An Azerbaijani court has sentenced Ramil Aliyev to four years in prison. He was found guilty of participating in illegal armed groups.

Alan Gagloev, the President of the self-proclaimed Republic of South Ossetia, commented on the arrest of civil society activist and ethnic Georgian Tamara Mearakishvili, accused of spying for Georgia.

Amid the ongoing normalization of relations between Yerevan and Baku, Nikol Pashinyan expressed hope for expanded economic cooperation, particularly the establishment of exports of Armenian goods to Azerbaijan.

Security forces have detained a resident of Stavropol Krai suspected of involvement in Shamil Basayev's unit's attack on the Botlikh District of Dagestan in 1999 during the Second Russo-Chechen War.