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Marianna Stupina, former First Deputy Minister of Housing and Public Utilities of the Astrakhan Region, was convicted in 2012 after faking her own death and going into hiding for over 13 years. After her arrest, she was sent to a penal colony to serve her sentence.

A criminal case has been opened against a resident of North Ossetia who, on a social media site, called for violence against a public figure.

Vladimir Zemskov, Vadim Zelenin, Igor Vysotsky, and Boris Beniaminov from Nalchik were killed in military operations in Ukraine. Since February 2022, at least 378 combatants from Kabardino-Balkaria have been confirmed killed there.

A minor resident of Dagestan will stand trial on charges of three counts of public justification of terrorism.

The 19th memorial plaque installed by activists on the home of Novaya Gazeta columnist Anna Politkovskaya in Moscow was once again torn down by unknown individuals.

On the 450th day of continuous pro-European protests outside the Georgian parliament, a Tbilisi court sentenced three activists who participated in the rallies on Rustaveli Avenue to administrative arrest.

Feder Pletnev from the Mozdok district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have officially acknowledged at least 546 North Ossetian servicemen killed there.

A resident of Krasnodar was injured by drone debris, and homes, cars, and a gas pipeline were also damaged in the regional capital. In the Seversky District of Kuban, private homes and a power line were damaged, leaving at least two villages without power.

A military court in Rostov-on-Don will hear the case against a 49-year-old resident of Krasnodar Krai, accused of inciting terrorist activity online.

The Oktyabrsky District Court of Krasnodar remanded in custody the head of the regional department for Cossack affairs, military issues, and work with pre-conscription youth, Alexander Tararykin.

The Leninsky District Court of Stavropol has remanded the First Deputy Minister of Culture of the Stavropol Territory into custody in connection with a multi-million ruble embezzlement case related to the organization of the All-Russian Creative Festival of Working Youth.

Low-income residents of Grozny, including pensioners and teachers, are struggling to find money for groceries at the start of Ramadan amid rising prices. Residents of rural areas with their own farms have an easier time securing food, but prices for basic goods in local stores have also increased.

Zamrat Ramazanov from the Tabasaran district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, at least 1,813 Dagestani soldiers have been officially recognized as killed there.

Journalist Vladimir Sevrinovsky*, known for his reports and documentaries about the republics of the North Caucasus, has been added to the register of foreign agents by the Russian Ministry of Justice.

Investigators conducted searches at a commercial water supply and sanitation organization as part of an investigation into negligence in providing water to residents of Kaspiysk.

The Supreme Court of Kabardino-Balkaria, after reviewing video footage from the scene of the incident at the Ministry of Internal Affairs department, rejected the prosecutor's request for a retrial and upheld Diana Tsipinova's acquittal for assaulting a security officer. Lawyers believe the court very rarely sides with the defense, only when egregious violations are evident.

Security forces conducted a search of the home of Alexander Tararykin, head of the Krasnodar Krai Department of Cossack Affairs, on suspicion of abuse of power.

The Russian government reported no new fuel oil emissions on the shores of Anapa and the Temryuk district. Volunteers dismissed this claim as false, posting photos and videos of the emissions after the storm.

Following lawsuits from the Prosecutor General's Office, former Chairman of the Prikubansky District Court of Krasnodar, Rustem Trakhov, and Vladimir Bakhmetyev, who headed the Khostinsky and then Central District Courts of Sochi, were stripped of their status as retired judges. Consequently, they have also been stripped of the immunity granted by their status as judges.

The Court of Cassation decided to soften the pretrial detention measures for Khyna Dumav, Almaskhan Ardzinba, and Garry Kokai in the case of the detention of Russian political strategists in the office of the Abkhazian Herald newspaper.