banknote. As of yesterday, the image of Mount Elbrus was ahead of the image of "Grozny-City."

Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili accused the European Union of double standards, stating that Brussels continues to side with extremism until it condemns the violent events of October 4.

The Kremlin hopes for a quick resolution of the accumulated differences with Baku, stated Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov.

Chechnya's Minister for National Policy, Akhmed Dudayev, accused the Russian Central Bank of "failing to ensure objectivity and fairness" during the online vote for the symbol of the new 500-ruble banknote dedicated to the North Caucasus Federal District.

The number of people detained in Georgia in connection with the violence during the protest that took place in Tbilisi on the evening of October 4 is rapidly growing. Forty-six detainees are charged with attempted seizure of a strategic and special-importance facility by a group of individuals and participation in group violence. The relevant articles of the Criminal Code of Georgia carry penalties of up to six years in prison.

Ali Karimli, leader of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, criticized the government's actions. He expressed concern over the release from pretrial detention of Igor Kartavykh, the former executive director of the Russian-Kremlin media outlet Sputnik Azerbaijan, and the deteriorating health of opposition figure Tofig Yagublu.

Emil Ziyadinov, convicted in the Hizb ut-Tahrir case, was placed in solitary confinement (SHIZO) shortly after his arrival at Penal Colony No. 5 in the Arkhangelsk Region in September 2024. Following surgery in the hospital in April of this year and his return to the colony in May, he was again subjected to this punishment. The reasons for these measures remain unknown to the prisoner.