Sberbank opened the first Islamic banking office in the North Caucasus in the capital of Chechnya, Grozny. It will offer more than 15 Shariah-compliant affiliate financing products.
US Deputy Secretary of State Uzra Zeya confirmed reports that a representative of the American army will work in the Armenian Ministry of Defense.
121 Georgian non-governmental and media organizations are filing a lawsuit to challenge the law on “foreign agents”. Earlier, such a decision was made by Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili.
Dagestan resident Zaur Magomedov, arrested on charges of involvement in attacks on churches and synagogues in Makhachkala and Derbent, declared his innocence. The deputy chairman of the public monitoring commission of Dagestan, Shamil Khadulaev, spoke about this.
The cassation court approved the sentence to Dagestan resident Makhmud Ibadulaev - two years and two months in prison. He was found guilty of participating in the activities of an extremist organization called “Citizens of the USSR” (Part 2 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code).
Russian serviceman Ivan Ch., who was detained after arriving from Kazakhstan at Yerevan airport, was released after questioning by the police. He has been wanted in Russia for leaving his unit without permission since April 2023.
If Georgia is involved in a war with the Russian Federation, it will suffer more severe consequences than Ukraine. This was stated by the founder of the ruling Georgian Dream party, billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili at the opening of the election campaign. He noted that the “global war party” wants to include Georgia in the war.
The administration of IK-14 Gorka-Muravyovskaya (Arkhangelsk region) began to threaten with physical violence 19-year-old Kevin Lik from Adygea, convicted in a treason case.
July 15 marked the 15th anniversary of the murder of human rights activist Natalya Estemirova. She investigated high-profile cases of abductions, torture and extrajudicial killings in Chechnya. In 2009, Estemirova was kidnapped from her home, then her body was found near the Ingush Gazi-Yurt. More details in our video.
After the start of the war in Ukraine and subsequent mobilization, almost 700 thousand people emigrated from the Russian Federation. According to The Bell, the largest number of Russians left for Armenia – 110 thousand.
Crimean Tatar Riza Omerov was transferred to IK-9 in Chuvashia from the Minusinsk prison in the Krasnoyarsk Territory.