If Georgia falls under Russian influence again, it will destroy the chances for democratic development not only of the country itself, but also of its neighbors. This was stated by the head of the Georgian branch of the NGO Transparency International Georgia Eka Gigauri in the US Senate.

Zakhar Zaripov, who is in a pretrial detention center in Khabarovsk Krai, was diagnosed with an oncological disease - cancer of the salivary glands. In the pretrial detention center, he is not receiving treatment, and due to the growth of the tumor, the man cannot fully consume solid food.

The Georgian National Cinematography Center will present Rusudan Glurjidze's film "Antiques" for the 2024 Oscars. It tells the story of the mass deportation of Georgians from Russia in 2006.

The Armenian authorities allowed US citizen Eric Thomas Creamer to leave for his homeland. Russia demanded that Yerevan extradite him as a person accused of drug possession.

Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov awarded film director and TV presenter Nikita Mikhalkov with the title of Honored Artist of Chechnya. In response, the latter gave Kadyrov 50 episodes of the Besogon TV program on a flash drive made in the shape of a pen.

The European Court of Human Rights ruled that three articles of the European Convention were violated in relation to residents of Ingushetia Ruslan Yandiev and Magomed Mutsolgov, as well as a resident of Dagestan Murad Dingaev. In particular, this concerns Article 3 (on the prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment), Article 5 (on unlawful detention) and Article 6 (on the right to a fair trial). In this regard, Russia is obliged to pay monetary compensation to citizens.

Famous Israeli MMA fighter Haim Gozali has published an offensive post about Khabib Nurmagomedov's brother. On the social network X, he posted a photo in which he is holding a combat weapon with an obscene inscription about Usman Nurmagomedov. The photo is accompanied by a description in Hebrew. More details in our video.

It has been 10 years since Russia invaded and illegally annexed Crimea, and for more than 900 days Russia has been waging its brutal war of aggression against Ukraine. With this speech, Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili addressed the participants of the fourth Crimea Platform summit via video.

The wife and two brothers of one of the defendants, Leman Zekeryaev, spoke at the hearing of the "second Dzhankoy group" in the Southern District Military Court. This was reported by "Krymskaya Solidarnost" with reference to lawyer Lilia Gemedzhi.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has once again expressed his support for the territorial integrity of Ukraine. He also voiced Turkey's position on Crimea, which was annexed by Russia.