A Yekaterinburg court has arrested Mutvala Shikhlinsky, son of the head of the Azerbaijani diaspora in the Urals, Shahin Shikhlinsky, until September 14. He was charged under the article "use of violence against a government official."

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said there is a high probability that the country will leave the pro-Russian Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO). According to him, this scenario is more likely than Yerevan resuming its participation in the bloc.

A criminal case has been opened against the son of the head of the Azerbaijani diaspora in Yekaterinburg, Mutvala Shikhlinsky. This was announced by the president of the Sverdlovsk Region Bar Association, Igor Putintsev. The Leninsky District Court clarified that the charges were brought under the article on violence against a government official.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has refused to support the initiative of the family of Ruben Vardanyan, the former head of the unrecognized Karabakh government, to appeal to former US President Donald Trump with a request for his release. This was reported by the Armenian newspaper "Hraparak".

Two Georgian judges have been added to the list of people against whom sanctions may be imposed, as proposed by Brussels, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Kaja Kallas stated. According to her, the EU sees that court decisions against protesters are indeed "very, very disproportionate", and it is obvious that "the judiciary is also part of this apparatus".

The Armenian-Azerbaijani topic became the central one at the meeting between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris.

The EU seeks to further integrate Armenia into the European space economically and politically. This was discussed at a meeting in Brussels between European Council President Antonio Costa, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

Former financier of the founder of Georgia's ruling party Bidzina Ivanishvili, former head of the Co-Investment Fund, Giorgi Bachiashvili, said that he was brutally beaten in prison on July 11. This information was confirmed to the Georgian service of Radio Liberty by the prisoner's lawyer, David Jandieri.

The Georgian Dream party responded to the joint statement of 17 European ministers and EU High Representative Kaja Kallas, calling it an "organized attack on the Georgian people." According to the party, informal Deep State structures rule in the EU and Britain and allegedly interfere in Georgian politics. The Dream called on each signatory "to be more responsible in their statements in the future."

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has arrived in Azerbaijan on an official visit – this is his first trip to the country. The visit is taking place against the backdrop of intensified contacts between the countries on the issue of restoring the Syrian energy sector. During the reception of the foreign leader, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev said that he would supply gas to Syria.