Mikhail Gusman has been dismissed from his post as First Deputy Director General of TASS by order of Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin. This happened shortly after his participation in the Global Media Forum in Azerbaijan, which was also attended by President Ilham Aliyev.

Ukrainian journalist Dmitry Gordon responded to the words of the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova. The day before, she called him an "extremist".

Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan has sharply criticized Margarita Simonyan, calling her a "disgusting creature from a freak show" and accusing her of interfering in Armenia's domestic politics.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin met with his Armenian counterpart Nikol Pashinyan as part of the International Environmental Conference, which will be held in the Altai Republic from July 24 to 26. The meeting took place on the territory of the Manzherok resort.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has escalated the conflict with the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC) by proposing to remove its head, Catholicos Karekin II. His proposed plan envisages temporarily replacing the Catholicos with a married priest who would be deprived of the opportunity to apply for a permanent post.

The general secretary of the “Dream” and the mayor of the Georgian capital Kakha Kaladze acknowledged the fact of abuse of power by some security forces during the dispersal of pro-European rallies. However, the politician stated that the detained demonstrators are not “prisoners of conscience” because they threw heavy objects and stones at law enforcement officers.

Azerbaijan's Prosecutor General Kamran Aliyev said that Russia does not provide specific information on the progress of the investigation into the crash of the AZAL plane. The Russian side explains this by the ongoing investigation.

Премьер-министр Грузии Ираклий Кобахидзе прокомментировал обвинения в адрес правящей партии, звучащие со стороны ее оппонентов. По его словам, повешенный на «Грузинскую мечту» ярлык пророссийскости объясняется тем, что она не выполняет задания, поступающие извне, а все ветви власти очищены от агентуры. Премьер подчеркнул, что партия защищает суверенитет, препятствует пропаганде ЛГБТ и не допускает ввязывания Грузии в войну.