From March 2022 to June 2024, 174 administrative cases of “discrediting” the Russian army were recorded in the regions of the North Caucasus. Criminal cases of “repeated discrediting” and “disseminating fakes” were opened against 17 people. The Memorial Human Rights Defense Center has this information.

In IK-1 of the Tambov region, Crimean Tatar human rights activist Server Mustafayev, who was sentenced to 14 years, is losing his sight. He has been in strict conditions of detention since February.

Why were Chechen political prisoners not on the exchange list between Russia and Western countries? This issue has been actively discussed after Germany extradited Vadim Krasikov, the killer of former Chechen field commander Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, to Russia. The killer, who was sentenced to life in Germany, was personally met with honors by Russian President Vladimir Putin. More details in our video report.

Bailiffs have seized Khabib Nurmagomedov's car, a Mercedes-Benz S-Class, which Ramzan Kadyrov gave him as a gift. The family home in Dagestan, a Ferrari California T, a Mercedes-Benz AMG GT S, a BMW 7, a Toyota Land Cruiser, and a Toyota Tacoma were also seized. The total amount of seized property is 79 million rubles.

The leaders of the North Caucasus republics expressed condolences to the family of the late head of the North Caucasus Muslim Coordination Center (NCMCC) Ismail-haji Berdiev.

Another criminal case about the poisoning of residents with tap water was opened in Dagestan. We are talking about the provision of unsafe services (Part 1 of Article 238 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

Every fourth resident of Crimea, who was caught publicly apologizing for his pro-Ukrainian position, was subjected to additional humiliation. Human rights activists of the Crimean initiative Irade came to these conclusions.

The Memorial human rights project has recognized 53-year-old Eduard Atayev from Dagestan as a political prisoner. He is a well-known activist in the republic, a former coordinator of the Golos movement and a member of the electoral commission. In addition, Atayev headed the local branch of the PARNAS party and criticized the war in Ukraine.

Armenian authorities have once again refused to participate in the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Cobalt-2024 exercises, which will be held in Novosibirsk from August 14 to 16.

The convicted former head of Makhachkala pretrial detention center-1, Daud Davydov, who commanded a unit on the front line in the "SVO" zone, has gone missing. This was reported by the chairman of the republic's Public Monitoring Commission, Shamil Khadulaev.