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The National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia conducted a search at the Yerevan house of Samvel Karapetyan, an owner of the “Tashir” Group of Companies, after the businessman had expressed his support for the Armenian Apostolic Church. Forty-five people were detained near the Samvel Karapetyan’s house. The Armenian Apostolic Church and the opposition condemned the persecution of Samvel Karapetyan.

According to the Russian law, the Israeli-Iranian hostilities are no ground for declaring mobilization in Russia, but if necessary, authorities can declare it because of the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine, analysts have pointed in their comments on Apti Alaudinov's calls to mobilize at least 500,000 people.

Because of the fuel oil (mazut) spill in the Black Sea, the occupancy rate of Anapa hotels has decreased by 50% compared to the same last year’s period. Some hotels are in dire straits because they cannot return money to tourists for cancelled bookings, a source from the Association of Russian Tour Operators has stated.

Two cars, each of which was equipped with special hiding places where five crypto currency mining devices were hidden, were stopped at customs in the city of Adler.

The Russian scientists who were forced to leave Iran due to the worsening situation in the country have arrived in the Russian capital from Azerbaijan. Authorities have decided to completely evacuate Russian citizens from Iran and Israel.

The Sukhumi City Court pronounced a pre-trial restriction measure in the form of arrest for Adgur Kharaziya, a former member of the Abkhazian parliament. The man is accused of killing another member of the parliament.

As a result of the police raid, law enforcers discovered ten illegal migrants from the Central African Republic (CAR) and brought the spiritual leader of the prayer room to justice.

The law limits the right of the persons convicted under articles on terrorism and extremist to serve the sentences closer to their home, although all prisoners may request such a transfer. However, in the case of convicted natives of Chechnya, the position of the republic’s authorities often plays a decisive role.

Seda Suleimanova, who was taken by her relatives to Chechnya and stopped communicating in 2023, has been put on the wanted list as a missing person.

Residents of the Armenian village of Kasakh tried to block the highway during their protest against the change in the bus route; law enforcers prevented them and detained 11 people. One of the policemen hit a female journalist; the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported his dismissal.

Several marches were held in Tbilisi on the 200th day of pro-European protests. Torchlight marchers, whose faces were hidden by masks, have burned down a Russian flag in front of the Georgian Parliament.

At a rally against the urban development, residents of Volgograd have claimed that the construction of a high-rise residential complex on the Volga River bank threatens the safety of nearby houses and violates environmental standards. The activists addressed Russian President Vladimir Putin and Alexander Bastrykin, the chairman of the Russian Investigating Committee, with the demand to bring to responsibility the officials who approved the urban development in the region.

During negotiations with the Council for the Protection of the Nagorno-Karabakh People’s Rights, the Armenian government has promised to take on the repayment of the mortgages for the families of soldiers and officers killed in the 2020 war who purchased apartments using certificates from the Nagorno-Karabakh government.

Fourteen Russian scientists who stayed in Iran with a purpose of attending a conference crossed the border into Azerbaijan.

In connection with the data on the radiation leak in Iran, the round-the-clock monitoring of the radiation situation is conducted in the southern part of Dagestan.

To record the torture to which Mansur Movlaev was subjected in Chechnya, an examination of internal organs and psychological examinations may be conducted.

Activists of the “Sorok Sorokov” (Forty Forties) Movement came to Apti Alaudinov, Commander of the “Akhmat” Special Forces, to demand from him apologies to Schema-Abbot Gavriil, but during the meeting they concluded that Alaudinov is a "friend of Orthodox believers."

Hovik Abrahamyan, the former Speaker of the Parliament and former Prime Minister of Armenia, has been detained on the charge of money laundering.

Investigators are engaged in checking the circumstances of the death in an orphanage in Morozovsk of a 15-year-old girl who was subjected to domestic violence. Teachers and officials were aware of the teenager’s troubles, but failed to take any appropriate actions, investigation suggested.

Defendants in a criminal case on the shooting in front of the “Wildberries” Company’s office “due to non-involvement” would not be released without the participation of the Chechen authorities, human rights defenders believe. If the three defendants who remain under arrest are also released or sign military contracts with the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD), the criminal case will be suspended.