Mikheil Kavelashvili, who was appointed as the new president by Georgia's ruling party, received a congratulatory message from his Serbian counterpart with an invitation to visit the country. This is the first invitation to visit from a foreign leader that Kavelashvili has received, according to Newsgeorgia.

Grozny was attacked by Ukrainian drones for the second time in a week. This was reported by the Telegram channels Astra, Baza, and “Caution, News”.

Russia has decided to conduct "educational work" with Abkhazia, depriving the republic of the tourist flow from the Russian Federation, which was its main source of income. This was stated by the vice-president of the Association of Tour Operators of the Russian Federation, Artur Muradyan.

53-year-old Mikheil Kavelashvili has been elected president of Georgia, the country's Central Election Commission reports. According to the voting results, he received 224 out of 300 electoral votes.

The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe examined, at the request of the Memorial Human Rights Center, the execution of ECHR judgments in the group of cases "Khashiyev and Akaeva v. Russia". This group includes cases of the enforced disappearance of 668 people in Chechnya in 1999-2017.

A second criminal case has been opened against Zarema Musayeva, who is serving a sentence in a Chechen penal colony-settlement, under Part 2 of Article 321 - on disorganization of the colony's activities. Allegedly, she hit an FSIN officer and tore off his shoulder strap. The woman does not admit her guilt and denies the investigation's version, her lawyer Alexander Savin said.

The ruling Georgian Dream party has considered in an accelerated manner bills that restrict the freedom of citizens and peaceful assembly.

The 14th Forum of Free Peoples of Post-Russia is being held in the capital of Austria. The event is attended by Russian oppositionists who emigrated, European politicians, and representatives of regional forces advocating for separation from the Russian Federation, including from the North Caucasus Federal District.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan arrived in Moscow to participate in the Eurasian Intergovernmental Council. However, a meeting with him is not included in the plans of his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. This was reported by the press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov.

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow granted the investigation's motion and extended the arrest of journalist Nadezhda Kevorkova until March 3, 2025.