The Angarsk City Court in the Irkutsk Region has sentenced three defendants in the case of torture in Pretrial Detention Center No. 6 in Angarsk, following the suppression of the riot at Penal Colony No. 15 in April 2020. Alexander Aniskov and Vladimir Reshchikov, inmate "activists" acting on orders from prison guards, as well as Dmitry Baroyan, former deputy head of the prison regime and supervision department, were found guilty of sexual assault. Aniskov received 12 years in a maximum-security penal colony, Reshchikov received five years, and Baroyan received six years.

The Nalchik Garrison Military Court sentenced Suleiman Batyrkhanov to one year in a general regime penal colony for leaving his unit without permission during mobilization.

Former Azerbaijani political prisoner Saleh Rustamov has been banned from leaving the country. The activist, who had been living abroad after his release, returned to Baku to attend the funeral of a relative.

Despite the defense's efforts, the Kutaisi Court of Appeals upheld the first-instance ruling that sentenced Mzia Amaglobeli, founder and director of the Batumelebi newspaper group, to two years in prison.

In Makhachkala, Murtazali Gasanguseinov held a solo picket in front of the Investigative Committee building, demanding justice in the investigation into the deaths of his sons. For several years, he has been seeking access to the case materials, but has been denied access.

Eldar Kabardaev, a native of Karachay-Cherkessia, was sentenced by the Military Court in St. Petersburg to six years in prison for inciting extremism. According to the prosecution, in 2022, he justified the activities of the Nogai and Cherkessk Battalions, designated terrorist organizations in Russia, in a Telegram chat.

Aslan Yemkuzhev, the father of student Kazbek Yemkuzhev, convicted of terrorism after his abduction in Nalchik, addressed a video message to the head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, and Prosecutor General Alexander Gutsan.

Mikhail Podolyak, advisor to the head of the Ukrainian presidential office, believes that former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili is "Putin's prisoner," and that the actions of the Georgian government are in line with the Kremlin's interests.

The Nalchik Garrison Military Court in Kabardino-Balkaria found Murad Khutiev guilty of leaving his military unit without permission during mobilization (Part 5, Article 337 of the Russian Criminal Code) and sentenced him to seven years in prison.

At a Baku military court hearing, the prosecutor's office presented the requested sentences for 15 former Nagorno-Karabakh leaders accused of war crimes.