Adam Kadyrov, the 18-year-old son of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, has been named an "honorary citizen" of Kurchaloy district. It is the latest in a series of awards and honorary titles received by the head of Chechnya's son, who has accumulated dozens of distinctions since autumn 2023.

Armenia is considering fully or partially replacing the Russian company that operates the country's railway network, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said. Yerevan hopes to resolve the issue with Moscow through compromise rather than taking what he described as "sharp decisions".

A court in the Stavropol Region sentenced a 40-year-old resident of the village of Staroizobilnenskaya to ten months of correctional labor for desecrating a mass grave of Soviet soldiers.

A network of 230 Facebook accounts featuring photos likely generated by neural networks has been discovered in Georgia. These accounts were used to create the appearance of widespread support for the ruling "Georgian Dream" party and its chairman, Irakli Kobakhidze. Researchers from the "Myth Detector" platform reached this conclusion.

Another group of fighters has left Grozny for the war in Ukraine after training at Russia's University of Special Forces, Chechen authorities said. The announcement came shortly after The Economist reported that Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has sought to avoid large-scale deployment of residents from the republic to the front.

Seventeen Ukrainian citizens, who had been staying for more than a year in the basement of the Georgian "Daryali" checkpoint on the Russian border, were evacuated on August 13 due to the threat of a natural disaster. Following the evacuation, they were not taken away from the border crossing area entirely; instead, they were placed in a truck and transported a few hundred meters to the grounds of a nearby monastery.

On August 14, 1992, hostilities broke out in Abkhazia; the conflict lasted over a year and became one of the most severe in Georgia's modern history. On that day, Georgian units entered the self-proclaimed Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia, crossing from the direction of the Inguri River. Tbilisi justified the deployment of the National Guard by citing the need to protect railway links. However, the advancing Georgian column encountered armed resistance from Abkhaz forces.

Armenia is prepared to buy electricity from and sell electricity to Azerbaijan, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said, as the two countries move towards closer economic ties following years of conflict.

Mass drone attacks continued across southern Russia on Aug. 14, affecting Krasnodar and Stavropol regions and the Rostov region.
In Novorossiysk, air-raid alerts were issued repeatedly throughout the day, and oil exports through the Sheskharis terminal were suspended following the attacks.

Residents of Makhachkala have staged a spontaneous protest for the third time in a week over prolonged power outages. On the evening of Aug. 13, residents of Irchi Kazak Street blocked traffic, saying their homes had been without electricity for three days.