The Investigative Committee reported that it had identified more than 20 “active participants in mass riots” suspected in the case of the pogrom at Makhachkala airport at the end of October.

On September 12, after two and a half years of trial, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don issued a decision in the case of Dagestani journalist Abdulmumin Gadzhiev, programmer Kemal Tambiev and philanthropist Abubakar Rizvanov. All three were found guilty of participating in a terrorist organization, financing terrorism and organizing the activities of an extremist organization and were sentenced to terms of 17 to 18 years in a maximum security penal colony.

On September 7, the Fortanga website reported on the torture of suspects in a terrorism financing case. The father of one of the defendants, Magomed Derbichev, shared details about how the investigation is being conducted.

On September 4, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree awarding state awards to a number of Russian figures. Among them is the daughter of the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov, Minister of Culture Ayshat Kadyrova. She was awarded the medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" of the 2nd degree. The decree notes her "services in the development of national culture and art, many years of fruitful creative activity."

In the Zolsky district of Kabardino-Balkaria, schoolgirls were forbidden to attend classes wearing headscarves and hijabs for years. This happened in the villages of Kamennomostskoye, Khabaz, Svetlovodskoye, Bateh.

On September 1, the Southern District Military Court upheld the sentence of conscript Pavel Kamagurov, who was sentenced to seven years for unauthorized abandonment of his place of service (Article 337 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation). According to the publication "Kavkaz. Realii", this is the harshest of the known sentences under this article in the south of Russia.

On September 1, the Zelenchuk District Court of Karachay-Cherkessia fined a resident of the republic, Ramil Dolaev, for posting on social networks the song of the Chechen bard Timur Mutsuraev "Islamic Ummah" ("As Long as the World is Ruled by Wives"), which was included in the Federal List of Extremist Materials. The fine for the administrative offense was 2 thousand rubles.

On September 1, an experiment to introduce Islamic banking began in four regions of Russia. In Chechnya, Dagestan, Tatarstan and Bashkiria, financial products and services operating according to the principles of Sharia will be introduced over the course of two years. However, the words "Islam", "Sharia", "halal" are not mentioned in the law itself.

Team Against Torture lawyer Alexander Savin filed a complaint with the Court of Cassation. He asks to cancel the verdict of the Akhmatovsky District Court and the Supreme Court of Chechnya regarding Zarema Musaeva.

Opposition members of the Georgian parliament appealed to NATO and the EU to “take a firm and united position against Russia’s ongoing policy of occupation and annexation.” They called for a response to the placement of a permanent base for the Russian navy in the Abkhaz port of Ochamchira.