In Izhevsk, a native of Kyrgyzstan was sent to a pretrial detention center on charges of calling for terrorism. According to investigators, he called for an attempt on the life of the head of Dagestan on VKontakte.

The Supreme Court of Chechnya granted the prosecutor's motion and denied the defense's request to change Zarema Musayeva's preventive measure to one not related to detention. She will remain in pretrial detention until the end of August.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said the day before that territorial claims against Baku enshrined in the country's Constitution can be ignored. This shows that Pashinyan is not interested in lasting peace and is only trying to maintain this situation as a backup option for resuming aggression against Azerbaijan in the future, the country's Foreign Ministry noted.

A court in Stavropol sentenced five more participants in the pogrom at the Makhachkala airport to imprisonment for terms ranging from 8 years to 8 years and one month. Kamil Khalatov, Dzhavad Abdullaev, Nazim Mirzakhanov, Mukhammad Dzhamalov, Ramis Khanaliev were found guilty of mass riots, armed resistance and the use of violence against government officials.

The Southern District Military Court sentenced contract soldier Khamidulla Mukhamedyaev from Stavropol Krai to 7 years in a special regime penal colony. He escaped from the military unit four times and committed robbery.

Ingushetia may join the experiment to develop Islamic banking in Russia. This was stated by the head of the State Duma Committee on Financial Markets, Anatoly Aksakov.

The Second Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction in Moscow rejected the appeal of the former co-chairman of the Memorial Human Rights Center Oleg Orlov against his sentence. He, being abroad, asked for permission to participate in the trial via video link.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that Russian law enforcement officials failed to act in the case of an attack on a minibus with participants in a press tour on the border of Chechnya and Ingushetia in March 2016. In connection with this, Russia was ordered to pay compensation in the amount of six thousand euros to each injured journalist and human rights activist.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky officially appointed Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, former Russian political prisoner Nariman Dzhelal (Dzhelyalov) as Ambassador to Turkey.

A criminal case has been opened against five residents of Ingushetia under the article on failure to report a crime. According to the investigation, they (including two minors) failed to warn about the planned terrorist attack in the Sunzha church.