Russian billionaire and senator from Dagestan, Suleiman Kerimov, ranked fifth among Russians in the Forbes global rich list. His net worth is estimated at $25.7 billion.

FSB Director and Chairman of the National Anti-Terrorism Committee (NAC) Alexander Bortnikov claims that more than 2,500 armed "militants" have been killed in the North Caucasus since 2006, and approximately 5,000 of their accomplices have been detained.

The editor-in-chief of the Dagestani media outlet RIA Derbent, Milrad Fatullaev, filed complaints with the Investigative Committee, the Prosecutor General's Office, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the FSB, and Roskomnadzor regarding the dissemination of "fake" information on behalf of his publication. Unknown individuals are spreading a false report via instant messaging apps about the planned resettlement of Israeli Jews to Derbent.

The oil terminal at the Georgian port of Kulevi has been excluded from the draft 20th package of EU sanctions against Russia. EU Special Representative for Sanctions David O'Sullivan informed Georgian Foreign Minister Maka Bochorishvili of this, according to Georgia's Channel One.