Russian-Armenian relations will withstand all tests of strength from the West. US statements that Armenia wants to turn away from Russia are unfounded. This was stated by the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Zakharova.

On August 7, 2008, a column of Russian armored vehicles entered the Tskhinvali region of South Ossetia through the Roki Tunnel. This was the beginning of the short-lived Russian-Georgian war.

Before the start of the chess tournament in Makhachkala, one participant approached one of the tables, poured an unknown liquid and rubbed it with a chess piece. This moment was caught on surveillance cameras, Baza reported.

The US State Department called on Georgian authorities to release exiled Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Sadigov. On August 3, he was detained in Tbilisi and placed in a deportation center. If extradited to Azerbaijan, the opposition figure faces another prison term.

A court in Dagestan reduced the term of forced labor for a resident of Khasavyurt, Shakhban Abakargadzhiev, from five to three years in the case of military "fakes". In May, the Khasavyurt District Court of Dagestan sentenced the man to five years of forced labor.

From March 2022 to June 2024, 174 administrative cases of “discrediting” the Russian army were recorded in the regions of the North Caucasus. Criminal cases of “repeated discrediting” and “disseminating fakes” were opened against 17 people. The Memorial Human Rights Defense Center has this information.

In IK-1 of the Tambov region, Crimean Tatar human rights activist Server Mustafayev, who was sentenced to 14 years, is losing his sight. He has been in strict conditions of detention since February.

Why were Chechen political prisoners not on the exchange list between Russia and Western countries? This issue has been actively discussed after Germany extradited Vadim Krasikov, the killer of former Chechen field commander Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, to Russia. The killer, who was sentenced to life in Germany, was personally met with honors by Russian President Vladimir Putin. More details in our video report.

Bailiffs have seized Khabib Nurmagomedov's car, a Mercedes-Benz S-Class, which Ramzan Kadyrov gave him as a gift. The family home in Dagestan, a Ferrari California T, a Mercedes-Benz AMG GT S, a BMW 7, a Toyota Land Cruiser, and a Toyota Tacoma were also seized. The total amount of seized property is 79 million rubles.

The leaders of the North Caucasus republics expressed condolences to the family of the late head of the North Caucasus Muslim Coordination Center (NCMCC) Ismail-haji Berdiev.