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The Second Eastern District Military Court sentenced Armenian native Gevorg Grigoryan to nine and a half years in a penal colony, whose comments on social media were deemed by the prosecution as calls for terrorism and extremism.

Those gathered in Yerevan, Vanadzor, and Tbilisi read the names of those who died during the Stalinist repressions. They reminded of the necessity not only to preserve and pass on the memory of what happened during those years but also to defend the rights of political prisoners.

A resident of the village of Leninkent was fined 350,000 rubles on charges of justifying terrorism. The reason for the court proceedings was an audio recording he posted on the internet.

Investigators of particularly important cases in the Rostov region have initiated a criminal case against a 71-year-old resident of the Neklinovsky district. She is suspected of financing terrorism.

The head of the Armenian government expressed regret over the words of the governor of the Shirak region, David Arushanyan, who made inappropriate remarks about Russians, but refused to dismiss him. Nikol Pashinyan urged officials to be correct and cautious in their rhetoric.

In Karachay-Cherkessia, a local resident will stand trial, accused of financing terrorism due to transferring money to an organization that is banned in Russia.

The international action "Return of Names" in the Volgograd region took place online for security reasons - a number of activists who previously participated in the reading of the names of the repressed are under criminal prosecution.

A new group of fighters has been sent from Grozny to the combat zone in Ukraine, reported the head of Chechnya.

The Arbitration Court of Dagestan denied the Portovskaya Hospital's claim for the return of the land plot to the ownership of the Russian Federation; the decision will be appealed. Residents of Makhachkala living nearby continue their fight against the construction of the housing cooperative "Parkhomenko" since 2019, while the republic's authorities are in no hurry to side with the residents who fear for the safety of their homes.

As part of the "Return of Names" campaign, dedicated to the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Political Repression, activists in Tbilisi, Yerevan, and Vanadzor will read the names of those who perished during the years of Stalin's terror.

The court in Adler fined and arrested a local resident for 15 days for posting a video on social media demonstrating the symbols of extremist organizations. According to law enforcement, the video also discredited the Russian army.

The editor-in-chief of Meydan TV, Aynur Elgunesh, needs urgent surgery due to serious kidney problems. The defense and international human rights activists have warned of a threat to her life and called for the release of the 51-year-old journalist on medical and humanitarian grounds.

Specialists eliminated the consequences of the accident, after which residents of four villages in the Karabudakhkent district were left without water.

The court in Baku sentenced eight citizens of Azerbaijan to prison terms ranging from 8.5 to 13 years, recognizing them as participants in a terrorist organization.

The leader of the opposition Georgian party, convicted for damaging the mayor of Tbilisi's election poster, was transferred from the Rustavi prison to a capital clinic for examination.

The authorities of the Dakhadayevsky district awarded the relatives of four servicemen killed in combat operations in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 2185 fighters from Dagestan have been officially recognized as killed in it.

Emergency crews eliminated the consequences of short circuits, after which residents of four districts of Dagestan were left without electricity.

Arthur Varzhapetyan, co-founder of one of the largest Russian companies in the alcohol import sector, was taken to a police station in Yerevan but was later released. This occurred against the backdrop of criticism directed at the company "Luding," voiced at a press conference by Nikol Pashinyan.

Representatives of civil society in Azerbaijan criticized the court's decision to impose a suspended sentence on former presidential administration head Ramiz Mehdiyev for treason. They pointed to the lack of transparency in the judicial process and the disproportionate nature of the punishment relative to the severity of the charges.

The Armenian Parliament ratified the framework agreement on strategic cooperation between Armenia and the USA regarding the "Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity" at its meeting on October 28.