The Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Astrakhan Region recommended believers to refrain from wearing niqabs in public places. They explained that such clothing is associated with high risks of Islamophobia in society, and under certain circumstances can negatively affect public safety measures.

The Qualification Commission of the Bar Association of the Tyumen Region stripped Alexey Ladin of his professional status. The commission found that he violated lawyer ethics due to two administrative cases brought against him.

Georgian Justice Minister Rati Bregadze allowed the possible transfer of the country's ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili from a clinic to prison.

Crimean Tatar philologist and journalist Seyran Saliev, sentenced to 16 years in prison, was once again transferred to strict conditions of detention in a colony in the Tula region. Since the beginning of the year, he was sent to a punishment cell for 15 days several times due to violation of his dress code.

Four residents of Dagestan, released from pre-trial detention the day before, were again arrested in connection with the riots at the Makhachkala airport. This was announced by the Chairman of the Public Monitoring Commission of the Republic Shamil Khadulaev.

The Kirovsky District Court of Makhachkala sentenced Rufina Pirveledova to 2.5 years probation. She was found guilty of participating in an extremist organization (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

Sentenced to 3.5 years on charges of burning the Koran, 19-year-old Nikita Zhuravel remained to serve his sentence in pre-trial detention center No. 1 in Grozny, where he was kept during the investigation and trial.

A court in Akhtubinsk (Astrakhan region) arrested local resident Beknur Kamalov for 10 days under the article on demonstrating extremist symbols (Part 1 of Article 20.3 of the Administrative Code). He posted on Vkontakte the song “Jerusalem” by the Chechen bard Timur Mutsuraev.

The day before, American congressmen criticized the ruling Georgian Dream party due to the adoption of the law on foreign agents and rapprochement with China and the Russian Federation. The reaction of the Georgian authorities was not long in coming.

Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the Norwegian Helsinki Committee, Transparency International and more than 10 other human rights organizations published a joint statement on the anniversary of the arrest of the Azerbaijani economist and opposition politician Gubad Ibadoglu. The authors of the text called on the Azerbaijani authorities to release political prisoners.