The Tbilisi City Court has placed former head of Georgia's State Security Service, Grigol Liluashvili, in pretrial detention. The defendant did not attend the hearing because he "has not yet reviewed the case materials." A preliminary hearing will take place on February 16.

An incident involving a humanitarian convoy from Dagestan occurred in the border area of ​​the Belgorod Region. Head of the republic, Sergei Melikov, reported that the vehicles were fired upon using unmanned aerial vehicles.

A memorial plaque unveiled in the Chechen capital honors the passengers and crew of the Azerbaijani Embraer 190 airliner that crashed in late December last year. The plaque bears the inscription, "Eternal memory to those who perished in the plane crash. Your names will forever remain in our hearts."

A court hearing was held in the capital of the self-proclaimed republic of South Ossetia in the case of Georgian citizen Tamara Mearakishvili. She is accused of "espionage for Georgia."