An action of disobedience is taking place in Yerevan, announced on May 9 by its organizer, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan. He called on supporters to gather at Republic Square. Some roads in the Armenian capital are blocked.

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili, speaking at Europe Day, said that being a civil servant does not mean slavery and that one must serve not the party, but the people. The ambassadors of EU countries to Georgia were present on stage with the president.

Citizen journalist Osman Arifmemetov was taken to prison in the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

On May 9, Georgia celebrates Europe Day. The concert at the Orbeliani Palace in Tbilisi will be held on the initiative of the country's President Salome Zurabishvili.

A meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took place in Moscow.

The European Commission directly says not to pay any attention to members of the European Parliament. Therefore, their demand to suspend the status of an EU candidate country for Georgia due to the law on foreign agents is zero. This was stated by Speaker of Parliament Shalva Papuashvili.

In the Shalinsky district of Chechnya, security forces kidnapped several dozen people. The NIYSO telegram channel published the names of the victims.

Georgian citizens David Gogodze, Beso Lomidze and Soso Gugutishvili, who took part in hostilities on the side of Ukraine, died in the Avdeevka area of the Donetsk region. In total, according to a number of sources, since the beginning of the “SVO”, 66 citizens of Georgia and citizens of Ukraine of Georgian origin have died in battles on the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

On May 11, non-governmental and civil organizations in Georgia will organize a large-scale protest against the ruling party’s adoption of the law on foreign agents.

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow sent Nadezhda Kevorkova to a pre-trial detention center until July 6 in the case of justifying terrorism. The 65-year-old journalist was taken to court in handcuffs. She does not consider herself guilty and denies the charges.