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A military court sentenced a resident of Krasnodar to eleven years of imprisonment for attempting to join a Ukrainian armed formation.

A resident of Stavropol, who had posted a photo from World War II with a V symbol in a social network, received a suspended sentence with two years of the trial period on charges of repeatedly demonstrating Nazi symbols.

Alexander Gongadze Volny Ross, a Ukrainian citizen, who has served his sentence for organizing a wheelchair run in the town of Kamyshin, will be deported from Russia. He and his wife were fined for violating migration laws; and their deportation is expected next week despite the possibility of persecution in their homeland due to their pro-Russian position.

The Morozovsk District Court has placed Ivan Svistov in custody for six months, accusing him of hooliganism after attempting to set fire to the military commissariat (registration and enlistment office).

Four persons accused within the case of riots at the airport that broke out in October 2023 have been released from the Makhachkala SIZO (pre-trial prison).

Vakhid Ilyasov's apologies for the incident on a Mariupol beach were caused by the pressure of Chechen authorities, while those from Ramzan Kadyrov's retinue rarely apologize for much more serious offences, analysts have pointed out, noting that not all incidents involving natives of Chechnya committed at resorts attract attention of republic's authorities.

In her video message, Tatiana Bakalchuk, a founder of the “Wildberries” marketplace, refuted the words of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov about the raider takeover and obstacles in communicating with her husband and children.

Magomed Omaraskhabov, accused in a case on pogrom, came to the airport in Makhachkala for family reasons, while another defendant Anvarbek Ataev came there out of curiosity, advocates stated.

The leader of Chechnya promised Vladislav Bakalchuk, a husband of the richest woman in Russia, that he would not let the Bakalchuk family be destroyed and would “go to the end” to stop the raider takeover of the “Wildberries” Company. Ramzan Kadyrov announced that he had given instructions on the case to Russian State Duma member Adam Delimkhanov.

Akhmed Dudaev, the Minister for Press of Chechnya, has stood up for blogger Askhab Tamaev after Ekaterina Mizulina, the head of the "Safe Internet League", accused him of fraud. The intercession of republic's authorities for the person who resorts to threats and frauds looks dubious, social network users have pointed out.

Malik Gandaloev, a native of Ingushetia, whom investigators treat as one of hostage-takers at the Rostov SIZO (pre-trial prison), has been sentenced to 20 years of freedom deprivation on charges of involvement in the "Islamic State" (IS)* and manufacturing explosives.

A court in the Chegem District has fined a local woman by 3000 roubles for refusing to stand during the playing of the Russian anthem. This is the ninth fine under this article after the publication of a video from a graduation at a Nalchik school in social networks.

A refusal to stand up during the playing of the Russian anthem falls under administrative liability, but the cases initiated against graduates' parents in Nalchik for anthem disrespect are overblown and politicized, lawyers and human rights defenders have pointed out.

The expert's conclusion by Inna Vasilenko, Doctor of Philosophy, which the Prosecutor's Office (PO) presented at the trial of Alexander Yefimov, a member of the federal bureau of the "Yabloko" Party, is of a custom nature, lawyers have stated.

Protests in Abkhazia, drone attacks in Rostov Region, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, fight against the law on foreign agents, 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 July 15-21, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

The investigation into a new case on torture in the Rostov prison hospital, which employees were sentenced to imprisonment, is being conducted against unidentified persons and concerns the events of 2018-2020.

Vakhid Ilyasov, a resident of Chechnya, publicly apologized for driving his car onto a beach in Mariupol, after which he got into an altercation with local residents.

Tourists must observe customs and traditions of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) and avoid wearing excessively short shorts; women should not wear short skirts and dresses with a deep neckline, the KBR's Ministry of Resorts has stated.

A court in Moscow has arrested in absentia Lev Gyammer*, a former coordinator of Alexei Navalny's office in Krasnodar, within the case of organizing activities of an extremist community.

Two girls perished and one young man suffered in a fire in a quest room in Makhachkala, where they came to take part in the game. Compliance with safety rules in the entertainment sector remains low, residents of the republic have noted in social networks.