The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) in New York condemned the extension of arrest terms for journalists in Azerbaijan. They are unfoundedly accused of currency smuggling in connection with the alleged receipt of funding from Western donors.

The appearance of Canadian representatives in the EU mission in Armenia de facto means creeping penetration of NATO into the South Caucasus. This was stated by Deputy Head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Mikhail Galuzin.

After the hostage taking in the Rostov pre-trial detention center, the head of the Federal Penitentiary Service for the Rostov Region, Dmitry Bezrukikh, and his first deputy, Vasily Gordeev, resigned. In total, four employees of the department were fired, and 16 were brought to disciplinary action.

A Swiss court has repeatedly refused to grant political asylum to Ali Batayev, a native of Chechnya. He faces deportation to the Russian Federation, where he may be subjected to torture.

The French authorities released Sheikh-Akhmed Musaitov, a native of Chechnya, from the deportation center. At the same time, he must register with the police and is still threatened with deportation to the Russian Federation, where he may be subject to persecution. The man appealed the deportation decision.

The Moscow City Court approved the appeal sentence for the co-founder of the Memorial human rights center Oleg Orlov: 2 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime colony under the article on “repeated discrediting” of the army.

The decision by the US and EU to suspend defense exercises and funding is regrettable by the Georgian authorities because it does not meet their expectations. This was stated by Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze at a government meeting.

The Russian Federation regrets Armenia's participation in the NATO summit in Washington. This was stated by Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Galuzin. According to him, with such actions Yerevan, which still remains a member of the CSTO, risks seriously destabilizing the situation in the South Caucasus to the detriment of its own security.