In Kabardino-Balkaria, teenagers, “not realizing their actions and assuming that they would be able to attract attention, published a video online in which they made derogatory remarks about the Holy Quran.” This was reported in the telegram channel of the Spiritual Directorate of the Republic of Moldova.

Political prisoner Tofik Abdulgaziev, sentenced to 12 years in prison, has lost 15 kg since July last year and continues to lose weight in the Verkhneuralsk prison in the Chelyabinsk region. This was reported by a lawyer who visited him.

Kuban Left Resistance activist Daria Polyudova, sentenced to nine years in prison, had her strict conditions of detention in correctional colony No. 4 in Kabardino-Balkaria extended until July 17. Earlier, she reported being beaten by a cellmate for making critical statements about Russian President Putin.

The Moscow State Investigative Directorate has not initiated a criminal case based on Tamerlan Marzoev’s complaint for more than three months. In October 2023, a native of North Ossetia was beaten on the street by security forces, insulting him on ethnic grounds.

Divers and boat crews joined the search for the missing athlete from North Ossetia Anna Tsomartova in Kaspiysk, which continues for the third day. Police officers, the Ministry of Emergency Situations and volunteers are also looking for her, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan reported.

The request of the Prosecutor General's Office to change the territorial jurisdiction of the case of five participants in the riots at the Makhachkala airport was granted by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation. The case was transferred for consideration to the Armavir District Court of the Krasnodar Territory.

The health condition of the opposition politician, economist, and chairman of the Movement for Democracy and Prosperity of Azerbaijan party, Gubad Ibadoglu, who is in a pre-trial detention center, has sharply deteriorated. His blood glucose levels are not decreasing at all.

In Russia in 2023, the maximum number of teachers quit since 2017—193 thousand. These are the data of the Ministry of Education. The worst situation is in the Astrakhan region, Adygea, Leningrad region, Ingushetia and Karachay-Cherkessia.

The Azerbaijani military attacked Armenia, reported in Yerevan. According to the Armenian defense department, at 05:30, units of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces opened fire from small arms in the Nerkin Hand region. The Armenian Ministry of Defense reported two dead and several wounded on its side.

At the next court hearing in Chechnya, student Nikita Zhuravel, accused of burning the Koran, confirmed that on May 4, 2023, he burned the Koran and filmed it on his mobile phone on the instructions of a third party who promised a monetary reward.