Murat Adam, a lawyer with the Almaty City Bar Association who defended Chechen refugee Mansur Movlaev, has been disbarred. He considers the decision politically motivated and intends to appeal it.

Armenian Parliament Speaker Alen Simonyan emphasized that the country does not plan to take action against Iran, calling it a friendly partner.

The Anti-Corruption Court of Appeals overturned a lower court ruling and ordered the return of Russian businessman and billionaire Samvel Karapetyan from house arrest to a pretrial detention facility.

Two participants in the riots at Makhachkala Airport have received harsher sentences. The Georgievsky City Court in Stavropol Krai also found Anvarbek Atayev and Rabadan Radzhabov guilty of failing to comply with transport safety requirements.