At the 152nd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union in Istanbul, Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly Alen Simonyan called the strengthening of peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the context of the Washington Accords a "historic step." He emphasized that this process paves the way for trust, cooperation, and development, noting that Armenia remains committed to deepening dialogue and turning peace into real regional opportunities.

Moscow's Zamoskvoretsky District Court has remanded Sapa Media editor-in-chief Alina Dzhikayeva to pretrial detention for two months. She will remain in pretrial detention until June 16. The court's decision followed the investigators' motion for a custodial measure, while the defense insisted on house arrest.

Alina Dzhikayeva, the editor-in-chief of the Vladikavkaz-based media outlet Sapa Media, has been charged with bribery. During questioning, she denied her guilt.

On Tuesday morning, searches were conducted at the offices of the regional publication Sapa in Vladikavkaz. According to the media outlet's website, unknown individuals in civilian clothes raided the office. After reporting the raid, the editorial staff disappeared.

A court in Dagestan has sentenced three residents of the republic for participating in the At-Takfir Wal-Hijra organization, which is banned and designated as "extremist" in Russia. The final sentences range from 2.5 years probation to six years in prison.

Novaya Gazeta journalist Oleg Roldugin has been charged under Part 3 of Article 272 of the Russian Criminal Code (illegal access to computer information as part of a group), the newspaper reports.

During his visit to the Georgian capital, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Michael O'Flaherty held meetings with representatives of the non-governmental sector and then with the country's Public Defender.

Alexander Vaskovsky, a former deputy of the Supreme Council of the so-called "Donetsk People's Republic," was detained in St. Petersburg. The reason was two critical posts on his Telegram channel, specifically about Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov.