A British citizen of Chechen origin, Magomed Abubakarov, came to Urus-Martan in 2023 on family matters. According to the "Team Against Torture", the police began looking for him a few weeks later - allegedly because of his previous conviction for banditry. On May 30, the man was taken from his home to the police station, where he voluntarily handed over his documents and phone with access data to law enforcement officers.

The smallest share of workers with salaries above the national average is recorded in the regions of the North Caucasus Federal District. This follows from the rating published by RIA Novosti.

The snap elections to the parliament of Azerbaijan were held with numerous violations, and their results were falsified. Such statements were made by the opposition forces, who do not recognize the victory of the presidential party "New Azerbaijan".

The Supreme Court of the Republic of Mordovia has ordered the Federal Penitentiary Service of the Russian Federation to re-examine the request of prisoner Ramazan Gadzhiev, in which he asks to be transferred to a colony closer to home. The corresponding decision came into force on August 8 of this year, according to the website of the Civil Assistance Committee.

This morning, Russian forces launched another massive missile attack on Kyiv. The building of the Islamic Cultural Center of the Muslim Spiritual Administration of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (the mosque on Nivki) was significantly damaged. This was reported on the Facebook page of the Muslim Spiritual Administration of Crimea.

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.

Anzor Dzhukaev, a 30-year-old native of Grozny, disappeared in Thailand more than two and a half months ago. His family and friends have put him on the wanted list. Representatives of the Chechen diaspora are participating in the search, and the embassies of Russia and Norway, of which he is a citizen, have been notified.

On September 1, 2004, militants took 1,128 hostages in School No. 1 in the city of Beslan (North Ossetia). As a result of the tragedy, 330 people died, including 186 children. The incident went down in Russian history as one of the most terrible terrorist attacks.

A meeting with the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev may take place at the Azerbaijani-Armenian border. This was stated by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at a press conference in Yerevan.

Anna Politkovskaya would have turned 66 on August 30. The journalist, who became a symbol of the fight for truth and justice, left an indelible mark on Russian journalism and the hearts of those who fight for human rights. Politkovskaya was the one who broke the information blockade that the Kremlin had prudently built around the second Russian-Chechen war. Read more in our video report.