It is the authorities of Ingushetia—not local residents—who bear responsibility for the ongoing sewage pollution of the Sunzha River. This conclusion was reached by the Prosecutor’s Office, which, for the first time, detailed the history of the long-standing dispute.

The Investigative Committee and the Prosecutor's Office of Karachay-Cherkessia have launched parallel inquiries into the circumstances surrounding the death of a climber from Vladimir in the Daut Gorge. The man fell near the MIFI Peak; investigators are currently establishing the details of the incident.

An attack on the family of a Meskhetian Muslim in the southern Georgian town of Akhaltsikhe has raised questions about the police response. The victims say more than ten men assaulted the local mosque’s imam, Shevket Dvalidze, but only two suspects were detained and later released on bail. Human rights groups are calling for investigators to examine whether the attack was motivated by ethnic, linguistic and religious hatred.

In North Ossetia, a debate over the limits of acceptable public behaviour has escalated into online harassment, the publication of women's personal information, and threats of violence. Members of the group Kavkazskaya Obshchina ("Caucasian Community") describe their activities as a defence of national dignity against cultural decline and assimilation. Critics, however, argue that the group has assumed the right to judge, humiliate and punish others on behalf of an entire people.

The search for Bekkhan Aushev, who went missing on July 21 in the Dzheyrakhsky District of Ingushetia, is now in its ninth day. Preliminary reports suggest he may have been swept away by the current of the Assa River. However, the number of volunteers participating in the search operation is dwindling day by day.

Work has begun in Ingushetia on a docudrama titled Heroes of Zaporizhzhia, посвящed to Russian security personnel who took part in the seizure of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant during the first weeks of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Authorities in Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Russia’s Volgograd region have announced the deaths of ten more service members who fought in Ukraine. Following these announcements, the number of officially confirmed military deaths from Russia’s North Caucasus and southern regions has surpassed 9,500.

Armenia’s rental market is showing signs that echo the developments of 2022, according to reporting by the independent Russian outlet Verstka.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree increasing the authorized strength of the country’s Armed Forces. Effective August 1, the military’s total authorized personnel will rise to 2,426,130, including 1,535,000 service members.

Georgian MMA fighter Giorgi Kartvelishvili has announced the creation of a civic movement dedicated, he says, to defending Georgian traditions, culture, and national identity. The athlete spoke about the new initiative at a press conference held at the offices of the Georgian Federation of Journalists.