Tashkent-based lawyer Sergei Mayorov has called on Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev and other officials "to stop torturing" lawyer and journalist Dauletmurat Tajimuratov, who was handed a 16-year prison sentence in late January over anti-government protests in the Karakalpakstan region last year.
The commander of Russia's Pacific Fleet, Admiral Sergei Avakyants, has resigned following a snap inspection of the military preparedness of the fleet's units.