The US State Department is releasing a statement in connection with the news that the Anaklia port in Georgia may be built by a Chinese state consortium.

Independent journalists, human rights defenders and activists have been arrested on politically motivated charges in Azerbaijan in recent months. In particular, representatives of such independent media as Abzas Media, Toplum TV, Channel 11 and Channel 13, and participants in political movements were arrested. The press service for foreign affairs and security of the European Union recalled this.

Six residents of Karachay-Cherkessia were sent to a pre-trial detention center in connection with the case of involvement in At-Takfir wal-Hijra. They are accused of participating in an extremist organization.

A meeting was held in the Zamoskvoretsky Court of Moscow to consider the complaint of a political prisoner, co-chairman of the Memorial Human Rights Center Oleg Orlov regarding his inclusion in the register of “foreign agents”.

The Armenian authorities suspended broadcasting of the First Russian Channel. The formal reason was the debt to the Armenian television and radio broadcasting network. As the country's Minister of High-Technological Industry Mkhitar Hayrapetyan noted, the Russian partners did not fulfill their contractual obligations, accumulating a 2.5-month debt.

Umar Daudov and Akhmad-Khadzhi Delimkhanov were appointed to the positions of Deputy Minister of Sports of Chechnya. The first is the son of Magomed Daudov, chairman of the regional government, the second is the nephew of State Duma deputy Adam Delimkhanov.

Georgian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) have declared their disobedience to the government's law on foreign agents. It is called an analogue of the Russian law.

Activist Yashar Muedinov said that employees of the Dimitrovgrad prison in the Ulyanovsk region used force and psychological pressure on him. He wrote a statement, which was signed by ten other prisoners. Yashar Muedinov added that the cell where he is located is very damp. Because of this, his health condition worsened - his right hand began to hurt more severely.

In Yerevan, a procession began to the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which was organized by the leader of the “Tavush in the name of the Motherland” movement Bagrat Galstanyan. He demanded an explanation from the head of the police about yesterday’s incident with representatives of the Armenian clergy.

The Court of Appeal in Baku rejected the complaint of the head of the Center for Monitoring Elections and Democracy Education, Anar Mammadli, about the illegality of searches and seizure of personal belongings. His phones, computers and other electronic media on which personal information was stored were confiscated.