The Lelo – Strong Georgia coalition plans to participate in the local government elections to be held on October 4 this year. This position runs counter to the intention of most opposition political groups to boycott the vote.

Turkish President Recep Erdogan said Ankara was closely monitoring tensions between Moscow and Baku and urging both sides to exercise restraint. He stressed that his country maintains deep diplomatic and strategic ties with both Russia and Azerbaijan, and expressed hope that recent events would not cause irreparable damage to these relations.

The head of Kabardino-Balkaria Kazbek Kokov said that there will be “no mercy” for violators of the constitutional order, “when the whole world is opposing our country, when they want to destroy our country.” This is how he commented on the attack on traffic police officers in Nalchik.

Georgia's sixth president, Mikheil Kavelashvili, whose legitimacy is not recognized by his predecessor, the opposition, and a significant part of the country's population, addressed convicted politicians with an offer on his Facebook page. He called on them to file a petition for pardon and confirm their desire to participate in the upcoming local government elections, promising to immediately issue a pardon act in this case.

The chairman of the national-cultural autonomy of Azerbaijanis in the Moscow Region, Elshan Ibragimov, has been stripped of his Russian citizenship. This decision was allegedly made due to "committing actions that pose a threat to Russia's national security."

By the end of May 2025, the volume of overdue mortgage payments in Ingushetia has increased more than threefold - from 134 to 422 million rubles. The indicator has almost doubled in North Ossetia: the outstanding debts of local residents have reached 1.8 billion rubles.

The Nalchik Garrison Military Court sentenced a serviceman named Zakoroev to five years in prison. He was accused of leaving his unit without permission.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia denied information circulated in the media about searches in the office of the head of the department Mikhail Korobkin. Earlier it was reported that searches were conducted at the head of the republican Ministry of Internal Affairs in connection with the theft of 1.2 billion.

The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly adopted a resolution "On Supporting Democracy and OSCE Values ​​in Georgia", in which it expressed concern over the violations revealed during last year's parliamentary elections and the subsequent deterioration of democratic processes in the country. Both official Tbilisi and the country's opposition responded to the document.

Five employees of the Russian agency Sputnik Azerbaijan with citizenship of this country were released on bail. Russian citizens, the head of the publication Igor Kartavykh and the editor-in-chief Yevgeny Belousov remain under arrest.