On September 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a bilateral meeting with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Bishkek. The talks took place at the Ala-Archa state residence.

On October 1, the Sol-Iletsk District Court of the Orenburg Region will hear the administrative claims of former senator from Karachay-Cherkessia Rauf Arashukov against the administration of the Black Dolphin prison colony, where he is serving a life sentence. Arashukov is demanding that the decision to place him in solitary confinement be declared unlawful.

Irakli Pavlenishvili, one of the leaders of the Georgian opposition party United National Movement, stated that the mass influx of Russian citizens poses a threat of Russification in Georgia. At a briefing at Tbilisi International Airport, he called the airport "another gateway to Mordor" and promised that after the change of power, the country would be protected from the "Russian threat."

The youth of Russia and Armenia can play an important role in developing relations between the two countries, stated Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova. According to her, young people should be interested in peaceful coexistence and maintaining friendly ties.