Boris Ebzeev, the former head of Karachay-Cherkessia, a Constitutional Court judge and a longtime member of Russia’s Central Election Commission, died this week at the age of 76. His political career spanned several different eras of Russian rule — from the establishment of constitutional justice in the early 1990s to Vladimir Putin’s political system of centralized power. The Russian-Chechen war holds a special place in his biography: in 1995, Ebzeev disagreed with the majority of the Constitutional Court, which ruled that the actions of the Russian authorities in Chechnya were lawful. Twenty-five years later, he was already a member of the Central Election Commission when Vladimir Putin was “resetting” the Constitution to allow himself to run for president again.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov doubted that Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan fully trusts his voters. The reason for this was the Armenian prime minister's remarks about a possible referendum on the country's accession to the European Union.

The body of 30-year-old Abkhaz blogger and activist Daur Buava, who gained notoriety for his public calls for reconciliation between Abkhaz and Georgians, was found in Tbilisi. The cause of his death is being investigated, and a forensic examination has been ordered.

On the night of August 28, Russia was hit by a large-scale drone attack. Occupied Crimea and the Rostov Region were among the key attack areas.

On August 24, a resident of Chechnya performed Muslim prayers on a fenced-off section of road in Astrakhan where road-marking work was being carried out. On August 26, a video of the prayer appeared on local social media, after which FSB and police officers identified the Muslim man.

The volume of Russian ruble deposits in Georgian banks has risen sharply amid fresh rumors of possible military mobilization in Russia. In July, the figure increased by almost a third over the month, reaching 98.6 million lari—approximately 3.1 billion rubles. Compared to July of last year, the volume of ruble deposits in Georgian banks has grown by 48.4%. This trend was highlighted by BPN, which analyzed statistics from the National Bank of Georgia.

A protest took place outside the Azerbaijani embassy, ​​demonstrating against President Ilham Aliyev's "Russophobic policies" and the "lawlessness of the Azerbaijani special services" against Russian citizens.

A search and rescue operation on the Sunzha River has been completed in the Gudermes District of Chechnya. Rescuers have recovered the body of a second person who was in a car that fell into the river on the evening of August 24.

Armenia's Anti-Corruption Court has ordered former Armenian President Robert Kocharyan's pretrial detention for two months. The decision was made on the evening of August 26, according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's Armenian Service.

According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, air defense forces destroyed 267 Ukrainian drones overnight on August 27, including over the country's southern regions. Specifically, the Krasnodar Krai, Volgograd Oblast, and Rostov Oblast were targeted.