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Tent camp tenants, awaiting their departure to Azerbaijan, have staged a protest rally, which grew into clashes with law enforcers. Policemen used tear gas and truncheons against protesters. Some Azerbaijani citizens received traumas.

In Moscow, a native of Ingushetia opened fire on policemen and was wounded by return fire, sources reported. The assailant is being checked for involvement in the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court.

The coming days will show whether pilgrims will be able to get to Mecca this year, the Russian Hajj Mission announces.

At least ten people were injured in a conflict involving natives of Chechnya, the Prosecutor's Office of the French city of Dijon reported.

Political analysts associate the criminal prosecution of Gagik Tsarukyan, the leader of the "Prosperous Armenia" Party, with the possible consolidation of the opposition around him.

Cars cannot be seized from violators of wedding rules, there are fines for this, social network users have noted in response to an order of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, to punish participants of long wedding corteges. Other users believe that strict measures are a must; otherwise the coronavirus epidemic will not end soon.

During the week of June 8-14, 2020, no events related to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were recorded, as well as no casualties and victims. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.

The amendments to the Russian Constitution will not change Russians' lives for the better, activists in Southern Russia believe. In their opinion, the voting outcomes can be easily falsified. Activists in Northern Caucasus are also concerned about the amendment formulations on federal territories.

Spread of the coronavirus infection in the Caucasus; calls to help Karachay-Cherkessia in the fight against COVID-19; 25th anniversary of the terror act in Budyonnovsk; celebration of Russia Day amid the pandemic; election of the Stavropol administration head, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of June 8-14, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

The cars of violators of restrictions on holding wedding ceremonies will be seized and sold with transfer of funds to the medical sphere, while violators will be sent as volunteers to hospitals, the head of Chechnya has stated. However, he announced the third phase of quarantine mitigation since June 20.

The case of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a Dagestani journalist, lack proofs, while the charges against him have been seriously toughened. Investigators have only testimonies of operative agents, of a secret witness, and journalist's articles, which prove nothing, the "MBKh Media" writes.

The armed attack by militants of Shamil Basaev on Budyonnovsk committed 25 years ago should have ended with the liquidation of the field commander, even at the cost of lives of most hostages, the law enforcers who took part in the operation believe. In his turn, Alexander Cherkasov, a rights defender, remarks that the release of most of the hostages as a result of negotiations is the only successful peacemaking effort since the start of the first Chechen campaign.

The Turkish Ministry of Public Health (MPH) has requested information on the necessary medical help in the Karachay-Cherkessian and the Kabardino-Balkarian Republics (KChR and KBR), and attempted to transfer it through the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), but the latter refused to cooperate.

The messages in the WhatsApp about the death of Abushaikh Vismuradov, a former head of the Grozny Police are accompanied by a video with beating of an elderly man.

Since June 7, Azerbaijani militaries have fired more than 900 shots at the positions of the Defence Army, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has stated.

On suspicion of involvement in the attack on the Chechen blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, Imran Khaskhanov has been arrested in absentia in Sweden, the city court of Gävle has informed. Khaskhanov is a Russian citizen, the "Vayfond" Association has added.

The authorities of Dagestan have ignored the statements of Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament on the border demarcation, despite the sharp tone of his statements. The inaction of the republic's leaders results in increased tensions in the society and gives rise to protest moods, the Dagestani journalists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

During the last 24 hours, positions of the Azerbaijani Army were shelled for 21 times, including from machine guns and sniper rifles, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

In the village of Areguni in the Gegarkunik District, employees of the National Security Service (NSS) of Armenia detained an Azerbaijani, who claimed that he worked as a shepherd in the border region of Azerbaijan and decided to leave the country, the village head has reported.

In Chechnya, employees of budgetary organizations are forced to participate in subbotniks organized by the authorities despite the self-isolation regime. Local report that they are forced to work at 35-degree heat, in medical masks and gloves.