Russia has stepped up checks on migrants after the seizure of a colony in the Volgograd region on August 23. The media reported on tightened controls on the streets of Moscow, citing migrants. However, there are no official statements from the Russian authorities. For more details, watch our video.

Economist Fazil Gasimov, a doctoral student at Istanbul University, has been on a hunger strike for 75 days in protest against his arrest. He has lost 27 kg and weighs only 40 kilograms.

Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin, publishing available intelligence data, stated that Russia would like to prevent attempts at a "color revolution" in Georgia.

A court in Makhachkala found journalist Idris Yusupov guilty of holding pickets and fined him 30 thousand rubles. As a foreign agent, he has no right to initiate public events, the investigation found.

In the Southern District Military Court of Rostov-on-Don, the consideration of the case of the fifth Bakhchisarai group of defendants in the "Hizb ut-Tahrir" case began. Seydamet Mustafaev, Remzy Nymetulaev, Abdulmejit Seitumerov, Amethan Umerov, Ruslan Asanov and Eldar Yakubov were able to see their relatives at the court - an hour after their arrest.

The Southern District Military Court held a hearing on the case of Kaytarba Nasyrov and Toymaskhan Ajinyazov. They rejected the charges brought against them in the case of an attack in 1999 on Russian servicemen in Dagestan during the second Russian-Chechen war.

Today, Abkhazia and South Ossetia celebrate the Day of Russia's Recognition of Their Independence. Sixteen years ago, as a result of the war, they lost their status as territories of Georgia and declared themselves republics.

In terms of population involvement in small and medium-sized businesses, Ingushetia took the last, 85th place among the regions of the Russian Federation with a rate of 13%. Other North Caucasian republics were located from 72nd to 80th lines of the rating.