Ingushetia may join the experiment to develop Islamic banking in Russia. This was stated by the head of the State Duma Committee on Financial Markets, Anatoly Aksakov.
The Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction in Moscow rejected the appeal of the former co-chairman of the Memorial Human Rights Center Oleg Orlov against his sentence. He, being abroad, asked for permission to participate in the trial via video link.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that Russian law enforcement officials failed to act in the case of an attack on a minibus with participants in a press tour on the border of Chechnya and Ingushetia in March 2016. In connection with this, Russia was ordered to pay compensation in the amount of six thousand euros to each injured journalist and human rights activist.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky officially appointed Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, former Russian political prisoner Nariman Dzhelal (Dzhelyalov) as Ambassador to Turkey.
A criminal case has been opened against five residents of Ingushetia under the article on failure to report a crime. According to the investigation, they (including two minors) failed to warn about the planned terrorist attack in the Sunzha church.
Mansur Movlaev, who was put on the wanted list in Russia and fled from the Chechen authorities, was detained in Almaty. It is reported that he had been living in this Kazakh city for the past year and a half.
In 2022-2023, Armenia signed a number of contracts for the supply of weapons with India for a total of over $1.5 billion. France is in second place in terms of purchases in this area ($250 million).
A court in Stavropol sentenced four more participants in the pogrom at Makhachkala airport to 10 years in prison. Arsen Arbuliev, Malik Aliyev, Saidapandi Abdulazizov and Nazhmudin Abakarov were found guilty of mass riots, armed resistance and the use of violence against government officials.
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.