The Council of the European Union supported the temporary waiver of some import duties on goods from Armenia. The preferential regime, designed for two years, is intended to help Yerevan mitigate the impact of trade restrictions imposed by Russia while simultaneously expanding economic ties with the EU.

Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili commented on a new open letter from former Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, published on September 1. 

Грузия вошла в двадцатку самых привлекательных направлений для путешествий в сентябре по версии британского независимого туристического журнала Wanderlust Magazine. Страна оказалась на шестой позиции подборки, опубликованной изданием.

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, Russian air defense forces destroyed 130 drones on the night of September 2. Some of them were shot down over the Rostov region, Krasnodar region, and the Black Sea. No casualties were reported.

In the Untsukulsky District of Dagestan, the search for a young man who drowned while paddleboarding on the Irganai Reservoir has been ongoing for over a week.

On September 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a bilateral meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Bishkek. The talks took place at the Ala-Archa state residence.

On October 1, the Sol-Iletsk District Court of the Orenburg Region will hear the administrative claims of former senator from Karachay-Cherkessia Rauf Arashukov against the administration of the Black Dolphin prison colony, where he is serving a life sentence. Arashukov is demanding that the decision to place him in solitary confinement be declared unlawful.

Irakli Pavlenishvili, one of the leaders of the Georgian opposition party United National Movement, stated that the mass influx of Russian citizens poses a threat of Russification in Georgia. At a briefing at Tbilisi International Airport, he called the airport "another gateway to Mordor" and promised that after the change of power, the country would be protected from the "Russian threat."

The youth of Russia and Armenia can play an important role in developing relations between the two countries, stated Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova. According to her, young people should be interested in peaceful coexistence and maintaining friendly ties.

On the night of September 1, the Rostov Region was subjected to a massive drone attack. According to authorities, approximately 40 UAVs were shot down over the region. Governor Yuri Slyusar claims there were no casualties.