The founder and editor-in-chief of the opposition Azerbaijani channel Azel TV, Afgan Sadigov, was arrested in Tbilisi on the basis of a fabricated Interpol wanted list at the request of the Azerbaijani authorities.

Moscow's Tagansky Court fined MMA fighter Magomed Ismailov 20,000 rubles under the article on inciting hatred or hostility towards a certain group of people.

Mobilized Alexey Efanov from North Ossetia received two years and three months in a penal colony. He was convicted for refusing to go to fight in Ukraine, as he needed treatment and a medical examination.

A Crimean Tatar activist Aziz Akhtemov, who was sentenced to 13 years, was transferred from a prison in the Krasnoyarsk Territory to an unknown destination. According to his wife, Adile Akhmetova, she was refused information about where her husband was currently being held.

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don found Alavdi Batykaev from Grozny guilty and sentenced him to 16 years in prison. According to investigators, in 1999 he joined the illegal armed formation of the self-proclaimed Chechen Republic of Ichkeria under the leadership of Shamil Basayev and Khattab.

The Russian government did not support the version of the bill that allows schools and municipalities to introduce a local ban on religious clothing, including hijabs and niqabs. It is reported that the concepts of "religious clothing" and "clothing with religious attributes" are not defined in the legislation and this "may lead to ambiguous law enforcement practices."

Journalist and activist from Belarus Andrei Meleshko was denied entry to Georgia. He had lived in Batumi for three years due to political persecution in his home country.

A month and a half ago, former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili was transferred to another ward, and since then the level of oxygen saturation in his body has dropped. He has severe weakness, drowsiness and shortness of breath. This was reported by Dr. Manana Dzhebashvili.

We don’t need Chechens who surrendered to Ukrainian captivity. Surrendering is a disgrace for a Chechen, which can only be washed away with blood. This was reported by the deputy head of the Main Military-Political Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces, commander of the volunteer formation “Akhmat” Apti Alaudinov.

The Crimean Tatar activists Alexander Sizikov, Alim Sufianov and Seyran Khairedinov, convicted in the case of participation in the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir, had their sentences upheld in cassation.