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The preliminary investigation into a case against oppositionist Tofig Yagublu has been completed. The politician pleads not guilty, and his advocate claimed procedural violations in the case.

There is no panic in the villages that were shelled by Azerbaijan; people stay in their houses, but the situation is still tense, the governor of the Tavush Region and leaders of the communities of Berd and Chinari have stated.

António Guterres, the UN Secretary General, has called on the Armenian and Azerbaijani authorities to stop military clashes. The USA has also condemned the violence on the countries' mutual border.

Father's control, even over an adult son, is consistent with behavioural norms in the Chechen society, while parents' apologies are not treated as shame, experts have noted in their comments to the law enforcers' conversation with young violators of traffic rules and their parents.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Ingushetia has upheld the lawsuit of the Prosecutor's Office to ban the work of the "Ingush Committee of National Unity" (ICNU), comprised of the leaders of the last year's protest against the border agreement with Chechnya. This was reported on the Facebook by the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial".

About 200 residents of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) have responded to the call to join a volunteer squad to support Armenian militaries in the Tavush Region.

During the week of July 6-12, 2020, there were no reports of those killed and wounded during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the analysis made by the "Caucasian Knot" based on information from open sources.

Svyatoslav Kovalenko, a Moscow blogger, said that he had been beaten up after a conflict with a Chechen blogger, who became famous for his forced apologies. Chechen authorities will help to punish those responsible, Ramzan Kadyrov's assistant has promised.

More than 20 militaries, military equipment and infrastructure of Armenia fell under fire of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

The instructions of the Mufti of Chechnya, Salakh Mezhiev, to hold modest weddings are only advisory in nature, Orientalists and political analysts believe.

The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group have condemned the ceasefire violations committed by Armenia and Azerbaijan. Baku cannot allow civilian objects and dwelling settlements in the area of the incident to be bombarded, an expert believes.

Ragim Gaziev is accused of engagement in activities aimed against the state and calls for the seizure of public institutions, the State Security Service of Azerbaijan reports.

Three Armenian soldiers were hospitalized with shrapnel wounds after a shelling attack from the Azerbaijani side, the authorities of Armenia reported. The total number of deceased and wounded in shelling attacks which took place on July 12 and 13 on the border between Azerbaijan and Armenia reached 13 people.

The General Prosecutor's Office has approved the indictment against three Khachaturyan sisters. They are accused of killing their father by prior conspiracy. The case against the youngest of the sisters, who was recognized insane, will be considered separately, the TASS reports with reference to advocate Alexei Liptser.

While on duty on the border in the Tavush District, two fighters of the police internal troops were slightly injured during a shelling attack from the Azerbaijani side, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reported.

Statistics of the coronavirus infection spread in the Caucasus and impact of the pandemic on the everyday life of people living in the countries of Southern Caucasus and southern regions of Russia; armed clash on the border between Azerbaijan and Armenia; public outcry around the murder in Vienna of a blogger criticizing Ramzan Kadyrov, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 6-12, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Azerbaijani militaries continued shelling attacks on the border with the Tavush Region, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported. The shelling was carried out on the positions stationed near dwelling settlements, the country's ombudsperson has stated.

The residents of Chechnya-cigarette-smokers should be attracted to public works, a local police officer has announced. By comparing smokers to drug addicts and terrorists, he threatened them with public rebukes and forced cleaning of mosques.

In Ingushetia, law enforcers are conducting searches of the homes of Musa Aushev and his nephews, who are relatives of the rights defender, Maksharip Aushev, killed in 2009.

The coronavirus was detected in the Georgian military servicemen, who were in Afghanistan within the "Strong Support" NATO's mission. They all returned to their homeland and are treated in hospital.