Joint exercises between Armenia and the US, Eagle Partner 2025, will be held from August 12 to 20. They will involve servicemen from the peacekeeping brigade of the Armenian Armed Forces, the US Army in Europe and Africa, and the Kansas National Guard.

After reports spread that the head of Chechnya was ill and hospitalized in Turkey, he said that he had resumed full-fledged training. In confirmation of this, Ramzan Kadyrov published a corresponding video, noting that he had returned to his usual regime after a break.

Azerbaijani media reported that as a result of the recent Russian air attack on Kyiv, the "House of Azerbaijan" building was damaged. Damage was recorded: windows were knocked out on both sides, blinds and furniture were damaged. There were no casualties.

The Southern District Military Court sentenced Stavropol resident Rustam Yarbuldyev in the case of an attack in 1999 on military personnel in Dagestan as part of the unit of field commander Shamil Basayev during the second Russian-Chechen war. The convicted man will spend 13 years in a maximum security penal colony.

Ingushetia, along with Chukotka, became the region where internet outages were recorded the least in July in Russia.

Baku has reacted sharply to the statements of the Russian President's Special Representative for International Cultural Cooperation Mikhail Shvydkoy, which followed the dismantling of the bust of Ivan Aivazovsky in Khankendi. The head of the press service of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, Ayhan Hajizade, called Shvydkoy's statements part of a "targeted anti-Azerbaijani campaign."

A study by the project "If to Be Precise", based on data from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, revealed that the lowest level of registered crime in the Russian Federation is recorded in the republics of the North Caucasus. Dagestan is in the lead, followed by Ingushetia.

As a result of the Russian missile strike on Kyiv, the building of the Islamic Cultural Center of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Crimea was damaged. As the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry Andriy Sybiga emphasized, "this once again proves that Moscow is waging a criminal war against the foundations of humanity."

The father of Crimean Tatar political prisoner Ametkhan Abdulvapov has appealed to the Investigative Committee with a demand to conduct an investigation into the circumstances that led to the deterioration of his health.

US Senator Dick Durbin sharply criticized the Azerbaijani authorities for persecuting economist and anti-corruption fighter Gubad Ibadoglu. According to Durbin, Ibadoglu became a victim of political persecution due to his investigations into corruption in the oil and gas industry of Azerbaijan.