Islamic blogger Mansur Gneev has been returned to pretrial detention after the Krasnodar Regional Court overturned his house arrest. This was reported by his wife. According to her, security forces returned some of the confiscated items after the search, but the money and religious paraphernalia remain in their possession.

Rustam Kurmanov, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, has been held in solitary confinement in Nalchik's Pretrial Detention Center No. 1 since July 10. His wife, Asiyat Gaboeva, reported this, expressing concern about the deterioration of his physical and mental health.

Alan Gagloev, the President of the self-proclaimed Republic of South Ossetia, commented on the arrest of civil society activist and ethnic Georgian Tamara Mearakishvili, accused of spying for Georgia.

A court hearing was held in the capital of the self-proclaimed republic of South Ossetia in the case of Georgian citizen Tamara Mearakishvili. She is accused of "espionage for Georgia."

Journalist Ganimat Zahid has been sentenced in absentia by a Baku court to seven years in prison. He was found guilty of incitement against the state. According to the prosecution, in July 2018, Zahid published materials on YouTube containing open calls for violent actions against the Azerbaijani authorities.

The Sovetsky District Court of Makhachkala ruled that police actions against journalists Magomed Magomedov and Idris Yusupov, detained in January 2023, were illegal.

The Prosecutor General's Office of the self-proclaimed Republic of South Ossetia announced the arrest of a Georgian citizen on charges of espionage. According to media reports, she is civil activist Tamara Mearakishvili.

The Memorial Human Rights Center has recognized Georgian citizen Irakli Khufeniya as a political prisoner. In June, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don found him guilty of publicly justifying terrorism and sentenced him to two years in prison.

At a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Emomali Rahmon, the Russian President expressed deep condolences over the tragic death of a Tajik boy at a school in Odintsovo.

Azerbaijan has enacted an amnesty law marking the Year of Constitution and Sovereignty. This measure will affect approximately 20,000 people and will be implemented within four months.