Ali Karimli, leader of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, announced he was banned from participating in the Democracy Forum in Prague. He claimed the ban came from President Ilham Aliyev.

Ramzan Kadyrov awarded his nephew and advisor-assistant, 26-year-old Khamzat Kadyrov, the title “Hero of Chechnya.” Previously, he received the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree, from the President of the Russian Federation.
Recently, Kadyrov's 15-year-old son Adam has received six different awards. Together with his brothers Akhmat and Eli, he was awarded the highest order of the Chechen parliament “Daimekhkan Siy” (“Honor of the Fatherland”). In addition, he received the Order of Merit for the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, the Order of Duslyk (the second most important state award of Tatarstan), the Order of Merit for the Karachay-Cherkess Republic and the Order of Merit for the Ummah, 1st degree, as well as title of Hero of Chechnya.