Targeted sanctions from Western countries are urgently needed in relation to the pro-Russian oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili and his entourage from the ruling Georgian Dream party. Former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili stated this in an interview with Newsweek.

In Paris, they are hysterically looking for a place for a new New Caledonia, choosing between Georgia and Armenia. If France can free anyone, it is the Kanaks from the French yoke. This is what Russian Foreign Ministry representative Zakharova wrote in her TG channel.

Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan sent a telegram of condolences to the spiritual leader of Iran Ali Khamenei in connection with the death of the country's President Ebrahim Raisi and the delegation accompanying him. The Armenian prime minister wished strength and perseverance to the government and people of Iran.

Near the parliament building in Tbilisi, protesters burned the flags of the Russian Federation and the ruling Georgian Dream party. The participants again opposed the adoption of the law on foreign agents, which is called pro-Russian.

Yerevan did not ask Moscow to leave Russian border guards on the border with Turkey and Iran, as Russian officials previously stated. This was announced by the Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan.

The Azerbaijani government completely rejects another statement by French Interior Minister Gerard Darmanin about alleged ties between Baku and the New Caledonian independence movement. This was stated by the representative of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, Hajizade.

The adoption by the ruling party of Georgia of the law on foreign agents is an attempt to establish Putin’s rules and a betrayal of ancestors and compatriots who fought and are fighting against the “Russification” of Georgia. This was stated in a joint statement of 120 non-governmental organizations in the country.

The foreign ministers of Lithuania, Estonia and Iceland spoke at a protest in Tbilisi against the adopted law on foreign agents.
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis emphasized that Moscow is not happy with the success of the former Soviet republics, but “we stand together because we have common values, we believe in European values.”

In the near future, the process of withdrawal of peacekeepers from Nagorno-Karabakh, the territory of Azerbaijan, will be completed. This was reported by the press service of the country's Ministry of Defense.

Magomed Daudov, a close ally of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, announced his resignation as chairman of the republic's parliament. It is noted that this happened after a meeting with Kadyrov.