The Georgian Parliament, effectively formed by the ruling party, has approved a number of controversial legislative innovations in the third and final reading. These include a “direct copy” of the American FARA, amendments to the Law on Broadcasting, and the return of the article on treason to the Criminal Code.

One of the leaders of the opposition National Council of Democratic Forces (NCDF) and the Musavat Party, Tofig Yagublu, who was recently sentenced to 9 years in prison, has gone on hunger strike in Azerbaijan.

17-year-old Adam Kadyrov became the curator of the Interior Ministry's department for Chechnya. The head of the department, Aslan Iraskhanov, noted that the decision was made on the instructions of the head of the region, Ramzan Kadyrov.

Germany has officially apologized to Azerbaijan for President Frank-Walter Steinmeier's post. The letter states that the information was published as a result of a technical error and "does not have any significance within the framework of Germany's well-known position on the territorial integrity of Azerbaijan."

Russian President Vladimir Putin awarded Assistant Director of the Russian National Guard Alibek Delimkhanov the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" of the 2nd degree. He is the brother of State Duma deputy Adam Delimkhanov.

Akhmed Zakayev appeared among those on the recently created website about Russia's enemies, "Russophobes". He was named the president of the separatist movement "Chechen Republic of Ichkeria", recognized as terrorist in the Russian Federation.

The territorial claims against Azerbaijan, which remain in the Constitution of Armenia, remain the main obstacle to the stable future of the region. This was stated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan.

The Georgian Prosecutor's Office has opened a criminal case against Irakli Okruashvili, who served as the country's Minister of Defense from 2004 to 2006. He is accused of refusing to cooperate with the temporary parliamentary commission investigating alleged crimes by the authorities during the rule of the United National Movement.

Armenia officially notified the Secretariat of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) that it refrains from signing the decision "On the CSTO budget for 2024" and, accordingly, from participating in the financing of the bloc's activities. This was reported by the Armenian Foreign Ministry.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova could neither confirm nor deny rumors that Georgian Dream-elected President Mikhail Kavelashvili has been invited to Moscow to celebrate Victory Day. SOVA reports on this.