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."

The Basmanny District Court in Moscow has remanded Mikhail Nadezhin, head of the Main Directorate of the Kabardino-Balkarian Ministry of Emergency Situations, in pretrial detention for two months. He is accused of accepting a bribe on an especially large scale.

Dagestani MMA fighter Erziman Bayramov has been charged with hooliganism following a conflict with a passerby in the city of Murino in the Leningrad Region.

On the sidelines of the 7th European Political Community Summit in Copenhagen, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met. The parties noted the significance of the Washington Agreements and reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthening peace.