Due to discovered cases of vote manipulation, the Bank of Russia has cancelled the results of the vote for the design of the back of the new 500-ruble banknote. As of yesterday, the image of Mount Elbrus was ahead of the image of "Grozny-City."

Chechnya's Minister for National Policy, Akhmed Dudayev, accused the Russian Central Bank of "failing to ensure objectivity and fairness" during the online vote for the symbol of the new 500-ruble banknote dedicated to the North Caucasus Federal District.

In Stavropol, a 14-year-old schoolgirl was sentenced to 70 hours of community service on charges of vandalism (Part 1 of Article 214 of the Criminal Code) for writing "Navalny" on a bus stop. Her lawyer announced this.

Moscow's Gagarinsky District Court upheld the Prosecutor General's Office's claim, forfeiting property associated with Magomed Kaitov, the former head of JSC MRSK North Caucasus.

The case of Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov's murder in Moscow has been sent to court. Among the defendants are Ingush natives Batukhan Tochiyev and Ramazan Padiyev. Along with Akhmadzhon Kurbonov and Robert Safaryan, they are accused of participating in a terrorist organization, committing a terrorist attack, and other crimes.

The first phase of a new district named after Vladimir Putin was officially opened in Grozny. Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Government Alexander Novak and Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov attended the ceremony.

The Spiritual Administration of Muslims of the Russian Federation (SAM RF) has ruled that Muslim couriers are prohibited from delivering certain goods that violate Islamic norms. These include alcohol, pork, meat that does not meet halal standards, as well as gambling and objects of pagan worship.

Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov's call for a vote on whether to include the image of "Grozny-City" on the new five-hundred-ruble banknote drew sharp criticism from the nationalist organization "Russian Community" and Z-bloggers, who deemed it "ideological sabotage."