A rally was held in Strasbourg, France, demanding freedom for political prisoners in Azerbaijan and an end to repressions. The action was carried out by the organization of Azerbaijani political emigrants in Europe AND.

Before the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples on Obolonskaya Embankment in Kyiv, activists restored the Crimean Tatar flag on concrete slabs near the Dnieper.

The members of the United Circassian Council called on the world community to recognize the genocide of the Circassian people by the Russian Empire in the 19th century. They announced this at an international conference in Istanbul.

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.