Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the Norwegian Helsinki Committee, Transparency International and more than 10 other human rights organizations published a joint statement on the anniversary of the arrest of the Azerbaijani economist and opposition politician Gubad Ibadoglu. The authors of the text called on the Azerbaijani authorities to release political prisoners.

Four people arrested in a criminal case related to riots at the local airport were released from pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Makhachkala. The chairman of the public monitoring commission of Dagestan, Shamil Khadulaev, wrote about this.

The European Union has lost its peaceful potential, even in words. He is doing everything to turn the post-Soviet space into a zone of military confrontation. This was stated by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Zakharova, commenting on the EU allocation of military assistance to Armenia worth 10 million euros.

The assassination attempt on the founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party, Bidzina Ivanishvili, was prepared by the same global forces that tried to kill US presidential candidate Donald Trump and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico. Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze stated this at a briefing for journalists.

The second animator of the quest room in Makhachkala, where two girls burned alive, was detained on suspicion of providing unsafe services. The suspect was interrogated. Law enforcement officers will insist on his detention.

The Minister of Press of Chechnya stood up for blogger Askhab Tamaev in a conflict with the head of the “Safe Internet League” Ekaterina Mizulina. She called Tamaev a “scammer” (from the English scam - “scam, fraud”) and accused him of involving children in gambling. According to Mizulina, the blogger “does not respect Islam, which prohibits casinos.” More details in our video.

Bailiffs of the Russian Federation, at the request of the tax service, initiated enforcement proceedings against the ex-champion of the Fighting Championship (UFC), a native of Dagestan, Khabib Nurmagomedov. The document shows a debt amount of 79.2 million rubles.

The Fifth Court of Cassation changed the territorial jurisdiction for ten participants in the riots that occurred in October 2023 at Makhachkala airport. They will be tried in the Stavropol and Krasnodar territories, the Prosecutor General's Office reported. According to lawyers, the change in jurisdiction is illegal and violates the constitutional rights of citizens.

Georgian intelligence services are investigating the preparation of a terrorist attack against the founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party, billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, and other high-ranking members of the party. The State Security Service is conducting an investigation under Art. 315 of the Criminal Code (conspiracy or rebellion for the purpose of violent change of the constitutional order) and Art. 323 (terrorist act).

The United States is closely monitoring Russia's attempts to interfere in the upcoming parliamentary elections in Georgia in October. This was stated by the State Department.