Azerbaijani opposition journalist Afgan Mukhtarli commented on the house arrest and criminal prosecution of former head of the presidential administration Ramiz Mehdiyev, calling it logical and symbolic.

Four residents of Karachay-Cherkessia are wanted on suspicion of attacking police officers. The personnel of the Internal Affairs Directorate has been raised, patrols at exits from the republic have been strengthened, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic reported.
The attack occurred late in the evening of April 21 in the Nizhny Rynok area in Karachaevsk. Unknown people shot the security forces and stole their service weapons. Among the suspects are Marat Bytdaev and Ruslan Semenov, who could have escaped in a car.
The regional department of the Investigative Committee opened a criminal case under articles of encroachment on the life of a law enforcement officer, illegal carrying and storage of weapons and ammunition.