In Makhachkala, colleagues of journalist Abdulmumin Gadzhiev of the Chernovik publication held a picket in his support. The founder of the newspaper, Magdi Kamalov, and deputy editor-in-chief, Magomed Magomedov, demanded that their colleague be released and that the criminal case fabricated against him be dropped.

Georgia will never become a member of the European Union under the current government. This was stated by the EU Ambassador to Georgia Pavel Gerchinsky. According to him, members of the Georgian government are far from the values ​​of the European Union and are disqualifying people from membership in it.

Crimean Tatar political prisoner Rustem Gugurik was transported to IK-8 in Buryatia, which is 6,500 kilometers from his home. This was reported at an OSCE conference by his relative Tatyana Lukyanenko.

Georgia's ruling party, Georgian Dream, is re-initiating the impeachment procedure against President Salome Zurabishvili. This was announced at a briefing by Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili.

In Karachay-Cherkessia, Dagestan and Chechnya, buying a typical two-room apartment on a mortgage is available to less than 5% of the population. The figure is lower only in Sevastopol (2.8%) and Crimea (2.3%), according to the RIA Novosti rating.

Tbilisi Mayor and Secretary General of the ruling Georgian Dream party Kakha Kaladze transferred a significant portion of his money from European banks to accounts in the UAE. This was reported by the opposition channel Formula TV. According to the channel, part of the funds were transferred into cryptocurrency through specialized companies operating in Dubai.

A resident of Ingushetia, Ruslan Derbichev, was persuaded to sign a contract with the Ministry of Defense and sent to the "SVO" in Ukraine. He was diagnosed with "paranoid schizophrenia" and belongs to category "D" - "unfit for military service".

Statements by the ruling Georgian Dream party led by Bidzina Ivanishvili that they are leading the country to Europe are a lie. This party “plays and dances to the music of Moscow.” This was stated by Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili.

Secret witnesses have emerged during the investigation of the criminal case against the former head of Kizilyurt and former Minister of Sports and Physical Culture of Dagestan Magomed Magomedov. He was initially accused of embezzlement or misappropriation committed by an organized group, as well as on an especially large scale (Part 4 of Article 160 of the Criminal Code).

The Azerbaijani MFA commented on Yerevan's statements about Armenia's "peaceful position". It described them as manipulation aimed at misleading the international community.