The main topic of the first meeting in a long time between the presidents of Azerbaijan and Russia in Dushanbe was the investigation into the tragic crash of the Azerbaijani airline AZAL near Aktau.

Twenty-nine-year-old Russian artist and anti-war activist Lilia Manyukhina has been held in custody in Armenia for over a month. She was detained on August 30 in Yerevan at the request of Russian authorities. She is currently in a pretrial detention center, awaiting a decision by the migration service on her application for political asylum.

Moscow's Gagarinsky District Court upheld the Prosecutor General's Office's claim, forfeiting property associated with Magomed Kaitov, the former head of JSC MRSK North Caucasus.

The Kremlin is expressing optimism ahead of the meeting between the presidents of Azerbaijan and Russia in Dushanbe.

Georgian citizen Georgiy Kinoyan, previously detained while crossing the Armenian border, has been released from custody. Russian authorities had sought his extradition.

The European Union Special Representative for Human Rights, Kaisa Ollongren, expressed concern about the severe restrictions on media freedom in Azerbaijan. During a meeting with Azerbaijani journalists abroad, she learned that independent journalism is virtually impossible within the country.

The case of Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov's murder in Moscow has been sent to court. Among the defendants are Ingush natives Batukhan Tochiyev and Ramazan Padiyev. Along with Akhmadzhon Kurbonov and Robert Safaryan, they are accused of participating in a terrorist organization, committing a terrorist attack, and other crimes.

A Russian court sentenced Armenian citizen Armen Balyan to 12 years in a maximum-security penal colony.

The summit of the Organization of Turkic States was held in Gabala, Azerbaijan. Following the meeting, the presidents of Azerbaijan, Turkey, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan signed the Gabala Declaration.

The first phase of a new district named after Vladimir Putin was officially opened in Grozny. Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Government Alexander Novak and Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov attended the ceremony.