On April 9, Georgia celebrates the Day of National Unity, Civil Accord, and Remembrance of the Victims. We are talking about 20 citizens who became victims of the dispersal of a peaceful rally by Soviet troops exactly 36 years ago. This year, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, sixth President Mikheil Kavelashvili, and representatives of the executive and legislative branches did not go with the traditional wreaths to the April 9 memorial on Rustaveli Avenue, where participants in pro-European protests had gathered. Instead, high-ranking officials took part in a memorial service for the souls of the victims in Sameba Cathedral.

Chief Adviser to Turkish President Cagri Erhan reminded that territorial claims against Azerbaijan and Turkey are preserved in the Armenian Constitution. According to him, this hinders the process of normalizing relations and signing a peace treaty between Baku and Yerevan.

The relatives of the organizers and the perpetrator of the attack on the traffic police post in Achkhoy-Martan must be expelled from Chechnya, said the head of the republic, Ramzan Kadyrov. According to him, four people were involved in the incident, who are allegedly in Turkey. The head of the region demanded that their closest relatives ("fathers, brothers") be expelled, as well as that their property be confiscated "for starters." If after this they do not stop working together with Ukraine, the head of the region proposes "expelling their uncles, cousins ​​on both the father's and mother's side from Chechnya."

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has called on Armenia not to waste time on the path to signing a peace treaty.

The attack on police officers in Chechnya was supervised by a Ukrainian citizen through subordinates in Turkey. In light of the incident, preventive measures against extremism and terrorism have been strengthened in the republic. This was announced by the head of the region, Ramzan Kadyrov.

A military airfield in Mozdok was attacked by drones, local residents report. The head of North Ossetia reported the downing of 15 UAVs.

The Human Rights Commissioner of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, Tamerlan Tsgoev, recalled his request addressed to Abkhazia. It is for the self-proclaimed republic to strip the Chechen field commander Shamil Basayev of all state awards and titles. In the Russian Federation, he is recognized as a terrorist.

Moscow and Baku are looking for a compromise on resuming the work of the Russian House. This was stated by the head of Rossotrudnichestvo Yevgeny Primakov.

According to the Head of Ingushetia, Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov, Vladimir Putin is a "God-sent president." He said this during his speech at a rally on the occasion of the arrival of the retro train "Pobeda" in the region.

The fifth president Salome Zurabishvili, speaking at the "Meeting for Democracy" event in Paris, said that "Russia, with the help of its oligarch puppets, has achieved almost complete usurpation of power" in the country.