In the first half of 2023, 1,174 more people left Chechnya than arrived. In terms of migration loss, the republic ranks first in the North Caucasus Federal District. It is reported by Rosstat.

August 7 was declared a day of mourning in Georgia for those who died in the Shovi resort in the Racha-Lechkhumi and Lower Svaneti regions. On August 3, a landslide came down there, as a result of which the river with landslide masses demolished bridges, damaged roads and covered cottage houses.

The departments of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Stavropol Territory, Ingushetia, the KChR and North Ossetia announced storm warnings.

Chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation Alexander Bastrykin held an operational meeting in Essentuki (Stavropol Territory), at which the results of the work of the IC units in the North Caucasus for 6 months of 2023 were summed up.

Another protest action took place in Tbilisi. Representatives and supporters of the opposition United National Movement party gathered outside the Government Chancellery demanding the release of ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili.

A 21-year-old girl was detained for attempting to set fire to the military commissariat in the capital of Adygea, Maykop.

Since the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Armenia has received almost 100,000 Russians. This was reported by the French newspaper Le Dauphiné Libéré.

Employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia the day before detained 19 people, including a citizen of Ukraine, at a protest in Batumi for petty hooliganism and disobedience to the police. This is stated in the message of the Public Defender of Georgia.

The Georgian Interior Ministry has detained activists at a protest against a tourist ship from Russia carrying pro-Kremlin propagandists and artists.

With a net average salary, a resident of Ingushetia can buy 605 liters of AI-92 gasoline. This is the last, 85th place in the rating for this indicator among the regions of the country, according to RIA Rating.