Armenia has ceased to show interest in contacts with Russia through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Defense. Instead, Yerevan is increasing ties with the West. Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Galuzin stated this in an interview with TASS.

A court in Magas found a 22-year-old resident of Ingushetia guilty of selling her newborn child and sentenced her to a suspended sentence. According to investigators, in October 2022, in Nazran, a mother sold her child to a 57-year-old woman for 100 thousand rubles. The criminal case against the buyer has been separated into separate proceedings.

The Khasavyurt City Court of Dagestan re-examined the criminal case against 54-year-old local resident Shakhban Abakargadzhiev about “fakes” about the army. As a result, instead of a three-year term of correctional labor, the accused was given a five-year sentence.

Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze considers attempts to appeal the adopted law on agents futile. He stated this while commenting on the lawsuit filed by Georgian NGOs in the Constitutional Court.

Russian citizen Vadim Krasikov, who is serving a life sentence in Germany for the murder of Chechen Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, was defended in court by lawyers with money from the Fund for Support and Protection of the Rights of Compatriots operating in Europe. It is controlled by Russian intelligence services. This was reported by The Guardian.

In recent days, a new policy of sanctions against the Georgian authorities has been announced, although personal ones have not yet been named. It is also planned to introduce visa restrictions that threaten those who supported the promotion of the law on foreign agents. This was announced by US State Department spokesman Matthew Miller.

Magomed-Bashir Kalimatov is under investigation. His brother, head of the region Mahmud-Ali Kalimatov, announced this at a meeting with members of the government of Ingushetia.

The United National Movement, the largest opposition party, will sign the Georgian Charter of Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili. This was stated by the ex-president of the country, party leader Mikheil Saakashvili.

The subjects of the North Caucasian Federal District became outsiders in the ranking of Russian regions in terms of family well-being in 2023. The rating was calculated based on Rosstat data on the cash balance after deducting the minimum expenses of a family with two working people with the average salary for the region.

The Ukrainian city of Bucha was visited by the Ambassador of Armenia to Ukraine Vladimir Karapetyan and the head of the Nor Nork administrative district of Yerevan Tigran Ter-Margaryan. The latter spoke out in support of communities “suffered by Russian aggression.”