A Simferopol court denied political prisoner Ametkhan Abdulvapov's request to invalidate his transfer to a penal colony in Angarsk (Irkutsk Region). The colony is located more than 5,500 kilometers from Crimea.

For five days in a row, Maira Babayan has been sitting on a bench outside the Government House in Vladikavkaz. She is protesting the sentence of her son, who was found guilty of leaving his military unit without leave.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that if his Civil Contract party fails to secure a majority of seats in the parliamentary elections, the country could face war.

Azamat Maryshev was sentenced by the Nalchik Military Court to five years in a general regime penal colony for leaving his unit without leave during mobilization.

A resident of Karachay-Cherkessia received a suspended sentence for donations totaling less than two thousand rubles to the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK). This is Alexei Navalny's former project, which is designated as terrorist in Russia. According to the defendant, he decided to financially support the organization after watching its videos online, which included a donation link.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze met with his Hungarian counterpart, Viktor Orbán (whom many consider a pro-Kremlin politician in Europe), in Budapest. As part of his visit, Kobakhidze also participated in the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).

Catholicos of All Armenians Karekin II was denied permission to travel to Georgia to attend the funeral of Catholicos-Patriarch Ilia II. The investigator rejected the defense's motion to lift the pretrial restriction banning him from traveling abroad.

Azerbaijani opposition politician Tofig Yagublu has ended his 26-day hunger strike. This information was released by his daughter, Nigar Khezin. The decision to end the protest was made after contacting the prisoner.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan sharply criticized opposition presidential candidates Robert Kocharyan, Samvel Karapetyan, and Gagik Tsarukyan. In a social media post, Pashinyan accused them of seeking to revise the peace treaty with Azerbaijan and, as he put it, "open the door to war."

In the international "2026 Happiness Index," Armenia ranked 89th out of 147 countries. Among the South Caucasus regions, it ranked ahead of Georgia (91st) and Azerbaijan (102nd). However, Armenia trailed several post-Soviet states, such as Lithuania (28th), Kazakhstan (33rd), and Russia (79th).