The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, made a nearly week-long trip to Moscow, where he held a number of meetings, including with Russian President Vladimir Putin. However, there is no official confirmation of this meeting, writes Novaya Gazeta Evropa.

Relations between Moscow and Tbilisi are not being built in any way. Russia has not interfered and does not intend to interfere in any way in the events in Georgia. This was stated by the press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov.

The mother of Chechen activists, Zarema Musayeva, was sent from a penal colony to a pretrial detention center until February 1, 2025. A second criminal case was opened against her - for disrupting the colony's activities.

The Magas City Court and the Supreme Court of Ingushetia have ruled that the Federal Penitentiary Service's decision to leave Zurab Didigov in Correctional Colony No. 6 in the Nizhny Novgorod Region, two thousand kilometers from home, is illegal. He will be transferred to another colony, closer to his family.

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili delivered a speech in the European Parliament. According to her, "Georgia has been, is and will be the West's conductor in the region, and the Russian Federation is trying to take over it."

A native of Chechnya, Azamat Balayev, who served a five-year sentence in an Austrian prison, may be deported to Russia. In this case, human rights activists claim, he faces torture and forced transfer to the "SVO".

At a hearing in the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don, the judge refused the defense to disclose a secret witness under the pseudonym "Ibragimov." According to lawyer Emil Kurbedinov, this person is an agent of the state who wanders from one criminal case to another related to the Crimean Tatars.

The supply of offensive weapons by France to Armenia poses a practical threat to Azerbaijan. Baku has repeatedly conveyed to Yerevan and its patrons in the United States that the armament must be stopped. This was stated by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in an interview with RIA Novosti.

In Georgia, after the adoption of the law on foreign agents, 476 foreign-funded NGOs and media outlets voluntarily submitted applications for registration within the established deadlines. 16 media organizations and 120 NGOs refused to do so. They appealed the law to the European Court of Human Rights.

The first investment project in Karabakh was carried out by Tatarstan. This was stated by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in an interview with RIA Novosti.