In the first half of 2024, 11.1 accidents with casualties occurred in Chechnya per 100 thousand vehicles, as follows from the RIA Novosti rating. This is the lowest figure in the Russian Federation. In second and third place are Yamal (42.5) and Chukotka (46.7).

In prison No. 1 in Dimitrovgrad (Ulyanovsk region), the health of Yashar Muedinov, a Crimean Tatar sentenced to 13 years in prison, has worsened.

The Russian President will visit Azerbaijan on August 18. The heads of the two states, Ilham Aliyev and Vladimir Putin, will discuss the Armenian-Azerbaijani settlement. This is stated in the materials for the visit of the Russian President.

Since February 2023, Server Zekiryaev has been regularly placed in solitary confinement in IK-1 in the Tula region. He has never been told the reasons for his strict detention.

A lawsuit was filed with the Constitutional Court of Georgia on behalf of investigative journalists: editor of "Mtis Ambebi" Gela Mtivlishvili and founder of "Studio Monitori" Nino Zuriashvili. This is the fourth lawsuit against the foreign agent law adopted by parliament.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, signed a decree according to which prisoners and defendants in criminal cases will be selected to participate in the "SVO".

Russian President Vladimir Putin has submitted three candidates for consideration to the Parliament of Ingushetia for election to the post of head of the republic. These are the current leader Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov, deputy of the People's Assembly of Ingushetia Alikhan Arapkhanov and people's deputy, chairman of the People's Assembly Committee on State Building and Legislation Islam Gadiev. More details in our video report.

In January-July 2024, 1.5 million tourists from 182 countries visited Azerbaijan, which is 31.4% more than in the same period last year. This was reported by the State Statistics Committee of Azerbaijan.