The largest opposition party in Georgia, the United National Movement, initiated the collection of signatures for the release of ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili from prison.

The US House of Representatives signed a resolution calling on Baku to release Gubad Ibadoglu, a scientist and economist, chairman of the Movement for Democracy and Prosperity of Azerbaijan party.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ordered the Russian authorities to pay one thousand euros each to Zelimkhan Dudayev, Said Asadullaev and Umar Baysiev. Natives of Chechnya were subjected to inhumane treatment during their transfer to places of detention.

The Supreme Court of Dagestan approved the sentence to local resident Makhmud Ibadulaev - two years and two months in prison. He was found guilty of participating in the activities of an extremist organization called “Citizens of the USSR” (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).

In Poltava, a memorial plaque was unveiled in honor of the first president of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, Dzhokhar Dudayev. It was installed on the house where Dudayev lived from 1985 to 1987.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation has put Magomed Gadzhiev, a former State Duma deputy from Dagestan, on the wanted list. Information about this appeared in the database of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. It says that he is wanted under a criminal article, but its name is not specified.

The Nalchik garrison court sentenced contract soldier Magomed Albogachiev to five years in a general regime colony. He was found guilty under the article on abandoning a military unit.

Murad Shuaibov, who was found dead in Karelian correctional colony No. 7 in Segezha, was subjected to torture, said lawyer Asad Jafirov. This happened in IK-9 of Petrozavodsk.

Former Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili held his first briefing as head of the ruling Georgian Dream party.

In Simferopol, security forces detained and later released lawyer Emil Kurbedinov. He was issued a report under the article on abuse of freedom of mass information (Part 9 of Article 13.15 of the Administrative Code). The reason for the detention and fine was Kurbedinov’s post on the rules for granting a deferment from conscription.