A group of 67 State Duma deputies, including leaders of all factions, has introduced a bill proposing to ban religious services and prayer meetings in non-residential premises of apartment buildings.

Georgian Interior Minister Gela Geladze stated that the banned chemical "kamit," known since World War I, has not only never been used but was also never purchased by the ministry. According to him, the Ministry of Internal Affairs uses only the same special means used in other developed countries.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze commented on the latest amendments to the Law "On Grants," which tighten the rules governing the operation of non-governmental organizations and media outlets.

A RIA Novosti study based on Central Bank data revealed that the republics of the North Caucasus have the highest proportion of problem mortgages in Russia. The delinquency rate in Ingushetia reached 10.4% of all issued loans, in Dagestan 4.4%, and in Tyva 4.2%. Chechnya and North Ossetia were also among the regions with high delinquency rates (3.6% each).

The Cherkessk City Court is preparing to question over 500 prosecution witnesses in the case of embezzlement of Pension Fund funds.

RIA Novosti analysts presented an estimate of consumer demand in Russia for 2025. The figures were calculated by combining retail turnover, food service turnover, and the volume of paid services.

In an interview with the Dozhd TV channel, Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan assured that Yerevan will not extradite Russians persecuted for political reasons to Moscow.

In an interview with Dozhd TV, Alen Simonyan, Speaker of the National Assembly of Armenia, commented on claims of an alleged confrontation between the authorities and the Armenian Apostolic Church. He stated that the conflict is not with the Church as an institution, but with specific members of the clergy.

Russian authorities have responded to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's claims of targeted strikes on the Azerbaijani embassy in Kyiv. The Russian Foreign Ministry expressed "bewilderment" over Aliyev's remarks, made at the Munich Security Conference.

The Cherkessk City Court of Karachay-Cherkessia has begun a hearing in the case of the theft of 519 million rubles from the Russian Pension Fund by an organized crime group. Among the 29 defendants are former heads of the Ingush postal service, Magomed-Bashir Kalimatov (brother of the republic's head, Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov) and Kambulat Sukiyev. Both of them, like the other 27 defendants, have pleaded not guilty.