Batumi City Court sentenced the founder of Georgian publications Batumelebi and Netgazeti Mzia Amaglobeli to two years in prison.

Eleven Ukrainian citizens held in the basement of the Georgian border checkpoint "Dariali" on the border with Russia have begun an indefinite hunger strike. More than 90 Ukrainian citizens deported from Russia are there with them, many for more than a month. It is reported that among them are people with HIV and tuberculosis.

FSB reported the seizure of property of former Dagestan State Secretary Magomed-Sultan Magomedov and other persons involved in the fraud case, worth more than three billion rubles. As a result of a joint operation by the FSB, the Prosecutor General's Office and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the state also returned the previously stolen Dagnefteprodukt oil transshipment complex and the built Dagnotech oil refinery, worth more than 100 billion rubles.

The Orlovka gas compressor station, which provides gas transit to Europe and Ukraine from Azerbaijan, was attacked in the Odessa region. Moscow used Geran drones to strike.

On August 7-8, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will pay an official visit to Washington. The program includes a bilateral meeting with US President Donald Trump to discuss the strategic partnership between Armenia and the US.

The sixth president of Georgia, Mikheil Kavelashvili, whose legitimacy is not recognized by his predecessor, as well as the opposition and a significant part of civil society, has issued a decree on holding elections to local government bodies on October 4, 2025, the press service reports. The document was signed by Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze.

Crimean Tatar journalist Amet Suleimanov, who was sentenced to 12 years, reported a deterioration in his health. While serving his sentence in the Vladimir Central prison, he continues to suffer from high blood pressure; he has had a second hypertensive crisis.

Zarema Musayeva, accused of disrupting the activities of the colony (Part 2 of Article 321 of the Criminal Code), gave her final statement in the Shali City Court of Chechnya. She asked not to be sent to penal colony-settlement No. 3, where she had previously served her sentence and where the FSIN employee who accused her of assault works. Musayeva fears for her life in this colony.

Human rights activists from Memorial claim that Aslanbek Kazanchev and Anzor Batyrov from Kabardino-Balkaria were sentenced to long terms (17 and 14 years, respectively) based on fabricated evidence. According to Memorial, secret witnesses in their case verbatim repeat testimonies from other cases concerning the attack on the Pskov paratroopers during the second Russian-Chechen war.

The condition of the arrested director of Abzas Media Ulvi Hasanli, who has been on hunger strike since July 20, is causing serious concern. His wife, Rubaba Guliyeva, reported a significant weight loss (15 kg) and deterioration in the journalist's health.