Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, held in a Tbilisi clinic after a long hunger strike, commented on the reshuffle in the country's government and the change of prime minister.

The opening of the Turkish-Armenian border will have a beneficial effect on relations not only between the countries, but also between Armenia and Azerbaijan. This was stated by Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Vahan Kostanyan.

Representatives of the Georgian opposition reacted with irony to the decision of the ruling Georgian Dream party to swap the positions of prime minister and chairman. The day before it became known that Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili will take the post of chairman of the party, and its leader Irakli Kobakhidze will apparently head the government.

In 2023, 35 murders were committed in the Karachay-Cherkess Republic. This is twice as much as in 2022 (14), reports the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation.

At the next court hearing in Grozny in the case of Nikita Zhuravel, accused of burning the Koran, the prosecution presented evidence of his guilt - the results of a forensic psychiatric examination. He was found to be mentally healthy and gave an account of the crime committed.

Rosstat predicts that by 2046 the greatest population decline in absolute terms will be in Moscow and the Moscow region. The leaders in population growth in the future will be Chechnya (+601.4 thousand people), Dagestan (+509.6 thousand) and the Tyumen region (+223.3 thousand).

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow will consider cases of “fake news” about the Russian army against the spouses Denis and Maria Mamedov. They were forced to leave the Russian Federation and massively sent anti-war letters to social networks and authorities.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili confirmed that he has resigned. He will take the post of chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream party.

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow registered an appeal from the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs of Dagestan, Rufat Ismailov, about his detention. The date for its consideration has not yet been set.

Member of the Federation Council, former head of Kabardino-Balkaria, billionaire Arsen Kanokov has a stake in the chain of cafes “Vkusno – period”, created on the basis of the American McDonald’s, which left the Russian Federation after the start of the “SVO”.