Akhmed Balkarov, a native of Kabardino-Balkaria, was transferred from Penal Colony No. 4 in the Penza Region. He had previously complained of religious persecution and systematic penalties. The Federal Penitentiary Service later decided to transfer him to a psychiatric facility. The prisoner's mother insists there are no supporting documents or justifications for this decision.

During the European Political Community summit in Yerevan, French President Emmanuel Macron expressed support for Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's policy of rapprochement with Europe.

Today in Brussels, Olivier Dupuis, former Secretary of the Transnational Radical Party and Member of the European Parliament, passed away after a long illness.

The decree signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin that same day regarding the change of leadership in Dagestan was published on the Kremlin website. Head of the republic, Sergei Melikov, has resigned, and Fyodor Shchukin has been appointed acting head.