The Anti-Corruption Court of Appeals overturned a lower court ruling and ordered the return of Russian businessman and billionaire Samvel Karapetyan from house arrest to a pretrial detention facility.

Two participants in the riots at Makhachkala Airport have received harsher sentences. The Georgievsky City Court in Stavropol Krai also found Anvarbek Atayev and Rabadan Radzhabov guilty of failing to comply with transport safety requirements.

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) announced it had received a formal complaint from the Georgian Dream party and stated that it would handle it in accordance with its internal rules. The complaint concerns a story published on December 1 that discussed the Georgian authorities' possible role in using a chemical agent from World War I to disperse anti-government protests.

Georgian citizen Irakli Rurua was convicted in absentia by a Russian court for participating in combat operations on the side of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. This was reported by the Investigative Committee.