In Baku, Sadd sentenced activists of the opposition party of the Azerbaijan People’s Front (PNFA), Dzheihun Novruzov, to 30 days' arrest, and Sahladar Iskenderly to 25 days. Both were found guilty under art. 535.1 (disobedience to police requirements).

The ruling party «Georgian Dream» and the government formed by it by its incomprehensible steps opposes the external goal of the country and the will of the people. The main goal of the Georgian authorities is not to irritate Moscow. This was stated by President Salome Zurabishvili in his annual report to Parliament.

Russian authorities announced a federal and international search for the native of Chechnya Murad Khadizov. Since 2014, he lives in the territory of Ukraine, is the deputy commander of the «Sheikh Mansur Battalion», participates in combat operations on the side of the Ukrainian armed forces.
Criminal proceedings were instituted against Khadizov under art. 208, para. 2, of the Criminal Code (creation and participation in an illegal armed formation). From 2002 to 2004, he was a member of an armed group operating in the territory of the Achkhoy-Martanovsky district of Chechnya, according to Russian law enforcement agencies.

As a result of Russian shelling of Avdeevka, a five-month-old boy and his grandmother were killed, and the child’s parents were injured.

There were no restrictions on freedom of media and the Internet in Armenia even during the Karabakh war of 2020. This was stated by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan within the framework of the second «Summit for Democracy» held in the USA. «Armenia will continue to fully support and promote international efforts aimed at ensuring freedom and independence of the media», - said the Prime Minister in his online speech.

The appellate military court in Vlasich, Moscow, upheld the sentences of civilian journalist Remzi Bekirov, human rights activist Riza Izetov and «Crimean Solidarity» activists Shaban Umerov, Raim Aivazov and Farkhod Bazarov. Earlier, the Southern Military Court sentenced Crimean Tatar political prisoners to terms of imprisonment ranging from 15 to 19 years. During the hearing, Riza Izetov recalled the repression against the Crimean Tatar people.

In 2022, Adilkhan Amambayev, a native of Dagestan, who was sentenced to 9 years, said that the criminal case against him had been falsified and that he had been tortured. The man was accused of having used correspondence in a messenger to persuade a friend to join a banned ISIS organization and carry out a terrorist act.

In recent months, North Ossetian psychologists have recorded an influx of appeals from soldiers who fought in Ukraine.

Interior Minister of Dagestan Abdurashid Magomedov said that some residents of the republic are fighting on the side of «neo-Nazis» for Ukraine. He did not explain the meaning of the term «neo-Nazi» in a report to the deputies of the People’s Assembly on the activities of the police in 2022.

Tatarstan natives and Crimean Tatars want to appeal to the EU for help with weapons to fight for independence from Russia.
We want to create an alliance with the republics of Idel-Ural, unite along the lines of the Europeans, so that we have a common economy and border. We also plan to appeal to NATO and EU countries to help us with weapons, military personnel and experts on the state structure», - said the head of the government of Tatarstan in exile Rafis Kashapov.