The Federal Security Service (FSB) detained an 18-year-old woman in Stavropol on suspicion of plotting a terrorist attack against a Defense Ministry officer. According to the FSB, the woman, acting on instructions from Ukrainian intelligence agencies, obtained a homemade explosive device equivalent to 400 grams of TNT and planned to plant it on a vehicle near a military base.

Former Defense Minister Bacho Akhalaia has been detained in Georgia. He is accused of organizing a violent protest that took place in Tbilisi on October 4. The State Security Service of Georgia (SSG) claims that Akhalaia remotely coordinated the actions of the protesters who attempted to storm the presidential residence.

Rustam Kurmanov, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, has been held in solitary confinement in Nalchik's Pretrial Detention Center No. 1 since July 10. His wife, Asiyat Gaboeva, reported this, expressing concern about the deterioration of his physical and mental health.

An Azerbaijani court has sentenced Ramil Aliyev to four years in prison. He was found guilty of participating in illegal armed groups.

Alan Gagloev, the President of the self-proclaimed Republic of South Ossetia, commented on the arrest of civil society activist and ethnic Georgian Tamara Mearakishvili, accused of spying for Georgia.

Amid the ongoing normalization of relations between Yerevan and Baku, Nikol Pashinyan expressed hope for expanded economic cooperation, particularly the establishment of exports of Armenian goods to Azerbaijan.

Security forces have detained a resident of Stavropol Krai suspected of involvement in Shamil Basayev's unit's attack on the Botlikh District of Dagestan in 1999 during the Second Russo-Chechen War.

The Tbilisi City Court has placed former head of Georgia's State Security Service, Grigol Liluashvili, in pretrial detention. The defendant did not attend the hearing because he "has not yet reviewed the case materials." A preliminary hearing will take place on February 16.

An incident involving a humanitarian convoy from Dagestan occurred in the border area of ​​the Belgorod Region. Head of the republic, Sergei Melikov, reported that the vehicles were fired upon using unmanned aerial vehicles.

A memorial plaque unveiled in the Chechen capital honors the passengers and crew of the Azerbaijani Embraer 190 airliner that crashed in late December last year. The plaque bears the inscription, "Eternal memory to those who perished in the plane crash. Your names will forever remain in our hearts."