A picket was held in Makhachkala demanding the release of the journalist of the Chernovik newspaper Abdulmumin Gadzhiev from the colony and the termination of the criminal case fabricated against him. Magomed Magomedov, deputy editor-in-chief of the Chernovik publication, came to the rally.

The cassation court refused to acquit Ingushetia resident Gapur Galaev in the case of illegal sale of weapons and potent substances. Previously, the Supreme Court of the Republic, based on a jury verdict, found him not guilty, but the next instance, at the request of the investigation, sentenced the man to six years in prison.

The court in Armavir (Krasnodar Territory) will consider the criminal case of the pogrom at the Makhachkala airport. Kommersant reports this. The first five defendants, residents of Dagestan, are charged with participation in mass riots, one of them is also charged with using force against a government official. There are a total of 131 defendants in the case. Eight of them are wanted.

Karachay-Cherkessia and Ingushetia took 82nd-83rd places in the ranking of socio-economic situation. Among all regions of the Russian Federation, the situation is worse only in the Jewish Autonomous Region and Tyva, RIA Novosti reports.

Participants in the “Tavush for the Motherland” movement, led by its leader Bagrat Galstanyan, spent the entire night outside the parliament building in Yerevan. They set up about 15 tents. The police detained two citizens who were later released.

The Russian Foreign Ministry sent a note of protest to the Armenian Foreign Ministry after the Armenian delegation visited the Ukrainian city of Bucha. This was stated by the representative of the Russian department Maria Zakharova.

Christophe Deloire, Secretary General of the international organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF), has died in Paris. He was 53 years old. He was battling cancer.

The editors of the Crimean Tatar newspaper “Qirim” were awarded a fine of 300 thousand rubles under the administrative article on discrediting the Russian army. The reason was a publication that outlined arguments against the participation of Crimeans in the war against Ukraine.