Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov stated that Moscow's letter terminating the criminal investigation into the AZAL plane crash was "gravely surprising." The letter was sent by Alexander Bastrykin, Chairman of the Russian Investigative Committee.

Министр иностранных дел Азербайджана Джейхун Байрамов сообщил, что деятельность организации «Русский дом» в стране была прекращена в связи с нарушением установленных законодательных норм, включая отсутствие необходимой регистрации.

In Kabardino-Balkaria, a court sentenced Zamir Begiyev to five years in prison. He was found guilty of leaving his military unit without leave during mobilization.

The Federal Security Service (FSB) detained an 18-year-old woman in Stavropol on suspicion of plotting a terrorist attack against a Defense Ministry officer. According to the FSB, the woman, acting on instructions from Ukrainian intelligence agencies, obtained a homemade explosive device equivalent to 400 grams of TNT and planned to plant it on a vehicle near a military base.