In 2025, up to 300 government employees were dismissed in Georgia for political reasons, including 45 employees of the Tbilisi City Hall. These figures were cited at today's briefing by Tbilisi City Council deputy from the opposition party "Gakharia - for Georgia" Tata Khvedeliani.

A resident of the Kirov region, Nikolai Zonov, who left Russia in 2023, was detained in Yerevan. His wife, Armenian citizen Averik Zonova, said that after almost two years of working in the country, the man was going to obtain citizenship by marriage. However, he was recently detained by Armenian police after going to the passport office.

Three minors have been detained in Ingushetia, accused of planning an attack on a church in Sunzha. This was reported by the Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee for the region.

Mutual claims in international courts will be withdrawn after the signing of a peace treaty between Azerbaijan and Armenia. This was stated by Elnur Mammadov, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan.

Armenia is pursuing a balanced foreign policy, developing relations with the European Union and Russia within the framework of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said this in an interview with Turkish media.

There will be no fireworks in Stavropol on May 9 to celebrate Victory Day. Governor Vladimir Vladimirov cited a popular vote he held on social media – allegedly the majority of “voters” voted against it.

Georgia's third president, Mikheil Saakashvili, said that the new sentence, like the previous ones, was handed down to him on the personal order of the founder of the country's ruling party, Bidzina Ivanishvili.

A fatal accident involving an armored personnel carrier and a Lada Priora occurred in the capital of Dagestan. As Baza reports, citing eyewitnesses, near house No. 57 on Karabudakhkentskoye Highway, a military vehicle crashed into a car driven by a man. The driver of the Lada died before the ambulance arrived.

The name of three-time Olympic champion in freestyle wrestling Buvaisar Saitiev will be given to one of the streets in the Akhmatovsky district of Grozny. Recently, the ethnic Chechen was buried in Dagestan.

60-year-old Rustem Virati died in a prison in Dimitrovgrad, Ulyanovsk region. This was reported from Ukraine by the head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Refat Chubarov.