Regional * A 21-year-old trans man from Chechnya, Dmitry Menyaev, was found dead in Batumi, Georgia, on 15 August. His brother suspects that he was murdered. Lawyer Zviad Markoidze told independent local media outlet Batumelebi that an expert had said it could be difficult to determine the cause of death because the body had already begun to decompose. * Another shipment from Russia to Armenia, carrying 630 tonnes of wheat and 36 tonnes of propane, was transported through Azerbaijan. Azertag