ADYGHEA — The International Film Festival in Uruguay will showcase an animated film inspired by the Nart sagas, a creation of Bela Layuk, a native of Enem (Adyghe: Инэм). 

The film offers a narrative rooted in the Adyghe (Circassian) Nart sagas and marks the inaugural instalment of a promising series.

Ekho Kavkaza — Irakli Kobakhidze, leader of the “Georgian Dream” party, has weighed in on the opposition's stance in light of the recent upheaval in Russia, known as "Prigozhin's Insurrection." The Chairman of the ruling party took to social media to castigate government detractors, whom he alleges were lending their support to Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner Group, a Russian private military firm.

South Ossetia is marking the memory of the Zar tragedy victims. Families of the deceased, the Republic's leadership, and hundreds of townspeople congregated at the site where the horrific shooting occurred 31 years ago.

NALCHIK ― The death of Ziya Elisov, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, has been confirmed by Maysky district authorities amid ongoing war in Ukraine. This brings the official death toll of Kabardino-Balkaria residents to at least 90 since the conflict began.

The political parties of Nagorno-Karabakh have criticised Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan for expressing his readiness to recognise the borders between Armenia and Azerbaijan based on USSR maps. They also condemned Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's statement, which said residents of Karabakh must either accept Azerbaijani citizenship or find another place to live, calling it contrary to international law. Former State Minister Ruben Vardanyan reminded Aliyev of potential consequences at the Hague Tribunal.