The international organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned the sentences handed down to staff members of the Azerbaijani YouTube channel Toplum TV, describing them as further evidence of the persecution of independent journalists in the country.

The fuel crisis in southern Russia is gradually easing. Queues at petrol stations are shrinking, major fuel retailers are lifting or relaxing purchase limits, and regional authorities are increasingly declaring that supplies have stabilised. Yet officials and analysts caution that it is too early to declare the crisis over.

The search for Bekkhan Aushev, who went missing on July 21 in the Dzheyrakhsky District of Ingushetia, is now in its ninth day. Preliminary reports suggest he may have been swept away by the current of the Assa River. However, the number of volunteers participating in the search operation is dwindling day by day.

Azerbaijan has sent nearly 40 tons of equipment for critical infrastructure facilities to Ukraine. The shipment is intended for the railway system, which—like the country's energy grid—continues to operate while under attack by the Russian army.
The Ministry of Energy of Ukraine announced the new delivery.

The Tbilisi City Court has issued rulings regarding activists detained during a protest outside the City Council (Sakrebulo) building. Some received heavy fines, while others were sentenced to administrative detention.

Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) has warned that Armenia would face an economic crisis if it withdraws from the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), arguing that Brussels is aware of the risks but continues to encourage Yerevan’s closer integration with the European Union.

Five citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina have died while climbing Mount Elbrus in Russia’s Kabardino-Balkaria republic. 

Work has begun in Ingushetia on a docudrama titled Heroes of Zaporizhzhia, посвящed to Russian security personnel who took part in the seizure of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant during the first weeks of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Azerbaijan has declared the activities of Iran’s Sahar TV and the Mehr News Agency illegal within its territory, describing the move as a reciprocal response after Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence reportedly added Azerbaijan’s state broadcaster AzTV to a list of “hostile media outlets.”