The Memorial human rights project has recognized 53-year-old Eduard Atayev from Dagestan as a political prisoner. He is a well-known activist in the republic, a former coordinator of the Golos movement and a member of the electoral commission. In addition, Atayev headed the local branch of the PARNAS party and criticized the war in Ukraine.

Armenian authorities have once again refused to participate in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Cobalt-2024 exercises, which will be held in Novosibirsk from August 14 to 16.

The convicted former head of Makhachkala pretrial detention center-1, Daud Davydov, who commanded a unit on the front line in the "SVO" zone, has gone missing. This was reported by the chairman of the republic's Public Monitoring Commission, Shamil Khadulaev.

The Kabardino-Balkarian court has received an administrative case against the leader of the "Free Circassia" association, Ibragim Yaganov. He is accused of violating the law on the activities of "foreign agents".

The Gunibsky District Court of Dagestan has registered an administrative case regarding the absence of a "foreign agent" marking against former State Duma deputy Magomed Gadzhiev. He had previously supported pro-government initiatives, including the adoption of the law on "foreign agents".

RIA Novosti experts have compiled a rating of Russian regions based on the availability of motor fuel for the population, calculating the amount of gasoline that residents can buy with their average monthly salaries. It turned out that 92-octane gasoline is the least affordable in the North Caucasus.

A fighter from Dagestan, Khabib Nurmagomedov's cousin Umar, defeated American Cory Sandhagen in the main fight of UFC on ABC 7 in Abu Dhabi. Umar Nurmagomedov now has 18 wins in 18 competitions. His next fight will be a title fight. Khabib's brother will enter the octagon against the winner of the confrontation between American Shorn O'Malley and Georgian Merab Dvalishvili. It is scheduled for September 14 in Las Vegas.

The Kirovsky District Court of Crimea previously arrested local resident Refat Ismailov for nine days.

Moscow's Basmanny Court extended the detention of journalist and writer Nadezhda Kevorkova until October 6. She is charged under Part 2 of Article 205.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (public calls for terrorist activity, public justification of terrorism).

Turkish Defense Minister Yashar Güler received his Ukrainian colleague Rustem Umerov in Ankara. He is also a member of the Kurultai of the Crimean Tatar people and an adviser to Mustafa Dzhemilev.