“Abkhazia is not considering the option of joining the Russian Federation. The political forces of the republic stand for close and allied relations with Russia, but not for becoming one of its subjects,” said Sergey Shamba, Secretary of the Security Council of Abkhazia.

The Kyiv District Court of Crimea sent three Crimean Tatars – Ruslan Asanov, Ametkhan Umerov and Remzi Nimetulaev – to jail for two months.

A native of Ingushetia, Abdul-Malik Albagachiev, who is serving a term in IK-6 in the Astrakhan region, was again left without medical care during an epileptic attack. Because of this, he went on a hunger strike.

At about 5.45 in the city of Argun, employees of the Russian security forces, who arrived in two armored personnel carriers and a Ural truck, were taken away from apartment No. 3, located at the address: per. Zheleznodorozhny, 21, Mehdi Yakhyaevich Khamidov, born in 1951

The United States imposed sanctions against Aimani Kadyrova, the mother of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov. She heads the Akhmat Kadyrov Foundation. Also on the "black list" was the Commissioner for Human Rights of Chechnya Mansur Soltaev.

The General Rapporteur on political prisoners of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Sunna Evarsdottir said that the Azerbaijani scientist-economist and chairman of the opposition Democracy and Prosperity Party Gubad Ibadoglu should be released.

A flash mob was held in Tbilisi in honor of the Independence Day of Ukraine. The participants unfurled a 32-meter Ukrainian flag on the Peace Bridge, chanting the slogan "Glory to Ukraine".

Lawyers, economists and teachers became the leaders in the number of graduates of the universities of the North Caucasus Federal District in 2022.

On the morning of August 24, in Bakhchisaray and the Bakhchisarai region, Russian security forces broke into the houses of Crimean Tatars with searches. The head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, Refat Chubarov, wrote about this in his telegram channel.

Azerbaijan respects the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all states, including Ukraine, always adhering to the UN Charter, norms and principles of international law. This was announced by the country's President Ilham Aliyev.