Rossotrudnichestvo has assessed Azerbaijani spying accusations and its closure of the Russian project Russian House as "stupid". The corresponding statement was made by the head of the Federal Agency for CIS Affairs, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Cooperation Yevgeny Primakov. He noted with regret that members of the Russian community in Azerbaijan did not support Russia during the aggravation of relations between the two countries.

Head of the Foreign Policy Department of the Presidential Administration of Azerbaijan Hikmet Hajiyev expressed the country's position on the Russian-Ukrainian war in an interview with the Slovak publication Hospodárske noviny.

The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights may send an observation mission to the local elections to be held in Georgia this autumn. This will be implemented if official Tbilisi promptly initiates an invitation.

18 residents of the Magaramkent district of Dagestan were hospitalized in moderate and mild conditions after being poisoned by drinking water. In total, over 100 people sought medical attention with signs of intestinal infection.