Most of the people killed during the “special operation” in Ukraine among the residents of the North Caucasus Federal District and southern Russia were in Dagestan – 736 people. In total, there are at least 1,653 of them in the North Caucasus Federal District.

The newly elected President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev took the oath of office on the Constitution and the Koran in parliament.

In Azerbaijan, the Shiite theologian Sardar Babayev, who was taken to prison, was immediately put in a punishment cell. He refused to sign the violation report and give any evidence against himself.

100 Georgian citizens have been put on the wanted list by Russian law enforcement agencies for having fought or are fighting on the side of Ukraine. According to this indicator, Georgia ranks first, Mediazona reports.

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.