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The Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) have intervened in the situation that arose after the harsh statements by Schema-Abbot Gavriil and Apti Alaudinov, the commander of the “Akhmat” Special Forces, while the Kremlin has preferred to remain aside, analysts believe.

The current situation with the conscription in Dagestan is not entirely clear, and people lack information. There were no so many complaints about the law enforcers’ actions even against the backdrop of mobilization. But in each case, it is necessary to figure out whether there are actually violations of rights, abuse of power, and then, if necessary, these actions are to be challenged, note interviewed journalists from Dagestan.

The new Georgian law on “foreign agents” has forced the United Kingdom to withdraw grant proposals to support the transparency of municipal elections scheduled for October.

The Ministry of Nationalities and Public Projects of Kabardino-Balkaria has sent recommendations to Moscow on revising the federal draft law on repatriation based on an appeal from Circassian activists who criticized the discriminatory nature of the draft law due to the mandatory requirement for knowledge of Russian.

The Georgian authorities have expelled Temur Katamadze (Gafar Yilmaz), who has become a symbol of the anti-government protests in Batumi, to Turkey.

The recognizance not to leave the place prescribed to the Chechen law enforcers, who had kidnapped the blogger Areg Schepikhin, has clearly shown that the case will be closed or the kidnappers will formally sign contracts with the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD). This fits into the trend of impunity of Chechen law enforcers.

Within the last four months, the list of Azeri political prisoners has been replenished with more than 20 names of journalists, oppositionists, activists and believers.

Anton Chechin, a Russian citizen, was beaten up by employees of the Tbilisi prison after he asked to be transferred to a non-smoking cell. The beaten Chechin was placed into a dungeon (punishment cell) for several hours and only then received some medical care.

An appeal not to demand the reinstatement of Schema-Abbot Gavriil as the rector of the Sochi metochion in the Valaam Monastery has been posted in a Telegram channel where the priest’s sermons are collected. The “Sorok Sorokov” (Forty Forties) Orthodox movement continues its campaign demanding that Apti Alaudinov be punished for his words about the Orthodox priest.

In Rostov-on-Don, a military court sentenced Larisa Gavrilenko to sixteen years of imprisonment, finding her guilty of attempting to blow up a truck transporting military personnel.

In Tbilisi, unidentified persons attacked participants of the “March of Unity” who were distributing newspapers with letters from political prisoners. Supporters of the Georgia’s European integration blocked Rustaveli Avenue on the 195th day of the protests.

A man who was planning to commit a terror act in the administrative building at one of the energy facilities has been detained in the Krasnodar Territory.

An employee of a contractor intended to transfer the plans of the Sukhumi Airport and closed parking lot to the Ukrainian side; he was detained.

1.4 billion roubles, in addition to earlier allocated 8.5 billion roubles, will be provided to the “Rosmorrechflot” (Russian Federal Agency for Sea and Inland Water Transport) for monitoring the pollution of the sea with oil products, inspection and sealing up of sunken tanker parts.

The jury acquitted Kuban resident Yevgeny Skidanov, who claimed being tortured after his detention in 2019 in a murder case. Yevgeny Skidanov was released after spending five and a half years in prison.

Vladimir Medinsky, the aide to the President of the Russian Federation, has called Nagorno-Karabakh a disputed region between Armenia and Azerbaijan. The official Baku accused Vladimir Medinsky of distorting the facts.

It was “senior comrades” and not the demands of Orthodox activists who convinced Apti Alaudinov, the commander of the “Akhmat” special forces, to apologize to Schema-Abbot Gavriil. However, in the context of the practice of public apologies designed by the Chechen authorities, the case became unique of its kind.

In her video appeal to Sergey Melikov, the head of Dagestan, Patimat Guseinova has asked to revoke the permit for the construction of a hotel complex in the territory of the city beach in Kaspiysk.

The Leninsky District Court of Stavropol has placed the man accused of killing Zaur Gurtsiev, First Deputy Mayor of Stavropol, and his acquaintance into custody.

The Chechen law enforcers accused within the criminal case of kidnapping the blogger, Areg Schepikhin, have escaped placement into custody.