On February 1, the castling of Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream party Irakli Kobakhidze will be announced. They will exchange positions, the pro-government Imedi TV channel reported. Reshuffles may also affect other departments, including the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Justice.

Crimean Tatar Server Zekiryaev, sentenced to 13 years, was again placed in a PKT (cell-type room) in correctional colony No. 1 in the city of Donskoy, Tula region. Since February 2023, the man’s conditions of detention have been regularly tightened, putting him in a punishment cell (punishment cell) and PKT.

During an inspection of the Baysangur Benoevsky and Sheikh Mansur battalions, 16-year-old Adam Kadyrov, the son of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, threatened opposition-minded natives of the republic. This was reported by Kavkaz.Realii.

Among the names given to newborns in the regions of the North Caucasian Federal District in 2023, the most popular was Muhammad. 6511 boys were named this way.

In 2023, the population of the North Caucasus Federal District increased by 24 thousand people compared to 2022. In total, 10.2 million people live in the district.

Armenia is moving along the path of acquiring new modern weapons and equipment. In recent years, the government has signed contracts to purchase weapons and ammunition worth several billion dollars. Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated this at the celebration of Army Day.

Recently, for the second time, the authorities of the self-proclaimed Republic of Abkhazia have denied a visit to the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia, Toivo Klaar.

The industrial court of Stavropol fined Yegor Filippov 35 thousand rubles in an administrative case for discrediting the RF Armed Forces.

Official Baku strongly condemns the biased decision of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) regarding Azerbaijan. This was stated by Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov.

Victoria Magarina, found guilty of an attempt on the military commissariat building in the capital of Adygea, Maykop, was sentenced to four months of forced labor.