At the Prison of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia for the Ulyanovsk Region in Dimitrovgrad, warders punish Muslim prisoners from the republics of the North Caucasus and other regions for writing complaints about beatings, bullying and inadequate conditions of detention.

The Crimean authorities have banned raising and displaying the Crimean Tatar flag along with the flag of the Russian Federation on rulers in the schools of the peninsula. This was reported by the human rights organization "KrymSOS".

As a result of a landslide in the mountains of the Shovi resort in Georgia, 21 people died. In addition, the search continues for more than ten people, including several children.

The Crimean Tatar Server Zekiryaev, sentenced to 13 years, was again placed in a punishment cell of correctional colony No. 1 in the city of Donskoy, Tula region.

The World Organization Against Torture (OMCT) is concerned about the arrest and harsh conditions of detention in Azerbaijan of civic activist and academic economist Gubad Ibadoglu.

The Investigation Department for the city of Malgobek completed the investigation of a criminal case against a local resident.

On August 8, 2001 at 6.30 am a shell exploded in the Salamovs' house in the village of Chiri-Yurt. A 14-year-old girl was seriously injured.

A court in Astrakhan has tightened the detention regime for a native of Ingushetia, Abdul-Malik Albagachiev. From the general regime he was transferred to the prison in IK-10. The man had previously been tortured.

15 years have passed since the beginning of the August 2008 war between Russia and Georgia.

Volodymyr Zelensky expressed solidarity with Georgia and reaffirmed support for its sovereignty on the anniversary of the five-day war with the Russian Federation in 2008.