The Moscow City Court approved the appeal sentence for the co-founder of the Memorial human rights center Oleg Orlov: 2 years and 6 months of imprisonment in a general regime colony under the article on “repeated discrediting” of the army.

The decision by the US and EU to suspend defense exercises and funding is regrettable by the Georgian authorities because it does not meet their expectations. This was stated by Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze at a government meeting.

The Russian Federation regrets Armenia's participation in the NATO summit in Washington. This was stated by Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Mikhail Galuzin. According to him, with such actions Yerevan, which still remains a member of the CSTO, risks seriously destabilizing the situation in the South Caucasus to the detriment of its own security.

A court in Moscow extended the arrest term of MMA fighter from Chechnya Ilyas Yakubov by two months. He is accused of publicly justifying terrorism.

They refuse to tell the wife of Crimean Tatar journalist Remzi Bekirov, sentenced to 19 years, to which colony her husband is being transferred.

A participant in the war in Ukraine, 48-year-old Akhmed Dzhabrailov, died in the Soviet police department of Makhachkala. His parents said that he behaved aggressively and ran with a knife on the roof.

The head of the Armenian Ministry of Defense Suren Papikyan met with his Austrian counterpart Arnold Kammel in Yerevan. The parties discussed the prospects for cooperation between the two countries in the field of defense. Papikyan presented Kammel with the progress of military reforms being carried out in Armenia.

Secretary General of Georgia's ruling Georgian Dream party, Kakha Kaladze, said that the authorities will provide the army with everything necessary without EU help.

The ex-head of the Sergokalinsky district of Dagestan, Magomed Omarov, whose son participated in terrorist attacks in Derbent and Makhachkala, was arrested for two months - until September 5. He has been charged with fraud and money laundering.

Parents of schoolchildren in Nalchik who refuse to stand during the playing of the Russian anthem may be punished. Published footage from school No. 33 shows, among other things, that some schoolchildren are covering their ears with their hands. The action takes place at the graduation ceremony of ninth graders. More details in our video.