As of August 1, 10,419 people were serving sentences in Georgian prisons. This is according to the National Statistics Service of Georgia "Sakstat". This number has broken the record of 2014, which was 10,372 people.

Eyewitnesses captured how a superyacht previously owned by billionaire, senator from Dagestan Suleiman Kerimov, crashed into a boat with passengers in Turkey.

The Stavropol authorities explained the spending of 15 million rubles on Shaman’s concert, which will take place on September 14. The local Ministry of Culture said that they chose the singer because he has a “patriotic repertoire” and “spiritual-uplifting songs.”

The Supreme Court of Crimea is considering the claim of the Ministry of Justice to liquidate the Muslim community "Alushta". According to the department, "Alushta" "committed actions aimed at carrying out extremist activities."

The founder of the newspaper "Qirim", published in the Crimean Tatar language, Seyran Ibragimov, was fined 250 thousand rubles. He was found guilty of abusing freedom of information.

FSB officers detained six people in Nazran and the village of Kantyshevo (Ingushetia). According to investigators, they were planning an attack on security forces and the Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin in Sunzha.

Четверо заключенных взяли в заложники сотрудников ИК №19 в Волгоградской области. Некоторые из них убиты. Нападавшие – уроженцы Таджикистана и Узбекистана – не требовали денег и вертолет, о чем ранее писали некоторые СМИ. 

Prisoners seized Colony No. 19 in Surovikino, Volgograd Region. A riot occurred there, after which the prisoners took several FSIN employees hostage, some of whom were killed. The hostage takers call themselves "Islamic State Mujahideen".