Azerbaijani presidential aide Hikmet Hajiyev called the Baku Military Court's verdict against Ruben Vardanyan "restoration of justice and the end of a nearly 30-year conflict."

Teachers in Dagestan are being forced to force parents to install the national MAX messenger, requiring each school to have at least 1,000 subscribers.

According to the publication Minval.Politics, Russia is allegedly preparing a "new dirty attack" against Azerbaijan. The publication claims that in the coming days, the information campaign could enter a "new, more aggressive phase." It notes that this refers not only to comments from individual experts, but also to a targeted wave of information attacks against both the country as a whole and its leadership personally.

Banquet hall owners in Ingushetia and Dagestan are facing new fines for holding gunfire at weddings and other events.