Today it is impossible to imagine Azerbaijan without repressive measures, harassment, violence and intimidation aimed at suppressing freedom of speech against social and political activists. This was reported by human rights activist and co-founder of the Defense Line organization Rufat Safarov.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting in the Kremlin that the unrest at Makhachkala airport was “inspired through social networks from Ukraine through Western intelligence services.”

At about 4 o'clock in the morning in the village of Goyty, Khasan Sultanovich Khadzhiev, born in 1969, was kidnapped from his home (Lenin St., 39a). The military personnel who carried out this operation were wearing masks.

After a search and interrogation, journalist Idris Yusupov was released and no charges were brought. However, mobile phones, laptops, and flash drives, including those belonging to his family members, were confiscated from him.

The Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria sentenced Salikh Osmanov, a 40-year-old resident of the village of Tyrnyauz, to 9 years in a maximum security colony.

The Presidium of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Russian Federation condemned anti-Semitic incidents in Dagestan. Muslim leaders emphasize that attempts to turn political conflicts into an interreligious war must not be allowed.

In Cherkessk, security forces drew up protocols under the rally article (Article 20.2 of the Administrative Code) for 34 participants in the protest against the arrival of refugees from Israel to Karachay-Cherkessia.

In Makhachkala, security forces came to search the house of journalist Idris Yusupov. His relative reported this.

Residents of the capitals of Georgia and Armenia held “Return of Names” actions dedicated to the Day of Remembrance of Victims of Political Repression in the USSR. Participants read out the names of the victims.

The riots at the Makhachkala airport were operated from the territory of Ukraine, said the head of Dagestan Sergei Melikov.