In Vladikavkaz, the police detained a man who beat up a visitor from Dagestan because of his shorts. The detainee apologized on video.

The Georgian Dream party responded to the joint statement of 17 European ministers and EU High Representative Kaja Kallas, calling it an "organized attack on the Georgian people." According to the party, informal Deep State structures rule in the EU and Britain and allegedly interfere in Georgian politics. The Dream called on each signatory "to be more responsible in their statements in the future."

In the city of Norilsk in Krasnoyarsk Krai, workers from Dagestan Amir and Kamal saved a girl hanging on a balcony visor.

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has arrived in Azerbaijan on an official visit – this is his first trip to the country. The visit is taking place against the backdrop of intensified contacts between the countries on the issue of restoring the Syrian energy sector. During the reception of the foreign leader, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said that he would supply gas to Syria.

The Press Council of Azerbaijan responded to the letter of the Union of Journalists of Russia, which expressed a protest in connection with the arrest in Baku of the heads of the Russian state media agency "Sputnik Azerbaijan" Igor Kartavych and Evgeny Belousov.

American Megga Osdoba Katz, known as an NGO development consultant and ex-OSCE representative, and in Georgia also as a yoga teacher, was not allowed to enter the country without explanation. On Facebook, she wrote that in the questionnaire, they simply marked the column "other" as the reason.

In a joint statement, 17 EU member states and the High Representative of the European Union strongly condemned "politically motivated arrests and detentions of leaders of opposition parties aimed at suppressing the political opposition in Georgia."

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan Yalchin Rafiev took part in the Conference on the Restoration of Ukraine, which took place in Rome. In his speech, he emphasized that Azerbaijan supports the diplomatic settlement of the conflict, as well as the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, from the first days of the "SVO".