In its report, "Georgia – Anatomy of Repression: 500 Days of Protests, Dispersals, and Resilience," Amnesty International called for the Georgian government to end its smear campaigns against independent media, journalists, and opposition politicians. The organization also recommended that the EU and international partners take steps in this direction.

Volunteers and emergency services personnel continued their search throughout the night for an 8-year-old boy near the village of Yandare in Ingushetia's Nazran District. As of the morning of June 16, the child's whereabouts, swept away by the Sunzha River, remain unknown.

A court in Simferopol extended the pretrial detention of mother-of-five Esma Nimetulayeva, 21-year-old businesswoman Fevziye Osmanova, 20-year-old student Elviza Aliyeva, and 19-year-old student Nasiba Saidova until September 14. They are accused of involvement with the Islamic party Hizb ut-Tahrir, which is designated a terrorist organization in Russia.

The Investigative Department of Ingushetia has opened an investigation into the disappearance of a child. This afternoon, two young children, both born in 2018, were swimming in an unsafe area in the Sunzha River in the village of Yandare in the Nazran District.

The head of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, suggested that the Armenian authorities could face difficulties if their foreign policy relies solely on Western support. He believes such a one-sided approach could lead to domestic complications and slow the country's economic development.

Moscow mathematician Mikhail Verbitsky, detained in the Armenian capital on the night of June 13, has been released from custody. Local media reported this, citing his lawyer, Vache Simonyan.

Georgia's ruling party is proposing that the United States abandon the previous strategic partnership format and build relations on a fundamentally new level. This was stated by one of its members, Nikoloz Samkharadze, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Relations.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev stated that his country is promoting peace both in the South Caucasus and throughout Eurasia.

According to the Ministry of Health, the Chechen Republic ranked first among Russian regions for the lowest smoking prevalence. As of May 2026, the smoking rate in the region was only 0.53%.

A group of activists held a protest in Vienna outside the Kazakh embassy in support of Chechen refugee Mansur Movlaev. They urged Kazakh authorities not to extradite the young man to Russia.