At today's session, the Georgian Parliament approved amendments to the Law on Grants in the third and final reading. The innovations provide for the possibility of receiving a foreign grant only with the consent of the government or a specific authorized person.

Crimean Tatar Ismail Shemshedinov was found in Pretrial Detention Center No. 2 in Simferopol. On January 26, 2024, he was detained after a search. Since then, his relatives have not known where he is or why he was arrested.

The US State Department has cancelled funding for foreign aid projects in various countries. One of the grants is “promoting democratic culture” in Armenia for $2 million.

For the first time in 30 years, Russian airlines have started selling tickets for flights to Sukhum, the capital of the self-proclaimed Republic of Abkhazia. The first flight from Moscow is scheduled for May 3.

The unemployment rate in Chechnya has decreased from 7.7% to 4%, and the number of unemployed has decreased by more than 23 thousand people. In addition, the minimum wage has increased by 16.6%. This was reported by the Chairman of the regional government, Magomed Daudov.

An employee of the Timiryazevsky District Department of Internal Affairs of Moscow, Alexander Matyukhin, has gone to the "SVO". This happened after a criminal case was opened on the fact of an insult on national grounds and beating of a native of North Ossetia, Tamerlan Marzoev, reported the "Team Against Torture".

Speaking in parliament, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that there will be no war with Azerbaijan.

Law enforcement officers detained two brothers on suspicion of murdering Mustafa Katsiev, the son of the former head of the rural settlement of Ekazhevo in the Nazran district of Ingushetia, Magomed-Bashir Katsiev. A criminal case was opened on the grounds of a crime under Part 1 of Article 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (murder). The suspects are 30 and 29 years old, and they confessed to the crime.

Crimean Tatar Rustem Gugurik, serving his sentence in Buryatia's colony No. 8, is in serious condition. According to his relatives, the man is losing his hearing and needs medication for his heart. In addition, his stomach problems have worsened. He is receiving virtually no medical care.

Paris is concerned about the growing tension on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and has proposed expanding the EU mission and containing the tensions. This was stated by French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot. He also considers it necessary to sign a peace agreement between these countries as soon as possible and return the prisoners.