Access to materials on Soviet repressed persons stored in the State Archives of the Administrative Bodies of the Sverdlovsk Region and other regions has been significantly restricted. According to Ural researcher Oleg Novoselov, the archive now provides this information exclusively to relatives of the victims.

The nationalist organization "Russian Community" stated that the "derussification of Russian toponymy" in Russia is a direct path to separatism and the disintegration of the country. The organization noted that Chechnya plans to rename villages in "originally Russian Cossack regions" that were transferred to Chechnya by the Bolsheviks as a result of the policy of "de-Cossackization and de-Russification of the North Caucasus." The statement emphasized that "these villages have never historically been part of Chechnya" and that "Russians, not Vainakhs, have always lived there."

Three cities in Chechnya have received new names. The State Duma approved the renaming of Sernovodskoye to Sernovodsk, Shelkovskaya to Terek, and Naurskaya to Nevre in the first reading. Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov congratulated the residents of these settlements.

The State Duma has adopted in its first reading a package of bills renaming three settlements in Chechnya. According to the proposal, Sernovodskoye will become Sernovodsk, Shelkovskaya will become Terek, and Naurskaya will become Nevre.

The Magas District Court found Nazir Dzeitov, a 31-year-old imam from Malgobek, guilty of illegal weapons possession. He was given a suspended sentence of two years.

Officers from the Federal Bailiff Service (UFSSP) in Chechnya deported a group of foreign citizens from the country. According to the agency, the ten Uzbek citizens were working illegally.

In North Ossetia, posting photos and videos showing the results of drone attacks in the media and on social media is now prohibited. The ban also applies to images capturing drone overflights and the operation of air defense systems.

The trial of Akhmed Sakalov, accused of preparing an act of sabotage at a fuel and energy complex (FEC) facility and illegally possessing explosive devices, has begun in Ingushetia. This was reported by the press service of the Ingush judicial system.

Law enforcement agencies in Kabardino-Balkaria have detained Ruslan Balbek, a former State Duma deputy and former deputy chairman of the Council of Ministers of Crimea.

Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov announced the creation of conditions for publishing the Quran in the republic.