Human rights activists Leyla Yunus and Elshan Hasanov have prepared an updated list of political prisoners in Azerbaijan. It is in accordance with resolution 1900 adopted by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in October 2012. 

On the anniversary of the tragedy in Sumgait, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, President Vahagn Khachaturyan, Speaker of Parliament Alain Simonyan laid wreaths at the memorial in Cicernakaberd in memory of the victims.

The Executive Body of the Crimean Tatars, the Milli Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, based in Ukraine issued an appeal. In it, the sponsors called on the international community to increase political, military and financial assistance to Ukraine until its sovereignty and territorial integrity were fully established.

The draft law «On Transparency of Foreign Influence» submitted to the Parliament of Georgia causes deep concern and threatens the activities of civil society and media, the UN statement says.

In 2022, more than 200,000 unwilling Russians arrived in Georgia, which contributed to a 10% increase in GDP. This is reported by the Polish Enterprise Support Institute.

The least-paid pensioners in Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachaevo-Cherkessia receive 16-17 thousand rubles per month. Also in outsiders Kalmykia and Crimea. This is said in the analysis of the Social Fund of the Russian Federation.

The CFR regions are considered to have the worst unemployment rates. Thus, 28.4% of the total working population of the republic did not work in Ingushetia last year. This is the worst result, according to RIA Novosti. 

The publication “People of Baikal” published a video message from those mobilized from the Irkutsk region to Russian President Vladimir Putin. They report that the DPR command, to which they were handed over, is sending them “to slaughter”, urging them on with machine gun fire.

In May 2022, a soldier named Zelimkhan Ayubov was injured by a mine during the war with Ukraine. However, the command of the 291st Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment from the village of Borzoy refused to give him the relevant certificate, which deprived him of monetary compensation. However, the Southern District Military Court sided with the plaintiff. 

The human rights organization KrymSOS recorded at least six cases of torture of Crimean Tatar political prisoners in 2022. They also suffer from ill-treatment and inadequate medical care.