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.

Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov arrived in Moscow for an official visit three months after Russia and Azerbaijan announced the resolution of issues stemming from the crash of an AZAL aircraft—an incident that had led to a sharp deterioration in relations between Moscow and Baku. Following talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the two sides declared their intention to intensify political dialogue, expand bilateral contacts, and restore practical cooperation.

In just two months, a fundraising campaign to support Zarema Musaeva—the wife of former federal judge Saidi Yangulbaev and mother of opposition activists, currently serving a sentence in a penal settlement—has successfully met its goal. By July 16, over 250,000 rubles had been raised on the "Zaodno" platform; this amount is sufficient to cover approximately five months of care packages containing medication, food, and hygiene products.

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.