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The Dagestani men detained in France had no personal motive for the attempted murder. The failed assassination attempt was linked to the exposure of torture in Russian prison colonies and human rights violations related to the military operation in Ukraine, according to Vladimir Osechkin, founder of the Gulagu.net* project.

Ramazan Daghlarov was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have named at least 1,604 Dagestani servicemen killed there.

Political scientist Bakhruz Samedov was placed in a punishment cell. He was denied access to his grandmother, his only living relative.

Among those arrested were Gyumri Council of Elders member Gevork Ghukasyan and lawyer Ruben Mkhitaryan; they were taken into custody for two months.

Overnight, the military intercepted 139 fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) flying over Russian regions. Fifteen of these were shot down in the Southern Federal District.

Rosaviatsiya has lifted restrictions on the arrival and departure of aircraft at Volgograd Airport.

Air defense forces intercepted unmanned aerial vehicles in the Millerovsky and Sholokhovsky districts tonight.

Law enforcement officials searched the home of journalist Larisa Tuptsokova's parents in Adygea and questioned her relatives in connection with an extremism case. Tuptsokova received the indictment almost two weeks late.

Journalist Afgan Sadygov, whose extradition from Georgia was requested by Azerbaijani authorities, stopped contacting his family on October 22. Before another protest in Tbilisi, Sadygov was detained by security forces.

WhatsApp* and Telegram messaging app users in southern Russia continue to report app outages. Roskomnadzor, the federal agency for supervising communications, announced that the authorities have restricted the use of foreign messaging apps to "combat criminals."

Ruben Vardanyan explained that Avraam Berman's services were abandoned because all procedural defense options had been exhausted. The presence of a contractual lawyer during the trial, he explained, merely creates the illusion of protection.

Volgograd Airport is temporarily not accepting or sending flights due to a safety threat.

The man involved in the detonation of an explosive device at a bus stop in Stavropol has been detained and is undergoing questioning, law enforcement sources reported.

Alexey Eremkin was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have named at least 181 soldiers killed there.

At least one person was injured in the explosion of an unidentified explosive device in Stavropol. The device was planted at a bus stop near a military base, sources reported.

Security forces in Tbilisi are detaining activists en masse who attempted to block traffic on Rustaveli Avenue on the 329th day of uninterrupted protests. According to the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs, approximately 20 people have been detained.

The Stavropol Regional Court sentenced a Budyonnovsk resident for treason. According to the court, the man transmitted information about strategic facilities to representatives of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).

Mzia Amaglobeli received the Sakharov Prize "For Freedom of Thought." The name of the Sakharov Prize laureate was announced today in the European Parliament by Parliament President Roberta Mezzola.

The bilateral roundtable of civil society representatives from Armenia and Azerbaijan was the first such event to be held not in a third country, but on the territory of one of the parties to the conflict.

Court rulings in favor of Zhanetta Tukhaeva, who sought custody of her children in Chechnya and Dagestan, failed to help her regain her eldest son, who had been taken away by her ex-husband. The defense initiated a lawsuit to terminate his parental rights due to a 3.5 million ruble arrears in child support payments.