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After his deportation from Germany, oppositionist Pyunkhan Kerimli, sentenced in Azerbaijan to six years of imprisonment, filed an appeal against the verdict in a case on drug possession, a father of the activist has reported.

The methodology according to which the "Rosleskhoz" (Russian Federal Forestry Agency) placed Chechnya among the regions with the least efficient forestry management, was compiled "incompetently," Ramzan Kadyrov has stated, suggesting that the head of the agency heads the Ministry of Natural Resources of Chechnya and improves the indicators.

A total of 303 residents of Armenia are listed as missing after the war in Nagorno-Karabakh, the republican delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has informed.

Soso Gogashvili, a former deputy head of the Georgian State Security Service (SSS), who is in custody on charges of illegal possession of weapons, abuse of power and violation of the secrecy of personal data, has received threats demanding to give the necessary testimonies, his advocates have informed.

Murad Manapov, an activist, has left for Poland, fearing persecution by law enforcers. He explained that he had left Russia after the arrest of Eduard Ataev, the coordinator of Navalny's office* in Makhachkala, whose assistant he has been earlier.

The head of Chechnya has instructed officials and policemen to stop cases of inappropriate behaviour of "individual Chechen nationals outside the region." Ramzan Kadyrov's order appeared after reports in social networks about Chechen girls' dancing during a seaside holiday in Izberbash.

The proofs of the guilt of the three policemen accused of violence against Alexander Knyazev and Valery Levdik are the victims' traumas, as well as the fact that the policemen did not challenge their dismissal after an internal audit, the advocate has stated.

Wreckage of a military helicopter of the Armenian Armed Forces, shot down during the autumn 2020 war, was found in Nagorno-Karabakh.

After being resettled from the Lachin corridor, residents of the communities of Akhavno and Berdzor will receive apartments in Nagorno-Karabakh or certificates for housing in Armenia, the authorities promise.

Engineering work and road construction are underway on Mount Buzdukh and other heights that came under the control of Azerbaijan as a result of the “Retribution” operation, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports.

Criticism of the Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh is unjustified, as the peacekeepers are helping to stabilize the situation, states Ivan Nechaev, a spokesperson for the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).

Today, prison administration has allowed an advocate to visit Chechen native Salekh Magamadov, but their conversation was controlled by a warder, advocate Alexander Nemov says. This is reported by the “SOTA” project in its Telegram channel.

Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili's illness is progressing; his condition causes fear for the politician's life, a neurologist from the "Empathy" Centre has stated. US and Swiss doctors will join the examination of the ex-president of Georgia, his advocate has informed.

The construction of the road along the new route of the Lachin Corridor is over. The highway is ready for traffic, Baku has announced.

The Volgograd Regional Court has dismissed the complaint lodged by Evgeny Kochegin, an activist, who is suspected of disseminating deliberately false information about the actions of the Russian Army.

A court in Dagestan has sentenced the head of the criminal investigation the Buynaksk District and three police detectives accused of abuse of power and beating up a detainee.

By having built a section of the road bypassing the Lachin Corridor, Azerbaijan, did not violate the terms of the agreement on Nagorno-Karabakh, while the escalation of the Karabakh conflict was provoked by the Armenian party, Russian and Azerbaijani analysts have pointed out.

After the Azerbaijani operation "Retribution" conducted in the Karabakh conflict zone, there were no active hostilities; shootouts were local in nature, analysts have pointed out, however, not ruling out a possible further conflict escalation.

In Dagestan, ancient monuments lack due care; and mass tourist trips to historical buildings have increased the threat of ruining them. This was stated by Vladimir Sevrinovsky, a writer and traveller, and Albert Esedov, a political analyst, who commented on the collapse of the stone arch in Gamsutl.

Soldier Erik Karsyan was found dead with a gunshot wound in a combat position, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reported.