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In Ramenskoye, Moscow Region, a Chechen cuisine cafe burned down completely; a video recording captured the moment when an unknown person ran away from the building immediately after the fire. The owner of the establishment believes that the "Russian Community" was involved in the arson and demands that those responsible be held accountable.

Law enforcers have conducted searches at homes of activists of the "Sacred Struggle" Movement and members of the "Dashnaktsutyun" Party. Bagrat Galstanyan, the leader of the above movement, was detained in connection with the preparation of terror acts and seizure of power in Armenia.

Power bodies have detained Magomed-Sultan Magomedov, State Secretary of Dagestan, whose residences were searched.

In his official page in a social network, the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, has posted a copy of the "failed" opposition plan to remove him from power.

The health state of Makhachkala advocate Zaur Kaituev worsened after he was beaten by law enforcers, and the man required hospitalization. The law enforcers used threats to force the advocate to unblock his mobile phone and gained access to confidential information on his cases, the Dagestani Bar Association claims.

A fine in the amount of 3 million roubles imposed on a founder of the Rostov “DonDay.ru” publication for a post about bomb shelters being closed during a drone attack is connected with the authorities’ dissatisfaction with such journalists’ materials, which cause outcry in society. The fine has been imposed “at its maximum,” and that fact became a warning to the media.

The employee of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN), involved as a victim in a case against Zarema Musaeva, has once again failed to appear for questioning in court. He explained the failure to come with his poor health state. The last prosecution witness questioned by the court testified in favour of Zarema Musaeva.

The court in Adler has ruled to release Adgur Ardzinba, an Abkhaz oppositionist, from custody. The decision was made amid an intention to hold a public meeting in support of the politician.

In their video appeal to Alexander Bastrykin, the Chairman of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), a family from the Seversky District of the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the main river) told about how local authorities are preventing payments under the Kherson certificate, because of which people risk being left without their only housing. Mr Bastrykin has demanded to conduct a check.

A Baku court has extended the arrest term of Ainur Elgyunesh, Nurlan Gakhramanly and Aitadj Tapdyg by three months. During the court session, the defence stated that the charges of smuggling brought against the “Meydan TV” journalists were unsubstantiated.

In Tbilisi, a court sentenced opposition politicians Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Djaparidze to eight months of imprisonment. Thus, the number of those convicted for failing to appear when summoned by the parliamentary investigative commission has grown to three.

The investigation into a criminal case against nineteen defendants accused of involvement in the terrorist attack in the “Crocus City Hall” concert hall in the Moscow Region has been completed. The criminal case has been transferred to the prosecutor’s office. Six more persons remain under investigation in the criminal case on the terrorist attack.

Mziya Amaglobeli, a founder of the “Netgazeti” and “Batumelebi” publications, has become almost blind in one eye while being kept in custody. The journalist’s vision in her other eye has also severely deteriorated.

The defence of the arrested Russian entrepreneur, Samvel Karapetyan, has withdrawn its appeal complaint against the ruling to arrest him because of the judge who will hear the case, Armen Feroyan, Karapetyan's advocate, has informed.

Activists of the “Russian Community” Movement acted legally in Lyublino and didn’t try to detain Chechen children, but they themselves fell victim to a provocation, the movement's coordinator has stated.

Bakhruz Samedov, a postgraduate student at the Charles University in the Czech Republic, accused of treason, has been sentenced to 15 years of freedom deprivation by a Baku court.

The court has accepted for consideration the claim lodged by the Prosecutor's Office (PO) of the Krasnodar Territory, which has demanded to seize the land under the cottage village Mayak (Beacon) in the city of Gelendjik in favour of the state, and to recognize the houses built there as unauthorized construction and demolish them.

The conflict between Apti Alaudinov and Schema-Abbot Gavriil provoked wider public outcry than its participants could have imagined, and the rapid reconciliation has been connected with the influence “from above” on both the commander of the “Akhmat” special forces, on the other side, and the schema-abbot and Orthodox activists, on the other side, analysts believe.

In Tbilisi, a court found oppositionist Zurab Djaparidze guilty in a criminal case on failure to appear at a meeting of the parliamentary investigative commission.

Apti Alaudinov, the commander of the “Akhmat” special forces, has been declared wanted by the Security Service (known as SBU) of Ukraine.