Georgia has fulfilled all the conditions of the European Commission to obtain the status of an EU candidate. This was stated by the chairman of the ruling party "Georgian Dream" Irakli Kobakhidze.

Claims that direct flights between Georgia and the Russian Federation will increase the flow of Russians to Europe are unfounded, according to Irakli Kobakhidze, chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream party.

In the occupied part of the Zaporozhye Oblast of Ukraine, about 50 servicemen of the Russian Armed Forces from Dagestan refused to continue participating in hostilities. This is stated in the operational summary of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the German newspaper Bild.

The government of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria in exile is considering the possibility of creating in the future a tribunal against the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, and his extremist unit Akhmat.

Since the beginning of the war between the Russian Federation and Ukraine, the death of at least 103 residents of Chechnya has been officially confirmed by various departments and statements by officials.

One of the main points in the Russian Federation for the training of volunteers for the war in Ukraine - the Special Forces University in Gudermes - is funded by the Chechen oligarch and businessman, a fellow villager of Ramzan Kadyrov, Movsadi Alviyev.

Azerbaijan has published a press release following the talks between the country's Foreign Minister and his Armenian counterpart, held in the United States.

On May 10, 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree abolishing the visa regime for Georgian citizens and lifted the ban on direct flights between the countries. This caused mass protests in Tbilisi.

On June 28, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the Dagestan city of Derbent, where he held a meeting on the development of tourism in the North Caucasus and talked with people in the city park. Against the backdrop of events related to the rebellion of Yevgeny Prigozhin, this visit and its stated purpose - to discuss tourism - according to observers, only served as an excuse to broadcast important political signals.

In response to a recent statement by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Shalva Papuashvili said that the country would restore its territorial integrity peacefully.