В Ингушетии тайно сняли с рассмотрения законопроект «О запрете увековечения памяти Сталина». Местный парламент в 2017 году принял его в первом чтении — накануне 73-й годовщины депортации ингушей и чеченцев. Депутаты предлагали запретить установку памятников Сталину, присвоение его имени городам, селам и улицам, размещение его портретов в одобрительном контексте. Продолжение — в нашем видеосюжете.

Ismail Hasanov was sentenced by a court in the Azerbaijani city of Ganja to 3.5 years in prison for participating in military operations in Ukraine as part of the Russian private military company Wagner. He was charged under Article 279.1 of the Criminal Code (regarding participation in the activities of armed groups outside the country), the publication Oxu reported.

The US Helsinki Commission expressed grave concern over a BBC investigation into the use of chemical weapons by Georgia's ruling party to suppress peaceful protests last year. This was stated in a statement released by the organization's chairman and Senator Roger Wicker, co-chair Joe Wilson, and commission members Sheldon Whitehouse and Steve Cohen.

A military court in Rostov-on-Don found Dagestani blogger Arslan Mirzayev (Ali Charinsky) guilty of disseminating false information about the Russian army and calling for terrorism. He was sentenced in absentia to eight years in a general regime penal colony and a fine of 1 million rubles.