Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan refused to participate in the CSTO Foreign Ministers Council, which is taking place today in Kyrgyzstan. A CSTO summit will also be held there in the fall, which is expected to be attended by Russian President Vladimir Putin. It is unknown whether Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will take part in it. Yerevan has frozen its presence in all meetings of the structure since last year.

Crimean Tatar journalist Amet Suleimanov, sentenced to 12 years, reported a deterioration in his health. He continues to suffer from high blood pressure, dental problems, and rashes on his body in the Vladimir Central prison.

The delegation of the Azerbaijani Parliament headed by First Vice-Speaker Ali Akhmedov will not participate in the scheduled meeting of the Commission on Interparliamentary Cooperation with the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation in Moscow.

A bust of Joseph Stalin was doused with paint in the Bashkir village of Amirovo.

Deputy head of the Main Military-Political Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces and commander of the volunteer formation "Akhmat" Apti Alaudinov commented on the information of the telegram channel "VChK-OGPU". It estimated Alaudinov's Badollet Observatoire 1872 Chronograph wristwatch at 165,000-272,000 euros.

Former State Duma deputy and senator of the Federation Council of the Russian Federation, previously also a well-known Kremlin propagandist Franz Klintsevich was denied entry to Armenia.

The absolute majority of young people in Kabardino-Balkaria are completely satisfied with their lives. This was stated at a meeting in the government of the republic by the Minister of Youth Affairs Azamat Lyuev, referring to a certain survey.

The head of Chechnya published a post on his Telegram channel expressing gratitude to Russian President Vladimir Putin for personally congratulating his 17-year-old son Adam Kadyrov on his upcoming marriage.

The Azerbaijani Embassy in Russia is working on the issue of delivering the bodies of the Safarov brothers, who were killed the day before in Yekaterinburg, to Baku, the country's Foreign Ministry reported.

Lenur Seidametov, a Crimean Tatar sentenced to 13 years, was transferred from a prison in the Lipetsk region to IK-3 in the Amur region. The colony is located more than 8,000 kilometers from Crimea.