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Manu Tavadze, Dato Beshitaishvili, and Luka Japaridze left the Tbilisi New Theatre troupe in protest against the removal of a banner bearing the portrait of their convicted colleague, Andro Chichinadze. The number of actors who have resigned from the theatre has reached eight.

Baku police detained trade union activist Sara Rahimova and issued her a travel ban, citing her status as a suspect in a criminal case. After her release, Rahimova linked the criminal prosecution to her civic activism.

Azat Turakov and Anuarbek Nurgaliev from the Volodarsky district were killed in combat in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 710 fighters from the Astrakhan region have been confirmed killed.

Workers cleared the roadway in the Tsuntinsky district, which was blocked after a rockfall.

The district prosecutor's office filed an anti-corruption lawsuit to seize the property of the former head of the Labinsky district, as well as his deputy and a former security official, in connection with corrupt activities.

The first group of displaced persons who left during the Karabakh conflict returned to the city of Khojavend and the village of the same name; 70 families received keys to their homes.

Former employees of the Kabardino-Balkarian State Agrarian University have filed a complaint with the authorities, claiming that university management had served them with eviction notices from their dormitory. They say their appeals to the rector and government agencies have been unsuccessful.

Italian skier Pietro Ballarini, the son of renowned urbanist Luca Ballarini, died during a freeride skiing accident in the mountains near Kutaisi.

Gelendzhik blogger Vadim Kharchenko*'s appeal against the verdict was dismissed by the cassation court; his defense is preparing an appeal to the Supreme Court.

After a network of fraudulent call centers was uncovered in Georgia, including former State Security Service head Grigol Liluashvili, among its patrons, the parents of programmer Tamar Bachaliashvili, whose body was found in her car in 2020, demanded that the investigation into her death be reopened.

Activists have installed a temporary plaque on the home of murdered Novaya Gazeta journalist Anna Politkovskaya for the 20th time.

Marches in defense of education and demanding the release of political prisoners took place in Tbilisi on the 451st day of protests.

Fuel oil spills have been recorded on the beaches of Anapa and the village of Volna, but this is old fuel oil that had been lying on the seabed, the task force reported. Volunteers noted the largest spills on the Bugayskaya Spit.

The Nagorno-Karabakh parliament declared its intention to continue the struggle for the Karabakh people's right to return and self-determination. Karabakh movement activists believe that return may be possible after Armenia strengthens.

Krasnodar authorities have denied residents of the Yubileiny microdistrict 20 times permission to hold a rally against embankment development.

Vladimir Kostin was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 708 soldiers from the Astrakhan region have been officially recognized as killed.

Astrakhan band Anacondaz played concerts in Yerevan despite a petition calling for their cancellation. Meanwhile, the "Caucasian Knot" account on X remains blocked for over two days. The ban was triggered by a post about collecting signatures to cancel the band's Yerevan performances.

Eshou Kakaliya, a member of the Supreme Council of the opposition public organization "Aidgylara", received a gunshot wound and was hospitalized.

Five leading actors from Tbilisi's Vaso Abashidze Music and Drama Theatre resigned from the company after a banner supporting their colleague Andro Chichinadze, who was sentenced to two years in prison for participating in protests, was removed from the building's facade.

The cassation court rejected the appeal against the sentence of singer Eduard Sharlot, who apologized to the head of Chechnya.