On the eve of the next exchange of prisoners of war between Russia and Ukraine. Five Chechen soldiers returned to Grozny. The head of Chechnya, Kadyrov, refused to meet with them, expressing doubts about their honour.

A complaint has been filed with the European Court of Human Rights in the case of former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili. Shalva Khachapuridze, his lawyer, reported this. Protection requires that policies prevent irreparable harm to health.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan can meet in Washington in the second half of May, according to the preliminary agreement. The Armenian media is writing about it.

In 2022, the head of Ingushetia Mahmud-Ali Kalimatov officially earned 3.4 million rubles (in 2021 - 2.6 million). At the same time, his wife declared almost 7 million (in 2021 - 9.4 million). Crisis and war did not prevent the pair to receive together more than 10 million rubles. 

The authorities of Armenia released the Russian, previously detained at the request of the Russian Federation. At home, he is accused of desertion. The 23-year-old man was detained in Yerevan on April 7. It is unknown whether he is military or mobilized.

On the eve of the Parliament building in the center of Tbilisi the action "Together in Europe" was held. Its organizer is the largest opposition party of Georgia, the "United National Movement". 

On April 9, Georgia celebrates the Day of Adoption of the Act on the Restoration of State Independence and National Unity, Civil Harmony and Memory of the Dead.
Today, the victims of the dispersal of thousands of rallies in Tbilisi in 1989 are being commemorated in the country. At that time, 21 people were killed and hundreds were wounded. On that day, the Soviet army used tanks and poison gas to kill a peaceful demonstration for independence.

In 2022, citizens of different countries began to apply three times more often for Armenian passports. Of the total number of applications, 76% were from Russians, most of them ethnic Armenians.