The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, called on the Dagestan police officers, who the day before detained the Minister of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Chechnya Alikhan Tsakaev, to be “expelled from the structures with a bang.”
According to him, the detention occurred without explanation. The minister did not have documents with him because he left on his day off.

An opponent of the law on foreign agents, Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili spoke about the decision being discussed by parliament in an interview with CNN. According to her, the country's population will never allow a government that is clearly pro-Russian to remain its government, because it contradicts its basic existential choice.

In Urus-Martan, employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB shot at a native of Chechnya and British citizen Magomed Abubakarov. He is seriously injured and hospitalized. The man was accused of using violence against a government official and illegal possession of weapons, the Memorial Human Rights Center reported.

Russia is waiting for a clear reaction and disavowal from Armenia after the leak of information about military-political agreements with the United States and the EU at a meeting in Brussels on April 5. This ultimatum was put forward to Yerevan by the Russian Foreign Ministry in the person of its representative Maria Zakharova.

The day before, the Ukrainian Armed Forces shelled the village of Borovko, Klimovsky district, Bryansk region. Three servicemen were hospitalized at a local hospital with various injuries: 20-year-old Abubakar Aliyev, 22-year-old Islam Gurzhuev and 29-year-old Dzham Sugaipov. All of them are residents of Chechnya.

Criticism of the West will not be a reason for Georgia to reconsider its decision to adopt a bill on foreign agents. Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze stated this at a briefing. There was no argument behind any of these criticisms, he said.

In an interview with CNN, Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili again criticized the bill “on foreign agents” and noted that it is a copy of Putin’s law. She said she would veto the decision.

The ruling party of Georgia and its allies in parliament approved in the first reading the bill “On Transparency of Foreign Influence,” known as the “foreign agents” law. It obliges foreign-funded non-governmental organizations and media to register in a special register and fill out annual declarations.

The Kremlin confirmed the withdrawal of the Russian military contingent from Nagorno-Karabakh, which was there on a peacekeeping mission by agreement between Baku, Yerevan and Moscow. This was announced by the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov.

Azerbaijan's actions and official statements towards France have always been only a response to its destructive activities. Despite Paris's smear campaign against Azerbaijan, the country has always kept the doors of dialogue open. This is how the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry commented on France’s decision to recall its ambassador from Baku.