The head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov was awarded the honorary badge "Centaur" - the highest award of the Council of Chief Architects of Russia. This happened in Grozny during a meeting of the Council. The basis for the award is an outstanding contribution to the development of urban development in the region.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian called on his counterpart Ilham Aliyev in a telephone conversation to check reports of Israeli drones flying from Azerbaijani territory to strike his country.
The Georgian Parliament, which is effectively completely controlled by the ruling party, has quickly passed a law introducing significant restrictions on media photography and videography in courts. The initiative was supported by 80 deputies.
A week ago, the cafe "Chechen Kitchen 95" was set on fire in the city of Ramenskoye in the Moscow region. The owners believe that the arsonist is linked to the nationalist group "Russian Community", which has previously committed similar acts.
The Soviet District Court of Makhachkala satisfied the claim of the Prosecutor General's Office against the State Secretary of Dagestan Magomed-Sultan Magomedov and his relatives. The oil company "Kaspetrolservis" ("Dagnefteprodukt"), including land plots, buildings and gas stations, was seized from their property.
The defendants in the attack on Russian soldiers in Chechnya in 1999 received 45 years in a maximum security penal colony for two. This decision was made by a court in Rostov regarding Vakhit Khamzatkhanov and Takhir Begeldiev – 24 and 21 years respectively. Neither of them admitted guilt. According to the court, Khamzatkhanov and Begeldiev were members of the group of Shamil Basayev and Emir Khattab. For more details, watch our video.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ingushetia is looking for those involved in the explosion of a private educational college in Nazran on Mutaliyev Street. The issue of initiating a criminal case is being decided.
A court in Simferopol extended the arrest of four Crimean Tatars until October 4. Plumber Rustem Mustafayev, laborer Abibulla Smedlyaev, son of a political prisoner Emir Kurtnezirov and cook Mirzali Tazhibaev are accused of participating in the activities of the Islamic political party Hizb ut-Tahrir, banned in Russia but legal in Ukraine and other countries.
From June 18 to 25, the most significant increases in gasoline prices were recorded in Crimea, Dagestan, Chechnya, and the Ivanovo region.
The Russian Ministry of Justice has added the Crimean Tatar human rights organization Crimean Solidarity to the register of foreign agents.
Representatives of Georgian civil society have issued an open appeal to international organizations, declaring what they believe is an intensification of Russia's annexation policy in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The document has been sent to the UN, the European Union, the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM), the OSCE, and NATO.
Representatives of the Chechen diaspora in Vienna organized a protest outside the Finnish Embassy. The activists' main demand was to prevent the extradition to Russia of refugees from the North Caucasus, who face the threat of torture and repression in their home countries. Human rights activist Roza Dunaeva provided information on this matter.