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A resident of Chechnya, detained in the summer of 2019 on the border with Syria, was accused of trying to join the ranks of militants of the "Islamic State" (IS)*. The man pleaded guilty, the Investigating Department for Chechnya of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reported.

Vadim Cheldiev, accused in a case on a rally in Vladikavkaz, was transferred to solitary confinement, and he does not receive money and transfers from his relatives and friends, an advocate of the activist claims.

In contradiction to the authorities' statements, a certificate confirming that a person is not infected with coronavirus does not guarantee the possibility of entering Chechnya, local residents claim. The local people also complained about the long lines formed at the border because of verification of certificates and IDs.

Gachai Gafarov, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has been arrested for 15 days on charges of disobeying the police. Gafarov's father and PFPA activists have linked the arrest with the young man's criticism of the police in social networks.

The acting head of the correctional colony located in the Rostov Region forced a relative of an inmate to buy building materials, and the inmates – to make repairs in the colony in exchange of more comfortable custody conditions, the Regional Prosecutor's Office (PO) has informed.

The society is trying to hide the practice of aggressive, immoral behaviour of a male in a Chechen family, which actually does not correspond to Adats, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

The situation with the coronavirus epidemic, despite some relative stability, remains tense; and there are no guarantees that it won't worsen, Nikol Pashinyan, the Prime Minister of Armenia, said at a briefing on July 6, which was broadcast live on his Facebook page.

No rally was planned outside the Ingush administration; forced migrants from Chechnya gathered to sign a group appeal to the authorities, said Madina Dzortova, the head of the initiative group.

In her letters from SIZO (pre-trial prison), Malika Djikaeva, a blogger from North Ossetia, has complained about pressure from law enforcers, but her relatives could not visit her because of the imposed ban, her sister has informed

Advocates have begun defending the rights of three out of ten Azerbaijani citizens arrested under the criminal case opened in connection with the events in Kullar on June 15. Activists are trying to find advocates for the remaining seven figurants in the case, Emin Guseinov, the director of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety (IRFS), has informed

Owners of travel agencies make staff redundant, and hoteliers reduce staff salaries because of the delay in opening Georgian borders to foreigners, travel agencies claim.

A Russian contract soldier of the 102nd military base in Gyumri was found dead with a suicide note. The Investigative Committee of Armenia investigates the case under the article on bringing to suicide.

The Russian government should report whether the investigation into the case on the murder of Boris Nemtsov, in which natives of Chechnya were sentenced, was effective and whether the right of a politician's daughter to defence was respected, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) notes.

The woman from Gudermes, whose death provoked interference of Ramzan Kadyrov in a conflict between the two families, was regularly beaten in her husband's family, the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta" reports today.

Two persons detained in Austria on suspicion of involvement in the murder of blogger Mamikhan Umarov are natives of Chechnya, who have been living in Europe with refugee status for more than 15 years, the Austrian media and sources from the Chechen Diaspora report.

Spread of the coronavirus infection in the Caucasus; voting on amendments to the Constitution of Russia; murder in Austria of a blogger criticizing Ramzan Kadyrov, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of June 29-July 5, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

During the week from June 29 to July 5, 2020, no casualties or wounded persons were recorded during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Mamikhan Umarov has complemented the list of critics and opponents of Chechen authorities assassinated in Europe in recent years. At the same time, Umarov himself had cooperated for many years with Austrian special services, trying to identify Chechen killers sent to Europe, the members of the Diaspora, who knew him personally, assert.

Inna Musaeva, a resident of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic, said that she has recognized her uncle and several other Psyzh villagers in the detention footage posted by special services. The detainees are accused of extremism, and, according to Musaeva, they were under physical pressure.

The murder in Vienna of the blogger, Mamikhan Umarov, was a punishment for insulting and criticizing the Chechen leadership, Instagram users believe. Umarov's brother was killed; his mother was bullied in order to find out the whereabouts of her son, the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, has pointed out.