The district police departments and district inspectorates in Crimea received the so-called "recruitment" standard - the number of detainees who must sign a contract with the Russian army in exchange for the removal of criminal liability for the act. This was reported by the human rights initiative "Tribunal. Crimean Episode", citing a source in the Crimean Ministry of Internal Affairs.

A Baku court sentenced French citizen Clerk Theo Hugo to 3 years in prison for graffiti in the capital's metro. It is noteworthy that citizens of New Zealand and Austria - De-Saint Quentin Ismael and Khan Paul, respectively - were sentenced to fines for similar offenses. Lawyer Elchin Sadigov is going to appeal.

The active phase of the Collective Security Treaty Organization exercises has started at a training ground on Lake Issyk-Kul in Kyrgyzstan. About 1,500 troops from Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan are involved, the SputnikARM Telegram channel reports.

Armenia sent a large number of Soviet-style air defense systems to Ukraine, as well as missiles for them. This information was shared by Russian blogger and former military pilot Ilya Tumanov. He claims that the systems transferred were S-300, Buk, Osa, and Tor.

Запущен переговорный процесс между Арменией и Европейским Союзом по вопросу либерализации визового режима. Вице-председатель Европейской комиссии Маргаритис Скинас назвал это историческим событием. О том, что стороны планируют начать такой диалог, стало известно из официального пресс-релиза, анонсирующего визит Схинаса в Ереван. 

On the eve of the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, which falls on the 12th day of the month of Rabi al-Avval, the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov visited the former capital of the Ottoman Empire, Istanbul. He spoke about this on his Telegram channel. The Chechen delegation visited the famous Topkapi Palace, where a unique exhibition of sacred relics is presented.

A special state fund will be created to finance Georgian non-governmental organizations registered in the "foreign agents" registry. This was announced by Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze at a government meeting.

A fully agreed text of the draft peace treaty has been sent to Baku. This was stated by the head of the Armenian Foreign Ministry, Ararat Mirzoyan.

The Unified Voting Day has ended in the Russian Federation. According to preliminary data, all current governors have won the elections for heads of regions, and the main party of Russia has won the parliamentary elections.

Based on the results of the parliamentary elections in Ingushetia, the post of head of the republic will be taken by Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov, who was re-elected for a second term. This was reported by the press service of the head and government of Ingushetia.