Yesterday a protest action took place in front of the deportation center in Zurich. The participants opposed the sending to Russia of a 40-year-old native of Chechnya, a refugee Ali Bataev, who is threatened with torture and death in his homeland.

Russian actor Vitaly Gogunsky, known for his role as Kuzi in the TV series Univer, was not allowed into Georgia. Upon arrival from Moscow to Tbilisi airport, he was turned around and sent home on the next flight.

The Crimean authorities have banned raising and displaying the Crimean Tatar flag along with the flag of the Russian Federation on rulers in the schools of the peninsula. This was reported by the human rights organization "KrymSOS".

As a result of a landslide in the mountains of the Shovi resort in Georgia, 21 people died. In addition, the search continues for more than ten people, including several children.

A rally was held in Strasbourg, France, demanding freedom for political prisoners in Azerbaijan and an end to repressions. The action was carried out by the organization of Azerbaijani political emigrants in Europe AND.

Before the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples on Obolonskaya Embankment in Kyiv, activists restored the Crimean Tatar flag on concrete slabs near the Dnieper.

The members of the United Circassian Council called on the world community to recognize the genocide of the Circassian people by the Russian Empire in the 19th century. They announced this at an international conference in Istanbul.

In the first half of 2023, 1,174 more people left Chechnya than arrived. In terms of migration loss, the republic ranks first in the North Caucasus Federal District. It is reported by Rosstat.

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.

The departments of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Stavropol Territory, Ingushetia, the KChR and North Ossetia announced storm warnings.