The EU seeks to further integrate Armenia into the European space economically and politically. This was discussed at a meeting in Brussels between European Council President Antonio Costa, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

Former financier of the founder of Georgia's ruling party Bidzina Ivanishvili, former head of the Co-Investment Fund, Giorgi Bachiashvili, said that he was brutally beaten in prison on July 11. This information was confirmed to the Georgian service of Radio Liberty by the prisoner's lawyer, David Jandieri.

France has taken into custody 33-year-old Crimean Tatar Il'nur Shagaev, who left Crimea before Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The detention occurred while boarding a ferry to the UK based on a request from the Russian FSB, which placed Shagaev on the international wanted list on charges of having links to organizations banned in the Russian Federation.

18-year-old Said Murtazaliev from Dagestan was forcibly recruited into the army and sent to the front in Ukraine. As his mother Leyla Nakhshunova told the publication "Ponyano.Media", the young man was detained in the Moscow region in early January on suspicion of fraud. At the police station, he was offered to sign a contract with the Ministry of Defense. When he refused, they began to torture him - they put a gas mask on his head and squeezed his chest, causing him to lose consciousness.

An analysis conducted by RIA Novosti shows that in most republics of the North Caucasus Federal District, an average family with one child will need from 5 to almost 7 years to accumulate funds sufficient to purchase an apartment of 60 square meters.

After drawing up a new charge, the prosecutor's office returned the criminal case on the death of local resident Vladimir Tsakaev in the police department to the Leninsky District Court of Vladikavkaz for consideration.

In Vladikavkaz, the police detained a man who beat up a visitor from Dagestan because of his shorts. The detainee apologized on video.

The Georgian Dream party responded to the joint statement of 17 European ministers and EU High Representative Kaja Kallas, calling it an "organized attack on the Georgian people." According to the party, informal Deep State structures rule in the EU and Britain and allegedly interfere in Georgian politics. The Dream called on each signatory "to be more responsible in their statements in the future."

In the city of Norilsk in Krasnoyarsk Krai, workers from Dagestan Amir and Kamal saved a girl hanging on a balcony visor.

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has arrived in Azerbaijan on an official visit – this is his first trip to the country. The visit is taking place against the backdrop of intensified contacts between the countries on the issue of restoring the Syrian energy sector. During the reception of the foreign leader, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said that he would supply gas to Syria.