Mikheil Saakashvili, former Georgian President and one of the opposition leaders, was discharged from the Vivamed Clinic and returned to Prison No. 12. The Special Penitentiary Service reported that his health is assessed as satisfactory and does not require further inpatient treatment.

Dagestan senator and billionaire Suleiman Kerimov has stopped attending the Federation Council due to a conflict with Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov. This is one of the findings of an investigation conducted by Proekt.

The European Union intends to impose sanctions against the leadership and staff of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN) for the Rostov region in connection with the death of Ukrainian journalist Viktoria Roshchina. This was reported by the investigative project "Sistema," created by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Current Time.

The Georgian Prosecutor's Office has brought charges against the leader of the "Gakharia for Georgia!" party and former Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia. The criminal case against him concerns the events of June 20-21, 2019, near the parliament building in Tbilisi and the establishment of a checkpoint in the village of Chorchana.

Nalchik resident Timur Zhambekov claims he was tortured by security forces in 2017 and subsequently convicted of a crime he confessed to under duress. The "Team Against Torture" notes that since then, the Investigative Committee has refused to open a criminal case for torture 34 times.

Following the crash of a Turkish C-130 military plane in Georgia's Sighnaghi region, Azerbaijan, Turkey, and Georgia formed a joint international team to investigate the cause of the tragedy.

Azerbaijani opposition journalist Afgan Sadigov held another protest outside the Georgian parliament building. He burned portraits of Bidzina Ivanishvili, founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party, and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan denied reports from the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) that Armenia intends to abandon Russian grain and begin purchasing it from Ukraine.