Against the backdrop of a series of arrests of Georgian opposition figures, the UK Minister of State for Europe, North America and Overseas Territories Stephen Doughty has called on official Tbilisi to release "all political prisoners".

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has addressed followers of the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC) on social media calling on them to demand the resignation of Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II. It is noteworthy that in his post he called the clergyman by his secular name - Ktrich Nersesyan. The appeal also touched upon the clergy, who, according to Pashinyan, remain "faithful to the values ​​of the church."

The leader of Strategy Agmashenebeli, Giorgi Vashadze, whose case for failing to appear before the parliamentary investigative commission will be considered by the court today, said that he will not attend the hearing. He will await the verdict at the party office, where they will come to arrest him. In all likelihood, the oppositionist will be sentenced to several months in prison, as well as three other politicians who have already received sentences under the same article. The maximum penalty for “failure to comply with the legal requirements of the temporary investigative commission of parliament” (Article 349 of the Criminal Code of Georgia) is imprisonment for up to one year.

Tbilisi City Court has issued sentences to two opposition leaders – Zurab Girchi Japaridze (Coalition for Change, Girchi – More Freedom party) and Mamuka Khazaradze (Strong Georgia coalition, Lelo party). They were sentenced to seven and eight months in prison, respectively, for refusing to testify to the parliamentary investigative commission investigating the alleged crimes of the previous authorities.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has put Apti Alaudinov, deputy head of the Main Military-Political Directorate of the Russian Defense Ministry and commander of the Akhmat special forces, on wanted list. He is charged with "encroachment on the territorial integrity and inviolability of Ukraine."

According to NGnewsgeorgia, about 80 Georgian fighters have died on the front since February 2022 - volunteers from Georgia and Ukrainian citizens of Georgian origin.

Afghan workers will receive work permits in Chechnya, Dagestan and Krasnodar Krai. This was announced at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum by the head of the Russian Business Center in Afghanistan, Rustam Khabibullin.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan made his first working visit to Turkey (in 2023, he attended the presidential inauguration). During the meeting with the head of state Recep Erdogan, the parties discussed the normalization of Armenian-Turkish relations and the peace process between Yerevan and Baku.