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Islam Khizriev, the head of the Chechen mission in the Russian North-Western Federal District (NWFD), detained in St. Petersburg on suspicion of possession of drugs, was placed under house arrest until December 25.

The administration of the prison, where Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili is serving his prison term, satisfied his demands and returned the opportunity to fully communicate with his advocates, as a result of which he agreed to give medical tests.

A solid glass wall has been installed in the meeting room of the Rustavi Prison, where Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia, communicates with his visitors. Saakashvili said that he can no longer exchange documents with his advocates. The Georgia's Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has explained the new restrictions by the fight against coronavirus.

Today, the Rostov Regional Court has found the absence of a motive in a case against Ossetian opera singer Vadim Cheldiev as insufficient grounds to suspend the trial.

In Baku, a court refused to release from custody Shiite theologian Sardar Babaev, accused of high treason. According to his advocate, Sardar Babaev called the charges politically motivated.

Ivan Oreshkov, a prosecution witness, who testified within the case of Alikhan Adjamatov, a native of Dagestan, accused of assisting terrorists, had communicated with him a year before he himself joined terrorists, an advocate has stated at trial. Two defence witnesses have stated that they had been exposed to pressure with the aim to testify against Adjamatov.

The action of supporters of Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili, held in front of the Rustavi Prison, brought together more than 200 people. They demanded to release the third country's president and criticized Georgian authorities for the rejection of entry to the country of the Ukrainian journalist, Dmitry Gordon, who wanted to visit Saakashvili.

Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili should be the last political prisoner in Georgia, supporters of the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party have stated at their rally held in the city of Zugdidi.

Mutallim Orudjev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), is accused of illegal drug dealing. The PFPA believes that his criminal case has been fabricated for political reasons.

On the 27th day of the hunger strike, Mikhail Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia, refused medical procedures and tests, while his health state worsened. An intensive care unit is on duty at the door of the prison.

The FSB’s version about the preparation of a terror act in the Stavropol Territory arouses mistrust because of the implausible and scare information disseminated by the law enforcement body, note lawyers and journalists interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot”.

The police detained an employee of the Chechen representative office in the Northwestern Federal District within an investigation into a drug purchase case.

Yevgeny Grushovets, an advocate of former Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, complained that he flew to Tbilisi, but Georgian border guards sent him back to Ukraine without explaining any reasons for their actions.

Lekso Rapava, a former police boss in the town of Khobi, has announced a hunger strike in protest against his detention, said Tengiz Gunava, an office employee of the Georgian Ombudsperson. Rapava's advocate and his family treat his detention as revenge of the "Georgian Dream" Party for his cooperation with the opposition.