Left Resistance activist Darya Polyudova cannot contact a lawyer due to new rules for calls in Kostroma's Penal Colony No. 8.

Timur Kishukov, a businessman with US citizenship, a native of Kabardino-Balkaria and a father of four, came to his homeland from Chicago in November 2024 and was detained by FSB officers. After refusing to cooperate with the FSB, the man was charged with terrorism.

Teymur Abdullaev, sentenced to 19 years, reported pressure from FSIN officers to transfer him to the EPKT (single cell-type room, which provides for more severe detention conditions) of IK-16 in Salavat (Bashkortostan).

Crimean Tatar Eskender Abdulganiyev was sent to a single cell-type facility (SCH) for six months in a Kemerovo colony.

Archil Muselyants, detained during protests and accused of intentionally damaging and setting fire to the power supply system of cameras installed on a pole in front of the parliament building, was found guilty by the court and sentenced to 4 years in prison.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) together with Azerbaijani media launched a solidarity campaign called "Blow Them Out with a Fan" in support of Azerbaijani journalist Sevinj Vagifgizi and her colleagues at Abzas Media.

The Special Penitentiary Service of Georgia has presented a report on the case of beating of former head of the Co-Investment Fund Giorgi Bachiashvili. Recall that the incident occurred on July 11 in prison #8, where he was placed in the same cell with prisoner Kakha Metreveli. A conflict arose between them, which ended with an attack on Bachiashvili.

A court in Crimea sentenced Crimean Tatar Lera Dzhemilova to 15 years in prison on treason charges.

The Chechen opposition movement NIYSO reported the kidnapping of 26-year-old Mansur Rasuyev in Chechnya. According to the organization, Rasuyev, a medical student from Moscow, was detained by security forces. The reasons for the detention and the whereabouts of the young man are unknown.

The Lefortovo District Court of Moscow received a petition to extend the arrest of French political scientist Laurent Vinatier. Last year, he was sentenced to three years in prison in a criminal case on failure to submit documents for inclusion in the register of foreign agents. Now the French citizen, who was researching the North Caucasus, including Chechnya, is accused of espionage (Article 276 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).