Azerbaijan's Prosecutor General Kamran Aliyev said that Russia does not provide specific information on the progress of the investigation into the crash of the AZAL plane. The Russian side explains this by the ongoing investigation.

Премьер-министр Грузии Ираклий Кобахидзе прокомментировал обвинения в адрес правящей партии, звучащие со стороны ее оппонентов. По его словам, повешенный на «Грузинскую мечту» ярлык пророссийскости объясняется тем, что она не выполняет задания, поступающие извне, а все ветви власти очищены от агентуры. Премьер подчеркнул, что партия защищает суверенитет, препятствует пропаганде ЛГБТ и не допускает ввязывания Грузии в войну. 

Azerbaijani publication Minval Politika obtained a photo of Dmitry Paladichuk, the commander of the Pantsir-S air defense missile system, allegedly responsible for the strike on the AZAL plane on December 25, 2024. Paladichuk serves in the 1st division of the 80th anti-aircraft missile regiment (military unit No. 75564) of the 14th Army of the Russian Air Force and Air Defense.

A gesture of support for Ukraine from Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has caused anger in Russian propaganda circles. During the III Shusha Global Media Forum, Ukrainian journalist Elena Kurbanova presented Aliyev with Ukrainian Armed Forces chevrons, to which he responded with words of gratitude: "Thank you for what you are doing. Keep up the good work."

At a media forum in Stepanakert, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev praised the recent statement by the Armenian Prime Minister. Nikol Pashinyan noted that "it was necessary to recognize Nagorno-Karabakh as part of Azerbaijan earlier." Aliyev emphasized that he had repeatedly offered Pashinyan this option over the years.

The Azerbaijani side is preparing documents to file a lawsuit against Russia in international courts. This was announced by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, according to the Minval publication. The lawsuit is related to the high-profile air crash that occurred in December last year.

The Embassy of the European Union in Georgia has distributed a summary explaining the mechanism for suspending the visa regime and outlined the steps that the Georgian authorities can take to prevent this. The EU demands that Tbilisi provide updated information on the fulfillment of its obligations by the end of August. Otherwise, the visa-free regime for Georgian citizens may be completely suspended.

Azerbaijan will not participate in the 106th meeting of the CIS Economic Council, which is taking place today in Moscow. First Deputy Prime Minister Yagub Eyyubov, who usually represents the country at such events, did not come to the capital.

Georgian Prime Minister and Chairman of the Georgian Dream Irakli Kobakhidze voiced the party's position on the "completely unfounded and increasingly frequent attacks from the European bureaucracy" on Georgia. He stated that Brussels is exerting strong pressure on official Tbilisi, since the ruling Dream refuses to join Russia's war against Ukraine, while the opposition is ready to "fulfill any task," including opening a "second front."

Moscow respects the sovereign right of Armenia to withdraw from the CSTO. This is how the press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov commented on the words of the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan about the possible termination of Yerevan's membership in the organization.