Russians entering Georgia are not controlled in any way, and there may be secret service agents among them. This was stated by the country's President Salome Zurabishvili.

In the Russian Vladimir Central prison, FSIN officers beat up Crimean Tatar activist Asan Yanikov. According to his sister, Asan asked twice about the possibility of picking up groceries. He was refused, and then security officers approached him and hit his head twice on the concrete with all their might.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz criticized the bill on foreign agents initiated by the ruling Georgian Dream party. This happened at a joint press conference in Berlin after a meeting with Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze.

The police detained former and current employees of the Rosseti Northern Caucasus company on suspicion of theft of about 2.8 billion rubles. TASS reported this.

Closed hearings on the issue of border delimitation with Azerbaijan were held in the Armenian parliament. Speaker Alen Simonyan did not rule out the possibility of refusing to sign a peace treaty with Azerbaijan.

Answering a question about the impact of the law on foreign agents initiated by the Georgian authorities, EU Ambassador to Georgia Pavel Gerchinsky said that it is incompatible with European norms and values.

The Supreme Court of Crimea supported the decision of the court in Simferopol and approved a fine for Crimean Tatar journalist Lutfiya Zudieva in the amount of 2.5 thousand rubles under the article on abuse of freedom of speech. She plans to appeal to the cassation court.

In the suburbs of Nalchik, security forces shot and killed two people. According to the National Anti-Terrorism Committee, those killed “were planning to commit sabotage and terrorist attacks.”

The international media protection organization Reporters Without Borders condemned the refusal of the Azerbaijani authorities to provide the founder of Toplum TV, Alasgar Mammadli, with access to medical care. He had previously been diagnosed with cancer.

Anatoly Shchetinin, detained by Russian military police in Armenian Gyumri, is still in Armenia. The country's authorities do not allow him to be deported to the Russian Federation, where he faces criminal charges for desertion and refusal of military service.