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During the past 24 hours, 544 new coronavirus cases were diagnosed in Azerbaijan; the number of coronavirus deaths reached 206 people. Meanwhile, the country's parliament has doubled fines for violating the quarantine. Activists doubt the efficiency of this measure, suggesting the authorities to distribute medical masks among the poor for free.

The head of Chechnya has owned an apartment in Moscow for eight years, but he didn't show it in his tax declarations, the "Open Media" has reported. This Kadyrov family's apartment was mentioned at trial of the murder case of the opposition leader, Boris Nemtsov.

Authorities, acting jointly with Muslim and Orthodox spiritual leaders, must prevent crowds at weddings and funerals, Murat Kumpilov, the head of Adygea, has stated amid an increase in the number of coronavirus infections.

Coaches, bodybuilders, and owners of fitness clubs held a protest action. They demanded from the Georgian authorities to allow the operation of gyms closed because of the coronavirus epidemic and to soften the rules for their opening.

Sevindj Sadygova held a protest action in front of the building of the Chief Directorate for Combating Corruption of Azerbaijan. The woman demanded to release from arrest her husband Afghan Sadygov, the director of the "Azel.tv" website.

During exercises held at a military training ground in the Shali District, soldiers and officers focused on developing skills to destroy drones, the Chechen Military Commandant's Office reported.

Reporters of the state-run TV Channel claimed that the husband of the deceased woman from Gudermes had never held firearms in his hands. However, blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov posted a video to prove the opposite.

The resorts "Veduchi", "Kezenoi-Am" and "Sernovodsk" in Chechnya were opened as part of the third phase of lifting restrictive measures introduced because of coronavirus. Local residents treat it inappropriate to open resorts under restrictions on entry to and exit from the republic.

During the week of June 22-28, 2020, in the course of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, no casualties or wounded persons were recorded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.

Spread of the coronavirus infection in the Caucasus; start of voting on amendments to the Constitution and related protests in Southern Russia; cities of Southern Russia hold Victory Parades without spectators; updated list of political prisoners in Azerbaijan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of June 22-28, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Elshad Ataev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), has been arrested for 10 days on charges of disobedience to the police. The PFPA believes that he is persecuted for criticizing the authorities.

The mother of the deceased young woman from Gudermes has publicly announced her reconciliation with her son-in-law's family, has apologized again to his parents and called to stop allegations about her violent death. Instagram users have doubted the sincerity of these statements.

Some Azerbaijani residents, who are waiting near the Dagestani border for the return to their homeland, have to stay not in the tent camp, but in hotels and surrounding villages, and spend their nights in cars.

During the first two days of voting on amendments to the Constitution of Russia, 28.45% of voters came to the polls in Chechnya, the republic's Central Election Commission (CEC) has reported. In its turn, the polling conducted by the "Caucasian Knot" has shown that only single residents of Chechnya come to the polls.

The mother of the 23-year-old woman, who died in Gudermes, has treated the accusations against her the son-in-law as unjustified and asked him to forgive her, the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company) wrote in its Instagram page.

German law enforcers have revealed the second possible suspect in the case of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, a native of the Pankisi Gorge, who was shot dead in Berlin. This is a resident of Saint Petersburg, who, when applying for a Schengen visa, indicated the same place of work as the first figurant, Der Spiegel informs.

The traditions and customs of most regions of Northern Caucasus predispose to violence against women in family, while victims of violence are not ready to go to the police, rights defenders have noted.

The "Prosperous Armenia" oppositional parliamentary faction has filed a lawsuit with the Constitutional Court (CC), in which it challenged the earlier amendments to the Constitution, which provide for the dismissal of the CC head.

Anna Dargan, a Stavropol journalist and blogger, whose home was searched within the case of spreading fakes about the situation with coronavirus in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), did not write any opposition and human rights texts, the Union of Journalists has stated.

Ingushetia has opened a total of 137 polling stations to vote on constitutional amendments. The voting is held daily starting from June 25.