August 7 was declared a day of mourning in Georgia for those who died in the Shovi resort in the Racha-Lechkhumi and Lower Svaneti regions. On August 3, a landslide came down there, as a result of which the river with landslide masses demolished bridges, damaged roads and covered cottage houses.

From 5 to 9 August 2001 Grozny was closed to motor vehicles. The Russian command, fearing that on the fifth anniversary of the start of the assault on the capital of the republic, the CRI VF would take some action, set up additional roadblocks on the roads and stopped all traffic.

The Ministry of Justice of Russia included in the list of extremist materials the declaration "On the state independence of the Republic of Kalmykia", adopted at the end of 2022. It is reported by Kavkaz.Realii.

The Soviet Court of Vladikavkaz received an administrative case against Artur Desyatnikov for criticizing the war in Ukraine.

From August 4 to August 8, 2001, Urus-Martan was completely blocked for the passage of vehicles, the checkpoints were reinforced with armored vehicles.

Against the backdrop of a 51-day hunger strike in the deportation center of Switzerland, the state of health of a native of Chechnya, Ali Bataev, became critical.

Novaya Gazeta journalist Elena Milashina suggests that the attack on her and lawyer Alexander Nemov in Grozny was connected with their search for Yasin Khalidov, a former employee of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs and the National Guard.

According to the head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, Refat Chubarov, people realize that Crimea is already a front-line territory, and its liberation should be expected.

For more than a month, the family of the political prisoner of the Crimean Tatar Bilyal Adilov does not know to which Russian prison he was taken.

Journalist Yelena Milashina and lawyer Alexander Nemov were attacked in Grozny by the same people involved in the kidnapping of Yasin Khalidov, an employee of the Chechen Interior Ministry who was trying to leave Russia.