The Government of Armenia has completed the stage of work on the text of the peace treaty with Azerbaijan and transmitted it with its proposals, said Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. However, according to him, the real objectives of the Azerbaijani blockade of the Lachin Corridor in Karabakh are becoming clearer to the international community.

The European Parliament’s resolution on the need to release former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and allow him to be treated abroad caused a negative reaction in Tbilisi. They considered it a blackmail in terms of Georgia’s non-receipt for EU membership.

In most regions, more than 35 per cent of accused persons are sentenced to deprivation of liberty. However, in Chechnya, Dagestan and Altai, this figure ranges from 15 to 20 per cent, which is in line with the principles of humanizing justice. This was reported by Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation Vladimir Davydov.

Bagaudin Gaitukiev, a doctor detained in March 2022 from Ingushetia, is accused of supplying weapons to terrorists. He had previously been accused of aiding and abetting members of a prohibited armed group. 

The Russian army fired at an ambulance station in the city of Berislav, Kherson region.

In 2022, the migration decline of the population in Chechnya, i.e. the excess of those who left over those who came for permanent residence, amounted to more than 4,000 people. This is almost double the indicator of 2021. Residents leave not only to other regions of the Russian Federation, but also abroad.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Chavushoglu said during a meeting in Ankara with his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan that steps to normalize relations between the two countries would be accelerated. The ministers also discussed the negotiation process between Armenia and Azerbaijan. 

The Khasavyurt City Court mitigated the measure of restraint and released policeman Shamil Aliyev from the detention center under house arrest. He and his partner had previously been found guilty of abuse of authority with violence and falsification of evidence, each being sentenced to three and a half years' imprisonment.

A native of Ingushetia living in Ukraine, activist Ruslan Youloy reported on a visit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs CPE staff to his father in the village of Yandar, Nazran district. This, in his view, is due to opposition activities.

The Khatai District Court of Baku considered a petition to transfer public activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev to house arrest. The defence based the request on the lack of investigative necessity to keep him in detention, as well as on his health due to the prolonged hunger strike. However, the court left the man in pre-trial detention.