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.

“Putin is very respectful of the Muslims of our great, great and friendly country,” the head of Chechnya began his report on the meeting with the Russian president in the Kremlin the day before, with these words, which was accompanied by a joint photo.

The Georgian government responded to the accusations brought by Ukraine in a pro-Russian position. "Georgia has a clear policy - we do not impose sanctions against Russia, but we do not give anyone the right to use the country's territory to circumvent them," Irakli Kobakhidze said.

The Armenian opposition movement "National Democratic Pole" called on the United States, France and other countries to send international peacekeepers to Nagorno-Karabakh.

The Karabakh war in the autumn of 2020 could not have happened if the Armenian side had agreed to consider the option of finding Karabakh within Azerbaijan during the negotiations. This was announced in Yerevan by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at a meeting of the commission to investigate the circumstances of the war.

The imprisoned ex-President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili wrote on social networks that the recent events with the Wagner rebellion showed the extreme weakness of the regime in Moscow.

On June 23, the owner of the private military company Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, who initially gained fame as Putin’s cook, announced that he was starting a “march of justice” and was going to reach Moscow. He did not talk about overthrowing the government; it seemed to be only about holding the leadership of the Ministry of Defense accountable.

The Ministry of Finance of Georgia reacted to the information disseminated by TV Pirveli. The ministry said that since the imposition of international sanctions, Georgia “fully complies with the rules and strictly monitors any kind of customs formality.” It is reported by Sova.News.

The head of the private military company Wagner, previously known as Putin’s chef, Yevgeny Prigozhin, who began his “crusade” against the Russian Ministry of Defense with the “March of Justice” the night before, less than a day later announced that he was turning around and moving in the opposite direction.