Heavy fighting continues for the city of Bakhmut, Donetsk region. The Ukrainian side repelled 22 Russian attacks.

Mahdi Magomedov, one of the alleged participants of the detachments of field commanders Shamil Basayev and Khattab, was found guilty of attempting to harm the lives of soldiers. According to the investigation, in February 2000, a man attacked the Airborne Forces. 

The average mortgage rate in Chechnya is 11.1%, in Karachay-Cherkessia - 9.6%. This is the highest rate in the country according to the Central Bank. The rate is also high in Ingushetia - 9.6%. The indicators are above the average - in North Ossetia and Kabardino-Balkaria (8.8%), Dagestan (8.7%). The lowest average mortgage interest in southern Russia is in Krasnodar Krai (6.4%) and Adygea (6.5%).

The Sevastopol garrison military court found Ismail Dzangiev, a soldier from Ingushetia, guilty of attempting to assassinate a platoon commander after the death of his brother in a combat zone in Ukraine. The accused was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment. 

The Supreme Court of Chechnya decided to refer the criminal case of torture of actor Timur Debishev for a new examination. Thus, the highest regional court did not support another refusal to investigate the crime.

In the Rostov region, Islam M. of Kabardino-Balkaria, previously mobilized for war with Ukraine, was detained on the Rostov-Taganrog highway. In the cabin of his UAZ, the police found six TNT bombs of 400 grams and four TNT bombs of 200 grams, as well as two detonators.

Irina Nikiforyak lives in the village of Presgradna Karachaevo-Cherkessia. Her husband was mobilized for the war with Ukraine in January. Now the woman has two disabled persons of the first group and a 10-year-old child.

The Supreme Court of Russia confirmed five years of imprisonment to the native of Dagestan Murad Dadashev. Such a term was given to him for posting on the Internet clips with supporters of the independence of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria and photos of field commander Shamil Basayev. The accused himself claimed that he had not published anything.

Azerbaijani President Aliyev made an aggressive and unacceptable statement inviting the Armenians of Nagorny Karabakh to accept Azerbaijani citizenship or leave. This was reported by the Speaker of the Armenian Parliament Alain Simonyan. «These words show the international community the management style of the President of Azerbaijan, the consequences of his rule and the situation in a nonfree country», - believes Simonyan.

The Chegem District Court of Kabardino-Balkaria fined Hasansh Urusov 30 thousand rubles. He was punished for his post on Instagram with the text: "As long as these poor fighters fulfill their military duties and give their lives, the government is fulfilling its duty to reduce the population...". The police and the court considered that the recording would discredit the Russian army.