Anna Politkovskaya would have turned 66 on August 30. The journalist, who became a symbol of the fight for truth and justice, left an indelible mark on Russian journalism and the hearts of those who fight for human rights. Politkovskaya was the one who broke the information blockade that the Kremlin had prudently built around the second Russian-Chechen war. Read more in our video report.

The Nalchik Garrison Military Court found 26-year-old serviceman Gleb Babetsky guilty of evading military service. He was sentenced to five years in prison.

The Nalchik Garrison Military Court found Junior Sergeant Asker Kochkarov guilty of evading military service. Ego was sentenced to five years in a penal colony.

Russia has stepped up checks on migrants after the seizure of a colony in the Volgograd region on August 23. The media reported on tightened controls on the streets of Moscow, citing migrants. However, there are no official statements from the Russian authorities. For more details, watch our video.

Economist Fazil Gasimov, a doctoral student at Istanbul University, has been on a hunger strike for 75 days in protest against his arrest. He has lost 27 kg and weighs only 40 kilograms.

A court in Makhachkala found journalist Idris Yusupov guilty of holding pickets and fined him 30 thousand rubles. As a foreign agent, he has no right to initiate public events, the investigation found.

In the Southern District Military Court of Rostov-on-Don, the consideration of the case of the fifth Bakhchisarai group of defendants in the "Hizb ut-Tahrir" case began. Seydamet Mustafaev, Remzy Nymetulaev, Abdulmejit Seitumerov, Amethan Umerov, Ruslan Asanov and Eldar Yakubov were able to see their relatives at the court - an hour after their arrest.

The Southern District Military Court held a hearing on the case of Kaytarba Nasyrov and Toymaskhan Ajinyazov. They rejected the charges brought against them in the case of an attack in 1999 on Russian servicemen in Dagestan during the second Russian-Chechen war.

The Nalchik Garrison Military Court found contract soldier Arsen Zakoroev guilty of beating a police officer. He was sentenced to only one year in prison.

The Southern District Military Court of Rostov-on-Don held another hearing on the case of Magomed Alkhanov, a native of Chechnya. He is accused of attacking a company of Pskov paratroopers in February 2000 near the village of Ulus-Kert in the Vedensky District during the second Russian-Chechen war. The Memorial Center reported that the criminal case was fabricated.