The International Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) issued a statement regarding the extension of prison terms for journalists of the Azerbaijani independent publication Abzas Media.

101 citizens sought medical help after yesterday's protest near the Armenian parliament. 85 people have been discharged from hospitals, another 16 remain under observation.

Former champion of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), native of Dagestan, Khabib Nurmagomedov owes the tax service 309.7 million rubles. As Rossiyskaya Gazeta notes, since May of this year the athlete’s debt has increased by 3.5 million. He does not comment on the situation personally.

FSB officers conducted searches in the homes of high-ranking officials of Karachay-Cherkessia. They are suspected of embezzling 60 million rubles.

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, a Su-34 supersonic fighter-bomber crashed in the mountains of North Ossetia. The crew, consisting of two pilots, died.

Participants in the “Tavush for the Motherland” movement, led by its leader Bagrat Galstanyan, spent the entire night outside the parliament building in Yerevan. They set up about 15 tents. The police detained two citizens who were later released.

The editors of the Crimean Tatar newspaper “Qirim” were awarded a fine of 300 thousand rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the Russian army. The reason was a publication that outlined arguments against the participation of Crimeans in the war against Ukraine.

Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Alexei Gromov, TV presenter Vladimir Solovyov, RT editor-in-chief Margarita Simonyan, head of the Rossiya Segodnya media group Dmitry Kiselev and presenter Sergei Mardan may be subject to drastic measures from the International Criminal Court. This means issuing a warrant for their arrest.

In the Armenian city of Abovyan, not far from Yerevan, an explosion occurred at a gas station. It is reported that a gas tank exploded, causing a fire. Rescuers put out the fire, cooled the area and destroyed the remaining fuel in the containers to prevent a new explosion.

In Ingushetia and Dagestan, only 42% and 44% of schoolchildren, respectively, are provided with hot meals. These are the worst results in the Russian Federation, according to Rospotrebnadzor.