The Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CoE) Alain Berset reproached the Georgian government for failing to fulfill its promise to amend the law "On the transparency of foreign influence." The corresponding statement was published on the organization's website.

Azerbaijani authorities are collecting evidence to file a lawsuit in an international court over the crash of the AZAL passenger jet. This was reported the day before by the local news agency APA. Earlier, Reuters reported, citing sources in the country's government, that Baku has a fragment of a missile that was found in the hull of the crashed Embraer 190. According to the source, Azerbaijan considers this sample to be evidence that the plane was shot down by the Russian Pantsir air defense system.

The Azerbaijani authorities have sent the Russian side an official notification about the termination of the activities of the federal agency Rossotrudnichestvo in the country.

Yesterday, February 5, 49 Georgian oppositionists were officially stripped of their parliamentary mandates. These are representatives of the parties "Unity - National Movement", "Coalition for Change" and "Strong Georgia". They declared the elections held on October 26 last year to be falsified and, in protest, refused to work in parliament, demanding that their powers be terminated.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev signed a decree allocating $1 million to support Ukraine. These funds will be used to purchase and ship electrical equipment produced in Azerbaijan.

A similar law to the American FARA will be adopted in Georgia in the near future. This announcement was made today by the executive secretary of the Georgian Dream, Mamuka Mdinaradze. Thus, the ruling party will expand the current legislation on "foreign agents" - now it will also affect individuals.

Baku has received evidence that the Embraer 190 aircraft of AZAL, which crashed in late December, was shot down by a missile fired by the Russian Pantsir air defense system. This was reported on Tuesday, February 4, by the Reuters news agency, citing sources in the Azerbaijani government.

Speaking at the Atlantic Council in Washington, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan noted that it was possible to agree on sensitive topics in the draft peace treaty with Azerbaijan, and "this is the cornerstone of future peace."

The Kazakhstan Transport Ministry has published a preliminary report on the investigation into the crash of the Embraer 190 passenger airliner of Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL). The document states that before the impact with the ground, the aircraft received through and non-through damage of various shapes. Some of them (having a regular rectangular shape) could have been caused by "external objects that penetrated the aircraft components." As part of the investigation, foreign objects found in the fin and stabilizer area were removed for further analysis.

In the United States, at a meeting with members of the Save Armenia organization, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said that the country gained independence after losing Karabakh in 2020 in the war with Azerbaijan.