The President of the Union of Armenians of Russia Ara Abrahamyan announced plans to "promote the unification" of political forces in Armenia that are in opposition to the current Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said at a briefing that the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) is going to take advantage of the current contradictions between Moscow and Baku to incite hatred on ethnic grounds. The diplomat claims that they are planning to use sabotage raids by mercenaries from Russia.

The body of a young man with a garbage bag over his head was found in a forested area of the Sarıyer district of Istanbul. According to the Turkish publication Milliyet, the identity of the deceased has been established - he is a 20-year-old Russian of Chechen origin, Usman Amriev, a student at one of the private universities in Istanbul.

Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan said that opening transport links through the Zangezur Corridor is a key factor in the country's economic development. Recall that this route runs between Azerbaijan and its Nakhichevan region through Armenia's Syunik region.

The lawyer for Timur Tumgoev, an Ingush prisoner who is being held in the punishment cell of IK-5 in the Vologda colony, reported that his health has worsened. According to his defense attorney, Mikhail Mikheev, the prisoner has lost a lot of weight and is not receiving the necessary medical care.

Власти Чечни временно приостановили деятельность ряда благотворительных организаций, занимавшихся сбором средств для оказания помощи жителям Палестины. 

A member of the former ruling party of Georgia, the United National Movement, Lasha Tsanava, has been detained on charges of fraud. This was reported by the State Security Service of the country.

Dmitry Kiselev, Director General of the Russian state news agency MIA Rossiya Segodnya, demanded the release of the editor and editor-in-chief of the publication Sputnik Azerbaijan Igor Kartavykh and Yevgeny Belousov, who were arrested in Baku a month ago. They are accused of subversive activities and ties to Russian special services.

The Prosecutor General's Office has approved the indictment in the case of pension fraud in Ingushetia in the amount of more than 519 million rubles. The defendants are the former heads of the Federal Postal Service - Magomed-Bashir Kalimatov (brother of the current head of Ingushetia Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov) and Kambulat Sukiev, as well as 27 of their accomplices.

The State Security Service of Abkhazia detained a Georgian citizen Vladimir Shulaia, who was put on the federal wanted list by Russia, on the territory of the republic. After his detention, he was handed over to Russian authorities.