A former Special Forces officer, Republican Congressman Mike Waltz, will be appointed US National Security Advisor. This was announced by the country's President-elect Donald Trump.

Baku and Yerevan will return to discussing the text of the peace treaty in December. This was stated by the assistant to the President of Azerbaijan Hikmet Hajiyev. He noted that the meeting of the heads of Azerbaijan and Armenia on the sidelines of the BRICS summit in Kazan laid positive impetus for continuing the negotiations.

A book called "Hidden History of the Tatars" was found in the library of School No. 4 in the village of Verkhneyarkeevo in Bashkortostan. It was previously recognized as extremist.

After an unscheduled certification in Chechnya, 11 school principals were fired. They failed the inspection, said the head of the region, Ramzan Kadyrov.

Dagestani historian and Caucasus specialist Khadzhi Murad Donogo reported that he was first allowed, and then secretly banned from participating in the interregional scientific and practical conference "National-state formations in Russia: history and modernity", dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Republic of Ingushetia.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev commented on the accusations against the country during his speech at the international climate summit in Baku. According to him, two years ago, Azerbaijan and the European Commission signed an agreement on strategic partnership.

There is not a single piece of evidence in the criminal case against journalist Nadezhda Kevorkova, except for the examination. This was stated by the defense.

Another protest against the results of the parliamentary elections was held in Tbilisi under the slogan "We are Europe". In addition to the opposition and its supporters, the rally was also attended by the chairmen of the foreign relations committees of the parliaments of Germany, Finland, Sweden, France, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland.

A rally in support of journalist Afgan Sadigov was held near the Azerbaijani embassy in Tbilisi. He has been under arrest in Georgia since August and faces extradition to his homeland. Participants held posters reading “Ilham Aliyev is a dictator.”