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The case against Larisa Tuptsokova could set a precedent for the prosecution of others who have collaborated with the Tbilisi cultural center, although the charges against the journalist are unfounded. Signatories of the petition in her defense noted Tuptsokova's significant contribution to the preservation of her native language.

The European Commission has published its enlargement report for 2025. According to the document, Georgia has made no progress toward joining the European Union and its candidate status remains in name only.

Residents of Ozdoeva Street in the village of Plievo in the Nazran District are without access to utilities, and authorities are ignoring their requests for assistance. The Investigative Committee of Ingushetia has launched a preliminary investigation.

Around two dozen people took part in a mass picket in Yerevan dedicated to the murder of Chechen native Ayshat Baimuradova. Armenia must provide state protection to women who fled Chechnya and other North Caucasus regions, activists stated.

Drivers and passengers of 297 vehicles are waiting to cross the bridge across the Kerch Strait towards Krasnodar Krai.

Journalist Hafiz Babali, convicted in Azerbaijan, lost his right to receive a disability pension after security forces blocked his bank accounts and failed to lift the restrictions after his sentence came into effect.

The Constitutional Court of Georgia has accepted for consideration a claim to dissolve three opposition parties.

Two more people have joined the opposition hunger strike outside the Georgian parliament in protest against the persecution of demonstrators.

Leninsky District authorities presented awards to the families of six soldiers killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,476 soldiers from the Volgograd Region have been officially recognized as killed.

Journalist Ulviyya Ali, who was arrested in Baku, was not allowed to meet with her lawyer because she resisted a body search, her mother said.

Military personnel neutralized two drones launched from Ukraine in the Volgograd region.

A Tbilisi court has fined and sentenced residents detained during a protest outside the parliament building to administrative detention. Zurab Menteshashvili, 71, charged with blocking a road, has been remanded in custody.

Danila Serikov was killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 1,470 soldiers from the Volgograd region have been officially recognized as killed.

The military shot down drones in the Chertkovsky and Sholokhov districts of the Rostov region.

A Tbilisi court has remanded Droa movement leader Elene Khoshtaria in custody after she refused to pay bail.

Volgograd emergency services received a call about a bomb threat in a high-rise building. A previously convicted Volzhsky resident was arrested for making a false report and admitted to making the call while intoxicated.

Following the example of his father, Gevork Nersisyan, a court in Yerevan has arrested his son, Ambartsum, who is the nephew of Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II, for a month.

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, 13 drones were shot down over the Volgograd Region. Governor Andrei Bocharov reported that debris from the downed drones fell on the grounds of the Frolovskaya electrical substation, where a fire broke out.

Russian citizen Artem Guselnikov was arrested in Georgia for participating in a protest. He said he attended in solidarity with the people of Georgia and his fellow countryman Anton Chechin, who was convicted of drug possession. Guselnikov has already been released and plans to return home.

The guilt of the former leaders of the unrecognized republic of Nagorno-Karabakh in crimes committed over a 35-year period has been proven, the prosecution stated. The prosecutors' lengthy indictment was prepared in advance, according to lawyer Siranush Sahakyan.