The Chechen opposition movement NIYSO reported the kidnapping of 26-year-old Mansur Rasuyev in Chechnya. According to the organization, Rasuyev, a medical student from Moscow, was detained by security forces. The reasons for the detention and the whereabouts of the young man are unknown.

The Lefortovo District Court of Moscow received a petition to extend the arrest of French political scientist Laurent Vinatier. Last year, he was sentenced to three years in prison in a criminal case on failure to submit documents for inclusion in the register of foreign agents. Now the French citizen, who was researching the North Caucasus, including Chechnya, is accused of espionage (Article 276 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).

In the 2nd quarter of 2025, the North Caucasus Federal District (NCFD) still distinguished itself with the most affordable apartments in new buildings in Russia.

Lenur Khalilov, convicted in the case of the "Alushta group" of the Islamic party "Hizb ut-Tahrir" and former chairman of the Muslim community "Alushta", was released from serving his sentence due to his serious health condition.

Khamzat Chimaev, a Chechen fighter representing the UAE, was met at the Grozny airport by the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov after winning the UFC 319 tournament in Chicago.

The Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation filed a lawsuit with the Soviet District Court of Makhachkala to confiscate the property of the family of former State Duma deputy from Dagestan Magomed Gadzhiev, who has been recognized as a foreign agent. According to the supervisory agency, Gadzhiev, his common-law wife Nina Kolomiytseva, his son Magomedrasul Gadzhiev and his sister Raisat Gadzhilova are part of an extremist community, the activities of which the Prosecutor General's Office demands to be banned.

US President Donald Trump, once again criticizing the policies of his predecessors, said that Barack Obama and George Bush are to blame for the loss of Crimea and part of Georgia. On the air of the "Mark Levin Show", the American leader noted that the peninsula was "given away" by Obama, and part of Georgia was "lost" under Bush, emphasizing that under him Russia "did not take anything" from other countries.

The Ryazan Regional Court sentenced a native of Azerbaijan, Mehriban Lukinskaya, to five years in prison under the article on confidential cooperation with a foreign state (Article 275.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). This criminal article, which provides for three to eight years of imprisonment, was introduced in Russia in 2022. Details of the case are classified.

Azerbaijani MP Mushfig Jafarov has accused Russia of deliberately pressuring the country. According to him, raids and murders of Azerbaijanis in Russia are not accidental.

The Russian Prosecutor General's Office has filed a lawsuit against former Makhachkala mayor Said Amirov, who is serving a life sentence, and 18 of his relatives, demanding the return of illegally appropriated assets worth 2 billion rubles to state ownership.