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In their video appeal to Vladimir Putin, the Public Prosecutor General and the Chairman of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), the fellow villagers of Poltavskaya, who take part in the special military operation (SMO), have called for stopping the operation of the landfill located near their village.

The natives of Chechnya, convicted for assassinating Boris Nemtsov, could have signed contracts with the private military company (PMC); then, they were pardoned and returned to their homeland, Ilya Yashin, an oppositional politician, who is serving his term for discrediting the Russian Army, has stated.

The head of the “Khabze” public organization, Martin Kochesoko*, who now lives abroad, has been put on the register of foreign agents, the Russian Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced, explaining its decision by the fact that the activist had called for the violation of the territorial integrity of Russia and distributed foreign agents’ materials.

Participants of the special military operation recorded a video message to Vladimir Putin and Ramzan Kadyrov to draw their attention to the criminal prosecution of a coach from Buynaksk, analysts note. The fighters held weapons in their hands to demonstrate their status, not as a threat, the analysts explain.

In Grozny, law enforcers questioned Seda Suleimanova, who was detained in Saint Petersburg, as a witness in a case on the theft of jewellery and handed her over to her uncle and aunt. Advocates were not allowed to visit their client.

The court has fined Alexander Obolonchikov under an article on discrediting Russian militaries for a slogan written by him at a bus stop.

Ramzan Kadyrov's mother Aimani, Mansur Soltaev, the Chechen Ombudsperson, Muslim Khuchiev, the Chairman of the Chechen Government, and Zamid Chalaev, the commander of the special police regiment named after Akhmat Kadyrov of the Chechen Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), have been put on the sanctions list of the US Treasury Department.

The Saint Petersburg police have refused to clarify the fate of a native of Chechnya, Seda Suleimanova, who was detained on August 23, the SK SOS Crisis Group* has informed. Law enforcers gave contradictory information to Seda’s advocate and partner, who tried to find her.

An investigator refused to institute a criminal case on torture by law enforcers of Semyon Sukhinin, a resident of Anapa. The investigators even did not talk to the complainant and did not question him until lawyers of the “Team Against Torture” (TaT)* made an appointment with the chief of the investigation department.

Abdul-Malik Albagachiev told his advocate that he went on a hunger strike after one of the prisoners was beaten by employees of a penal colony in Astrakhan. The advocate sent complaints to the supervisory and law enforcement bodies with requests to bring the employees of the penal colony to justice.

Policemen came to the 26-year-old Seda Suleimanova, who had fled from Chechnya, and her partner and took them to the police station. Then the young man was released, and the young woman was taken to the airport to be sent back to Chechnya, human rights defenders have informed.

The Sochi Garrison Military Court has refused the contract soldier, Denis Neprokin, who is alone raising a child, to be dismissed from the Russian Army. The Court referred to the Russian presidential decree on mobilization.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Dagestan cancelled the court’s decision to refuse to recognize the inaction of investigators on a complaint filed by Magomed Magomedov, the deputy editor-in-chief of the Dagestani weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft).

In Makhachkala, residents had problems with the supply of electricity and water earlier as well, but the problems have worsened this year, complain local residents. According to their stories, in order to ensure normal living conditions, people have to buy generators and water storage tanks, but they are not able to help under all circumstances.

The police have put Abubakar Yangulbaev, one of Zarema Musaeva's sons, on the federal wanted list.

Anatoly Berezikov, an activist, who has died at the special detention centre in Rostov-on-Don, was notable for his active life position; he was a volunteer at the Navalny's* office and a non-indifferent person, his acquaintances, who don’t believe that he could commit suicide, as law enforcers assert, have stated.

In cases on drug trafficking, military Ibragim Polonkoev was sentenced to a fine of 15,000 roubles, and contract soldier Elbek Makaev – to a suspended sentence. Among the extenuating circumstances, the court mentioned the participation in the special military operation in Ukraine and departmental awards.

In Rostov-on-Don, a court fined Yevgenia Ryabova 30,000 roubles for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces in the leaflets she distributed.

Laurita Karpova, a participant in the reality show "Patsanki” (Tomboys), has posted a photo session, which depicts her engagement to another girl. The photos were taken in the Sulak Canyon of Dagestan. After a wave of indignation in social networks, she declared that there was no relationship with the girl in the pictures.

The Sovietsky District Court of Makhachkala has refused to consider a journalist Idris Yusupov's lawsuit against the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) about his unjustified detention in September 2022 during an anti-mobilization protest.