A Swiss court has repeatedly refused to grant political asylum to Ali Batayev, a native of Chechnya. He faces deportation to the Russian Federation, where he may be subjected to torture.

The French authorities released Sheikh-Akhmed Musaitov, a native of Chechnya, from the deportation center. At the same time, he must register with the police and is still threatened with deportation to the Russian Federation, where he may be subject to persecution. The man appealed the deportation decision.

The Moscow City Court approved the appeal sentence for the co-founder of the Memorial human rights center Oleg Orlov: 2 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime colony under the article on “repeated discrediting” of the army.

The decision by the US and EU to suspend defense exercises and funding is regrettable by the Georgian authorities because it does not meet their expectations. This was stated by Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze at a government meeting.

The Russian Federation regrets Armenia's participation in the NATO summit in Washington. This was stated by Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Galuzin. According to him, with such actions Yerevan, which still remains a member of the CSTO, risks seriously destabilizing the situation in the South Caucasus to the detriment of its own security.

A court in Moscow extended the arrest term of MMA fighter from Chechnya Ilyas Yakubov by two months. He is accused of publicly justifying terrorism.

They refuse to tell the wife of Crimean Tatar journalist Remzi Bekirov, sentenced to 19 years, to which colony her husband is being transferred.

A participant in the war in Ukraine, 48-year-old Akhmed Dzhabrailov, died in the Soviet police department of Makhachkala. His parents said that he behaved aggressively and ran with a knife on the roof.

The head of the Armenian Ministry of Defense Suren Papikyan met with his Austrian counterpart Arnold Kammel in Yerevan. The parties discussed the prospects for cooperation between the two countries in the field of defense. Papikyan presented Kammel with the progress of military reforms being carried out in Armenia.

Secretary General of Georgia's ruling Georgian Dream party, Kakha Kaladze, said that the authorities will provide the army with everything necessary without EU help.