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The Central District Court of Sochi has ordered compulsory medical treatment for a local resident, against whom the law enforcement bodies instituted a criminal case for disseminating fakes about the Russian Armed Forces.

Raids to identify migrants who received Russian citizenship but did not register for military service were carried out in the Volgograd Region. Twenty-five people were taken to military registration and enlistment offices.

A court in Nalchik has sentenced Anzor Khashev to five years of freedom deprivation for failing to appear for duty at the Military Prosecutor's Office (MPO).

The decision of the cassation court, which has overturned the acquittal, will be appealed against at the Supreme Court (SC), Diana Tsipinova, an advocate from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), accused of attacking a law enforcer.

Magomed Magomedov and Amir Makhmudov, residents of the village of Gergebil, filed complaints to the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) about the use of torture by law enforcers, human rights defenders reported.

The combined “Akhmat” battalion, commanded by Apti Alaudinov, is staffed with fighters from different regions, including volunteers and former fighters from the “Wagner” PMC (Private Military Company), experts say.

After his complaining about being kept in a damp basement of the Novorossiysk SIZO (pre-trial prison) and absence of medical care, Vadim Kharchenko*, a blogger from the city of Gelendjik, was transferred to more favourable custody conditions.

The memorial stones to prisoners of the Solovetsky Special Purpose Camp (SSPC), including those dedicated to repressed Chechens and Ingushes, have been damaged.

A month after the death of Akhmed Djabrailov at one of Makhachkala police stations, there is no criminal case or detainees, despite the video records of torture, his mother was outraged in her appeal to President Putin. She called on the FSB (Russian Federal Security Service) to take control over the case.

The case against Eduard Ataev, a Dagestani activist, was fabricated; it has to do with his active struggle for compliance with the law at all election levels, activists and journalists have stated after human rights defenders recognized Ataev as a political prisoner.

Law enforcers have drawn up a protocol on discrediting the Russian Army against Maria Borzova, a resident of the Krasnodar Territory (also known as Kuban by the name of the main river), for criticizing the participants of the special military operation (SMO) in Ukraine during a live broadcast on the Internet.

A Rostov resident, who is a servicewoman of one of the units of the Southern Military District, used to transfer information about military facilities that are part of the District to the Ukrainian side, the FSB (Russian Federal Security Service) has informed.

Igor Karnaukhov, a resident of Krasnodar, has been detained for posting stickers of "The Other Russia of E. V. Limonov"; in his actions, law enforcers saw a demonstration of extremist symbols.

In Volgograd, a court sentenced 34-year-old Dmitry Zubkov to one and a half years of imprisonment in a penal colony for calling for violent actions against citizens of Russian nationality because of the special military operation in Ukraine.

A report from the Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs about the search for a terrorist hiding his identity using a niqab continues the trend of fighting against religious clothing, Dagestani journalists suggest.

Five-Day War, twenty-five years since Basaev and Khattab’s invasion, drone attacks, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, early parliamentary elections in Azerbaijan, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of August 5-11, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

In Krasnodar, a court has sentenced Andrei Goncharov to administrative arrest, finding him guilty of posting on the Internet prohibited symbols.

A fine for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces was imposed on Victoria Radchenko, a resident of Novocherkassk in the Rostov Region. The woman explained that she had fell victim to a fraudster and acted after receiving threats from him.

At the trial of the case of Ulker Gashimova, a Makhachkala native, proofs are studied; the trial was delayed due to the judge replacement; the case had to be re-opened, said Nikita Buklov, an advocate.

The Cassation Court in Pyatigorsk has overturned the acquittal of Diana Tsipinova, an advocate from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) within the case of attacking a law enforcer. This was reported by the Russian Federal Bar Association in its Telegram channel.