In Pyatigorsk, the director of the department of socio-economic development of the North Caucasus Federal District (NCFD) of the Ministry of Economic Development, Igor Khranovsky, was detained. A high-ranking official is suspected of embezzling budget funds.

The Nalchik City Court found local resident Rameta Lakunova guilty of discrediting the Russian armed forces and fined her 30 thousand rubles.

Armenia is looking forward to the start of negotiations on visa liberalization with the European Union within the framework of the Enhanced Partnership Agreement. This was announced by the speaker of the country's parliament Alen Simonyan.

An additional 29 tons of food were sent from Ingushetia to residents of the Gaza Strip. This was stated by the head of the region, Mahmud-Ali Kalimatov.

A court in Simferopol fined Crimean Tatar human rights activist and journalist Lutfiye Zudieva 2,500 rubles under the article on abuse of freedom of speech. Due to traffic jams, she was several minutes late for the hearing and warned the judge about this through her defense lawyer. However, the judge considered this disrespectful and heard the case in eight minutes.

The Ukrainian delegation refused to support Georgia’s resolution on the issue of European integration at the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly in Brussels. Kyiv cited Russian assistance to Georgia in circumventing sanctions as the reason. In response, Georgia accused Ukraine of “torpedoing its European path with false arguments.”

On November 15, the French Senate adopted a resolution calling on the country's government to impose sanctions against Azerbaijan if it does not withdraw its troops from the territory of Armenia.

The relatives of Anna Tsomartova, who disappeared more than a month ago in Kaspiysk, Dagestan, are ready to pay 5 million rubles to anyone who finds her. This was reported by the girl’s mother Diana Tsomartova.

The World Happiness Report has named Finland the happiest country in the world for the seventh time in a row. The top 3 also included Denmark and Iceland. Russia was in 72nd place.

50% of the shares of the largest dairy products manufacturer, the French company Danone, will come under the control of relatives of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov. The other half will be sold to the Vamin dairy holding from Tatarstan.