The International Committee to Protect Journalists has called on the Azerbaijani authorities to drop charges against the journalists of the Abzas Media publication and release them.

The Southern District Military Court extended the pretrial detention of Enver Krosh, Vilen Temeryanov, Rinat Aliyev, and Edem Bekirov for three months. Another Crimean Tatar, Seityag Abbozov, had his house arrest extended for the same period.

The Chechen authorities presented apartments to natives of the republic, the winner and bronze medalist of the Paris Olympics Razambek Zhamalov and Islam Dudayev. The former competed for the national team of Uzbekistan, the latter for Albania.

Police officers have returned laptops and a phone confiscated during a search to Dagestani journalist Idris Yusupov, who was recognized as a "foreign agent." At the same time, law enforcement officers did not give an official response about the reasons for the investigative actions, Memorial employees reported.

The results of the examination showed that the previously detained by the police special forces fighter "Akhmat", a member of the "SVO" Akhmed Dzhabrailov died of suffocation due to "compression of the chest and abdomen." No drugs or alcohol were found in his blood, as previously assumed. This was reported on his Telegram channel by the activist Shamil Khadulaev.

The Belarusian Embassy in Yerevan was pelted with eggs, tomatoes and potatoes. The protesters demanded the severance of diplomatic relations with Minsk.

Only 100 thousand rubles are offered to contract soldiers for participating in the war with Ukraine from the budgets of Chechnya and North Ossetia. These are the lowest rates among Russian regions. Such data are published on the website "Important Stories".

"I am just an infantryman," Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov told the Russian president during his visit to the special forces university in Gudermes. Putin, in turn, noted that "we are all infantrymen, we are all in the same position in this sense."

The Moscow prosecutor's office has opened an administrative case against human rights activist Svetlana Gannushkina. The document states that she failed to indicate her "foreign agency" in her correspondence with Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova.

"I am just a foot soldier," Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov told the Russian president during his visit to the Special Forces University in Grozny. Putin, in turn, noted that "we are all foot soldiers, we are all in the same position in this sense."