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Hundreds of Dagestani residents gathered at the "Uitash" Airport for the arrival of the flight from Tel Aviv, following the calls released in anonymous Telegram channels. The crowd declared that they would not allow Jews to enter the republic. Young people even inspect law enforcers' cars trying to find those arriving from Israel.

Activists and descendants of those repressed have held an action in Vladikavkaz dated to the Remembrance Day of Victims of Political Repressions.

Volgograd university students have taken part in the all-Russian action "Names' Return" by gathering at the monument to the victims of Stalin's repressions and reading out the names of those repressed.

The Coordination Centre for Muslims of Northern Caucasus (CCMNC), while commenting on the action in Cherkessk with calls not to allow refugees from Israel into the republic, has treated anti-Semitic actions as unacceptable and called not to regard the opinion of their participants as the opinion of the whole nation.

Hundreds of people gathered outside a hotel in Khasavyurt after reports in social networks that refugees from Israel had been accommodated at the hotel. Law enforcers allowed the protesters to get convinced that only tourists from Russia were among the hotel guests, after which the protesters dispersed.

In Makhachkala, thousands have taken part in collective prayer for the Muslims of Palestine, the Muftiate of Dagestan has reported. Mass prayers for Palestinians were also held in mosques in Karachay-Cherkessia and Chechnya.

A court in Baksan has taken for proceedings the criminal case initiated against Khusen Gukov, a local resident, accused of discrediting the Russian Army.

The Makhachkala Military Court has sentenced two military servicemen to 5 and 5.5 years in colony accordingly for being absent from their military unit for more than a month.

The figure of Sheikh Mansur is very significant for the Chechens, and by naming a new battalion in his honour, Ramzan Kadyrov seeks to break the association of the above name with the Ichkerian battalion operating in Ukraine since 2014.

The Prosecutor's Office (PO) has demanded to sentence Eduard Ataev, a Dagestani activist, to 7.5 years in prison on charges of possessing an explosive device and narcotic drugs.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg awarded compensation to Magomed Abadiev, a convicted resident of Ingushetia, and Dalgat Gamzatov, a resident of Dagestan, who were subjected to inhumane treatment while being transferred to a penal colony.

A court sentenced Makhmud Ibadulaev, a resident of Makhachkala, to two years and two months of imprisonment, recognizing him as an active participant of the extremist organization “Union of Rus’ Slavic Forces”*.

Anonymous Telegram channels have published the addresses of synagogues and the names of the rabbis in Stavropol, Krasnodar, Sochi, Nalchik and Derbent, accompanied by anti-Semitic statements. There are no direct calls for violence, but mentions are made of "Israeli terrorists" in the Caucasus, who "are closing our mosques and building their own synagogues."

The Prosecutor's Office (PO) has appealed against the verdict passed to human rights defender, Oleg Orlov, who was fined on charges of discrediting the Russian Army, and demanded to sentence him to three years in colony.

A former employee of the Gunib District Hospital is claiming 7 million roubles from her employer and the Republican Centre for Infectious Diseases, which failed to notify her of her HIV-positive status. Her colleagues knew about her diagnosis, but hid this information from her and did not prescribe her the proper treatment, human rights defenders have reported.

The Astrakhan Regional Court refused to cancel the decision to transfer Abdul-Malik Albagachiev, a native of Ingushetia, to prison, the “Public Verdict” Foundation* reported in its Telegram channel.

The military prosecutor’s office is to investigate the information about illegal punishments in torture pits at a training ground in Volgograd, but law enforcers are likely to direct more efforts to search for the informant who reported them, note military lawyers.

Law enforcement bodies must respond to death threats against Magomed Alamov and ensure the safety of his family, activists of 13 human rights organizations have stated in their appeal to authorities.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has recognized the violation of the rights of Islam Yandiev, sentenced to life imprisonment within the case of the terror act committed at the Domodedovo Airport, and awarded him compensation of EUR 1000, although Russia had refused to comply with the decisions of the ECtHR.

For several years, relatives controlled Marina Yandieva, a resident of Ingushetia, around the clock after her first attempt to escape, and also organized rituals to expel the genies from her.