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Temirlan Eskerkhanov, sentenced to 14 years of imprisonment in a penal colony for the murder of politician Boris Nemtsov, has signed a one-year contract with the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) and entered an assault unit, a source reports.

A quarter of a century has passed since the attack on Dagestan of the militants led by Shamil Basaev and Amir Khattab. A memorial rally and re-enactment of the events of 1999 were organized in the Botlikh District.

The Russian Ministry of Defence did not want to call the new type of armoured vehicle an “Akhmat-mobile”, noted Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Chechnya. He has stated that he personally participated in changing the design of the armoured vehicle and insisted on its name.

Discrimination when entering Turkey or crossing the border has increased recently, natives of Northern Caucasus and Azerbaijan have complained. In their opinion, the problems may have to do with the growth of anti-migrant sentiment in Turkey, the intensified of Turkish-Russian special service ties, as well with the increased corruption in border agencies.

Human rights defender Oleg Orlov*, who was released in the prisoner exchange, called the discontent voiced by members of the Chechen diaspora in Europe justified, as there were no prisoners from Chechnya, Dagestan, and Ingushetia on the prisoner exchange list.

Exchange of Khangoshvili’s killer, major fire in Azov, drone attacks, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, repressions in Azerbaijan spread to Georgia, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 29-August 4, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

Policemen have detained a Chechen resident for beating his wife after a video of the incident caused public resonance.

The beating of a woman by her husband in a shop in the locality of Oiskhara requires an investigation, human rights defenders claim. Telegram users condemned the behaviour of the Chechen resident.

Those who oppose wearing hijabs are enemies of Islam, the head of Chechnya has declared, promising to shoot anyone who tells his daughter to take off her hijab dead.

Activists of nationalist movements demonstrate complete loyalty to authorities and seek to cooperate with law enforcement bodies, but high-profile scandals, such as the march in Korenovsk, are interfering with these plans. At the same time, the xenophobia growth in the society has to do with some officials' statements and anti-migrant rhetoric, analysts have noted.

An advocate of Oleg Orlov* failed to visit the human rights defender at a SIZO (pre-trial prison) in Syzran.

UFC fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov’s debts, prevention of a terror act, drone attacks, persecution of pacifists and activists in Southern Russia, situation of journalists in the South Caucasus, and official data on the natives of Southern Russia who perished in Ukraine, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 22-28, 2024, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

Serving his sentence at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) instead of a penal colony can ease the convict's situation; in particular, he is exposed to less risk from other convicts, lawyers and human rights defenders have noted in their comments on the situation with Nikita Zhuravel.