A court in Volgograd sentenced 20-year-old student Nikita Zhuravel to 13.5 years in prison on charges of treason. He was also previously convicted of burning the Koran and was held in a pretrial detention center in Chechnya.

Over nine months, salaries in the regions of the North Caucasus Federal District increased by 12-20% compared to the same period in 2024. The most noticeable growth was in Stavropol (19.9%) and in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic (19.3%). In these regions, average salaries amounted to 54.8 and 46 thousand rubles, respectively. These are the data from the North Caucasus Statistics Office.

At the first session of the Georgian parliament of the 11th convocation, the deputies of the ruling Georgian Dream party recognized the powers of all its members, including the opposition members who demonstratively refused their mandates. Today's session took place despite a large-scale protest outside the parliament building. Opposition supporters who disagreed with the election results spent the whole night here.

In Tbilisi, the opposition and its supporters protesting against the results of the parliamentary elections are outside the parliament building. Police cordons guard the side entrances where deputies from the ruling Georgian Dream party are to enter for the first session.

Opposition protests in Abkhazia "have damaged the image" of the self-proclaimed republic, but "the situation has not reached the point of no return." This was stated by former President Aslan Bzhania, who recently resigned.

Dagestan topped the rating of Russian regions in terms of population commitment to a healthy lifestyle, scoring 99.1 points out of 100. This was reported by RIA Novosti. In second place is Chechnya (95.5 points), in third place is Kabardino-Balkaria (87.8 points).

The Zheleznovodsk City Court of Stavropol Krai arrested local resident Dzhemal Sadoev for five days.

A criminal case was opened against a resident of Derbent, Dagestan, 62-year-old Uruzhbek Magomedov under Article 244 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (desecration of burial sites).

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that there is a certain "positive reaction in society" to the recent collection of signatures on the country's accession to the European Union. According to him, he was confident that 50 thousand signatures would be collected. Moreover, he believes it is possible to collect 300 thousand signatures needed to put the issue to a referendum. However, the ruling faction did not discuss the decision to hold a referendum.

On November 23, 2003, protesters in Tbilisi holding roses forced Eduard Shevardnadze to resign as president of Georgia. This happened after massive violations during the elections.