Meanwhile, as the president of the self-proclaimed republic of Abkhazia Aslan Bzhania is outside its borders, the opposition openly declares its intention to remove him from power. Thus, at today's meeting in Sukhumi with the participation of public figures and the united opposition, they announced preparations for a people's assembly, which should "put an end to the president, who, instead of protecting the interests of the Abkhaz people, is setting them up."

The EU mission in Armenia does not protect the country, but collects intelligence. The fate of the South Caucasus should be determined exclusively by the countries of the region and neighboring partner states. This was stated by the Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopyrkin in an interview with the publication "Soyuzniki. CSTO".

The Azerbaijani authorities have condemned the French Foreign Ministry for issuing a warning regarding travel to the republic. This statement was made by the press secretary of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, Ayhan Hajizade. He also refuted the arguments presented on the French ministry's website that citizens of the country are detained and persecuted in Azerbaijan.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky supported a new package of sanctions by the National Security and Defense Council against 73 economic entities (airports and air cargo companies) and 74 individuals of the Russian Federation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin submitted three candidates for election to the parliament of Kabardino-Balkaria for consideration.

Yesterday, a meeting was held in the parliament of the self-proclaimed Republic of Abkhazia, at which deputies discussed the contents of the notorious "Bzhania-Kozak" protocol. Let us recall that this is a protocol on the agreements reached during the meeting of the Abkhazian delegation headed by President Aslan Bzhania with the deputy head of the presidential administration of the Russian Federation Dmitry Kozak.

Law enforcement officers of Ingushetia, together with Chechen police officers, detained former Mayor of Magas Usman Aushev in Grozny. He is a suspect in a criminal case on abuse of office and has been placed on the federal wanted list.

Former head of the Sports Ministry of Dagestan and the city of Kizilyurt Magomed Magomedov threatened current employees of the department and demanded that they forge documents to defend themselves in court. This was reported by RIA Novosti.

The snap elections to the parliament of Azerbaijan were held with numerous violations, and their results were falsified. Such statements were made by the opposition forces, who do not recognize the victory of the presidential party "New Azerbaijan".

A meeting with the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev may take place at the Azerbaijani-Armenian border. This was stated by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at a press conference in Yerevan.