Ramiz Mehdiyev, the former head of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration, has been placed under house arrest for four months. He is accused of attempting to seize state power, treason, and laundering criminally acquired property.

Turkey has abolished the "foreigner" status for citizens of Turkic states, signing a decree simplifying their employment. Now, residents of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan will be able to work and do business in Turkey without citizenship or special permits (except for military and security service).

The United Kingdom announced the complete lifting of the arms embargo on Azerbaijan and Armenia, which had been in place since 1992. The corresponding statement was published on the parliamentary website.

Lawyers for Russian citizen and billionaire Samvel Karapetyan reported that investigators in Armenia have brought new economic charges against him. The defense claims the charges are unfounded and lack any legal basis.

Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili accused the European Union of double standards, stating that Brussels continues to side with extremism until it condemns the violent events of October 4.

The Kremlin hopes for a quick resolution of the accumulated differences with Baku, stated Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov.

Ali Karimli, leader of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, criticized the government's actions. He expressed concern over the release from pretrial detention of Igor Kartavykh, the former executive director of the Russian-Kremlin media outlet Sputnik Azerbaijan, and the deteriorating health of opposition figure Tofig Yagublu.

Vladimir Putin stated that relations between Russia and Azerbaijan were not in crisis, but merely faced a "crisis of emotions" caused by the AZAL plane crash. Commenting on the results of his visit to Tajikistan, he emphasized that Azerbaijan maintains close ties with Russia and noted the widespread use of the Russian language in the country.

In response to the transfer of Igor Kartavykh, executive director of the Kremlin-backed publication Sputnik Azerbaijan, from a pretrial detention center to house arrest, Russia released Mamedali Agayev, the former director of the Satire Theater in Moscow.

Igor Kartavykh, director of the Russian media agency Sputnik Azerbaijan, has been released from pretrial detention in Baku. He is now under house arrest in Baku, according to Russian presidential aide Yuri Ushakov.