In 2025, Russian courts set a new record for the number of convictions under "terrorism" charges. A total of 1,776 sentences were handed down during the year—an all-time high since the inception of Russia's modern Criminal Code. Under Articles 205–205.5 of the Criminal Code, 2,078 individuals were convicted—more than double the figure from the previous year, when 1,021 people received guilty verdicts. These findings come from a study conducted by the human rights project "First Department" (Pervy Otdel) and analysts at Parubets Analytics.

On the morning of July 17, blogger and lawyer Ilya Remeslo, a native of Nalchik and one of the most prominent pro-government authors of recent years, was arrested in St. Petersburg. He is charged with disseminating knowingly false information about the use of the Russian Armed Forces motivated by political hatred (Part 2 of Article 207.3 of the Russian Criminal Code). This article is classified as a serious crime and carries a sentence of up to ten years in prison.

The Grozny Garrison Military Court sentenced contract soldier Tamerlan Dudaev to two and a half years in a penal settlement for refusing to return to the war against Ukraine. The Southern District Military Court upheld the sentence.

Scientists from the Chechen Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with specialists from the St. Petersburg Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, have developed a technology that enables speech synthesis systems to correctly pronounce words in the Chechen language. This innovation will allow voice assistants, digital announcers, and other digital services to read texts aloud with greater accuracy. The *Chechnya Segodnya* newspaper reported the development, citing the Russian Ministry of Education and Science.

North Ossetia–Alania Head Sergey Menyaylo has criticized a draft law on the republic’s state languages after it introduced the terms “Literary Iron” and “Literary Digor.” According to the regional leader, these provisions are the “pitfalls” that risk dividing society, whereas the law should unite the people of the republic and strictly comply with the Constitution.

On July 14, the Bank of Russia issued a commemorative silver coin with a face value of 2 rubles, dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the birth of Akhmat-Khadzhi Kadyrov, the first president of the Chechen Republic.

Grozny has made the list of the ten Russian cities with the highest migration appeal. This finding comes from a study by the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, the results of which were presented by the city administration.

Students from the M.D. Millionshchikov Grozny State Oil Technical University unveiled "Lattamed"—a wearable biosensor designed to monitor the impact of toxic substances on industrial workers—at the Innoprom-2026 international industrial exhibition. The developers anticipate that the project's next phase will involve pilot trials in an industrial setting.

Rescuers have been searching for over two weeks for a Moscow resident who went missing while rafting on the Uchkulan mountain river in Karachay-Cherkessia.

A major modernization of Grozny Airport is scheduled for completion by the end of 2027. By then, authorities intend to commission a new runway and open a new terminal complex.