Former Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili held his first briefing as head of the ruling Georgian Dream party.

In Simferopol, security forces detained and later released lawyer Emil Kurbedinov. He was issued a report under the article on abuse of freedom of mass information (Part 9 of Article 13.15 of the Administrative Code). The reason for the detention and fine was Kurbedinov’s post on the rules for granting a deferment from conscription.

On the outskirts of the village of Stary-Achkhoy, Achkhoy-Martan district of Chechnya, an attack occurred on police officers. Three attackers were killed, a 32-year-old police sergeant was wounded. Telegram channels report this.

Azerbaijan Popular Front Party activist Alezamin Salayev, sentenced to four years in prison, complained about the deteriorating conditions in the correctional facility and threatened a dry hunger strike. After deteriorating health and heart problems, he was placed in a barracks with a large number of convicts.

The investigation opened a criminal case under Art. 105 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (“Murder”) in connection with the disappearance of athlete from North Ossetia Anna Tsomartova in Dagestan. The kidnapping version is also being considered. The search for the girl in Kaspiysk is carried out by 150 people, aviation and divers are involved.

Murad Shuaibov was found dead in Karelian correctional colony No. 7 in Segezha. In 2019, he was sentenced to 23 years on charges of murdering the founder of the Dagestan newspaper Chernovik, Khadzhimurad Kamalov.

If Armenia's territorial claims against Azerbaijan are not put to an end, then there will be no peace treaty between the countries. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said this at the inauguration ceremony in Baku, noting the failure of the Armenian side to fulfill its obligations.

Most of the people killed during the “special operation” in Ukraine among the residents of the North Caucasus Federal District and southern Russia were in Dagestan – 736 people. In total, there are at least 1,653 of them in the North Caucasus Federal District.

The newly elected President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev took the oath of office on the Constitution and the Koran in parliament.

In Azerbaijan, the Shiite theologian Sardar Babayev, who was taken to prison, was immediately put in a punishment cell. He refused to sign the violation report and give any evidence against himself.