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The number of victims of clashes that broke out in Dijon of members of Chechen Diaspora and local residents has grown up to 20 persons; four participants have been charged, the Dijon City Prosecutor has stated.

In front of parliament in Tbilisi, about 3000 activists have held a rally on the anniversary of the start of June 2019 protests. They demanded to change the current power and punish those responsible for the use of violence at Gavrilov's Night.

A court in Baku has sentenced an oppositional journalist, Tezekhan Miralamli to one year of freedom restriction. The journalist treats the judgement as biased and restricting his professional activities for political reasons.

The detention of a Russian citizen within the case of preparing an attempt on the Georgian journalist, Giorgi Gabuniya, has revealed problems with the efficiency of guarding the Georgian border. This situation threatens the safety of the country's population, experts believe.

The followers of Kunta-haji Kishiev from a village in the Khasavyurt District have asked Ramzan Kadyrov to intervene in their conflict with the Dagestani Muftiate. Law enforcers have arrived in the village of Tsiyab-Ichichali; they wouldn't let people to gather in the mosque, the head of the local administration has reported.

Law enforcement bodies have put a 26-year-old resident of Chechnya, suspected of participating in the warfare in Syria on the side of the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court, on the wanted list.

Aik Sargsyan, a nephew of Serzh Sargsyan, was charged with attempted murder; the prosecutor asked the court to sentence him to seven years in prison. The defendant has refused to plead guilty; and his advocate stated violations in the case.

Animators, musicians, photographers and videographers came out in Tbilisi to protest and demand from the authorities to allow holding weddings and celebrations. The self-isolation regime led to a loss of their earnings, protesters have stated.

A forensic examination of the body of the Gudermes woman buried at night should show whether the version of her death as a result of domestic violence is true.

The woman from Gudermes, whose death attracted public attention in Chechnya after a nightly funeral and a plot shown by the "Grozny" TV Channel, had tried many times to leave her husband because of beatings and complained to her relatives about her mother-in-law.

The Chechen natives who took part in clashes with the Maghreb community in the French city of Dijon did everything right, the Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, has stated.

The court has arrested for two months some of the protesters from the temporary accommodation centre (TAC) located on Dagestan-Azeri border, suspected of using force against policemen. The heat has set up in Dagestan, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to stay in the camp, the Azerbaijanis, who are waiting for departure to their homeland, claim.

The report by the "Grozny" TV Company is whitewashing the husband of the deceased woman from Gudermes, her mother has stated, insisting that her daughter was killed. The Imam, who buried the woman at night, explained his actions by the hot weather.

The list of the next group of Azerbaijanis to be sent home in the coming days is being compiled in the tent camp situated on the Dagestani border. The list includes those who have been in Dagestan since April, except those arrested after the June 15 protest action.

In Nagorno-Karabakh, the tourist flow and revenues of the tourism industry fell by 90 percent because of the coronavirus epidemic, entrepreneurs complain. The authorities of the region report a 76 percent drop in the number of tourists.

In Yerevan, the court began consideration of a case on arrest of Gagik Tsarukyan. Supporters of the leader of the "Prosperous Armenia" Party called on the Armenian authorities to stop persecuting their opponents and claimed that the case against Gagik Tsarukyan was politically motivated.

Tezekhan Miralamli rejected the charge of disorderly conduct. He associates the public prosecutor's request to restrict his freedom for a year with the attempt of prosecutors to deprive him of the opportunity to be engaged in journalistic activities.

Opposition Azerbaijani politician Tofig Yagublu has been left under arrest for other two months. The defence treats the court's decision as unfounded.

In Dagestan, the problem of female circumcision is particularly acute. Every year, about 1240 girls undergo the female genital mutilation procedures in the republic. In Chechnya, older women were subjected to female circumcision, the "Eto Kavkaz" reports.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has stopped the proceeding of the torture complaint of Abdul-Khalim Abdulmezhidov, convicted for links with militants. His advocate intends to appeal against this decision.