Social media accounts by supporters of Chechen refugee Mansur Movlaev have reported the abduction of his parents, Khava and Movsar Movlaev. They were forcibly taken away to an unknown location in Chechnya.

"I am confident that sooner or later we will reach a point where Abkhazia will be fully recognized, and our country will become a member of the UN.

By decision of the Kharkiv City Council, Ukraine, Kubanska Street has been renamed in honor of Dzhokhar Dudayev.

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry categorically rejected any suggestion that the country's territory is being used for military or intelligence operations against Iran, or the possible presence of forces affiliated with Israel in Azerbaijan. This was the ministry's response to an article published by CNN World, which, according to the Azerbaijani side, contains unsubstantiated accusations.

Journalist Alexei Seregin has been detained in Yoshkar-Ola. He is accused of "justifying terrorism," citing a two-year-old comment about Dzhokhar Dudayev, the first president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria. The criminal case was launched for "justifying illegal armed groups in Chechnya in the 1990s."

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov believes that Georgia's leadership is aware of the potential damage from the country's accession to the EU.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated during the recent election debates that the country does not plan to renew full membership in the CSTO and may eventually leave the military-political bloc.

The Prime Minister of Georgia reacted sharply to US Secretary of State Marco Rubio's statement about Washington's ability to influence the policies of the Georgian authorities.