North Ossetia, Dagestan, Ingushetia and Kabardino-Balkaria were in the top regions with the highest number of divorces per thousand inhabitants in the first half of 2023. It is reported by Rosstat.

117 representatives of the Crimean Tatar people are serving their sentences in colonies and prisons of the Russian Federation on politically motivated cases. This was stated by the head of the Crimean Tatar resource center Eskender Bariev.

In the Cherek region of Kabardino-Balkaria, a group of nine tourists fell under a rockfall. This happened in the area of the alpine camp "Bezengi" at an altitude of 3500 meters.

At about 8 o'clock, near the village of Starye Atagi, the Russian military stationed on the territory of the local mill (the 48th brigade) blew up on the side of the road. Not far from this place is a bus stop where a woman and a teenage boy died the day before. There were people standing there this time, fortunately none of them were hurt.

At the request of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation, the Turkish authorities detained 38-year-old Dagestani Ibragim Askerov. In Russia, he is accused of involvement in the activities of the At-Takfir wal-Hijra organization, which is banned in the Russian Federation and in fact has not existed for a long time.

At noon in the city of Grozny, between the villages of Khankala and the village of Michurin, a bus with passengers was blown up on the road. Two people died on the spot, three were taken in serious condition to the city hospital No. 9.

On August 8, the Chechen Republic and the "DPR" signed an agreement on cooperation and the recognition of Mariupol and Grozny as sister cities.

The US authorities urged Armenia and Azerbaijan to "keep the momentum moving forward" to ensure lasting peace in the region.

Russian serviceman Vladislav Goremykin died on June 26, 2023 in the Zaporozhye region. However, in the Rostov morgue, his death is dated June 19.

The experts of the Public Defender of Georgia have prepared a conclusion on the state of health of the former president of the country Mikheil Saakashvili.