Chairman of the Azerbaijan-Ural organization Shahin Shikhlinsky was detained in Moscow and taken for questioning to the Investigative Committee in Yekaterinburg. This happened after a resonant deterioration in relations between Moscow and Baku.

Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Shalva Papuashvili called the opposition party Lelo – Strong Georgia a “party of swindlers” and said that this was confirmed by the Washington Arbitration Court. According to him, Lelo leaders Mamuka Khazaradze and Badri Japaridze were convicted of attempting to steal $1.5 billion – 15% of the country's budget – in the case of the construction of the Anaklia port. Earlier, Georgian and Parisian courts found them guilty of illegally appropriating $17 million from depositors of their bank.

Afghan journalist Afgan Mukhtarli, in an interview with the Romanian publication Presshub.ro, sharply criticized the political situation in Azerbaijan and Georgia. He accused the authorities of Azerbaijan of corruption, anti-democratic behavior, and the establishment of family rule, where the Constitution and economy are subordinated to the interests of the Aliyev family.

Joint exercises between Armenia and the US, Eagle Partner 2025, will be held from August 12 to 20. They will involve servicemen from the peacekeeping brigade of the Armenian Armed Forces, the US Army in Europe and Africa, and the Kansas National Guard.

After reports spread that the head of Chechnya was ill and hospitalized in Turkey, he said that he had resumed full-fledged training. In confirmation of this, Ramzan Kadyrov published a corresponding video, noting that he had returned to his usual regime after a break.

Azerbaijani media reported that as a result of the recent Russian air attack on Kyiv, the "House of Azerbaijan" building was damaged. Damage was recorded: windows were knocked out on both sides, blinds and furniture were damaged. There were no casualties.

The Southern District Military Court sentenced Stavropol resident Rustam Yarbuldyev in the case of an attack in 1999 on military personnel in Dagestan as part of the unit of field commander Shamil Basayev during the second Russian-Chechen war. The convicted man will spend 13 years in a maximum security penal colony.

Ingushetia, along with Chukotka, became the region where internet outages were recorded the least in July in Russia.

Baku has reacted sharply to the statements of the Russian President's Special Representative for International Cultural Cooperation Mikhail Shvydkoy, which followed the dismantling of the bust of Ivan Aivazovsky in Khankendi. The head of the press service of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, Ayhan Hajizade, called Shvydkoy's statements part of a "targeted anti-Azerbaijani campaign."

A study by the project "If to Be Precise", based on data from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, revealed that the lowest level of registered crime in the Russian Federation is recorded in the republics of the North Caucasus. Dagestan is in the lead, followed by Ingushetia.