Local elections in Georgia are taking place amid mass protests. In the capital, protesters gathered at their traditional location – the parliament building on Rustaveli Avenue. Students also organized a protest march from Tbilisi State University's first building toward Freedom Square. Participants held signs reading, "When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes a duty!"

Bidzina Ivanishvili, founder and honorary chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream party, commented briefly on the municipal elections taking place in the country today.

Ekaterina Mizulina, head of the Safe Internet League, has once again appealed to law enforcement agencies to investigate the activities of Chechen blogger Askhab Tamaev.

Russian authorities will allocate over 10 million rubles in compensation to the families of those killed and injured in the terrorist attacks in Dagestan in the summer of 2024, when churches and synagogues were attacked. Over 7.8 million rubles will be allocated for payments to the families of the deceased, and over 1.8 million rubles will be allocated for those injured.

Four residents of Dagestan are being held in a Rostov-on-Don pretrial detention center on terrorism charges. Investigators claim they planned to set fire to a military base in Makhachkala on behalf of the Ukrainian Azov Regiment (banned in Russia), but the defendants deny their guilt and call the case fabricated.

The Chechen Human Rights Commissioner, Mansur Soltayev, described an attempted fraud using his voice. He said he received a call from an unknown number, who began talking incoherently.

Following Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, State Duma deputy Adam Delimkhanov, on behalf of his Chechen colleagues in parliament, responded to criticism from General and deputy Vladimir Shamanov regarding the renaming of several cities in the republic.

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan, in an interview with the Polish television channel TVP World, stated that Yerevan does not share the preconditions for signing a peace treaty promoted by Azerbaijan.

A native of Kabardino-Balkaria, Circassian activist Martin Kochesokov was found guilty by the republic's Baksan District Court of violating the law on "foreign agents." A fine of 3,000 rubles was imposed for failing to submit reports to the Ministry of Justice, as required by law for "foreign agents."

Chechnya's leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, reacted strongly to criticism from State Duma deputy General Vladimir Shamanov of the initiative to rename the villages of Naurskaya and Shelkovskaya (now Nevre and Terek). He called Shamanov's claims of "erasing history" "lies and an insult to the people who live on this land."