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Today, 130 Azerbaijani citizens, who were staying in Dagestan and expecting a permission to return to their homeland, have crossed the border. Their fellow countrymen, who still stay in a tent camp near the village of Kullar, have stopped the mass hunger strike.

The "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company) has made public an interview with Shaa Turlaev, who was put on the federal wanted list on suspicion of involvement in resonant murders and assassination attempts.

Receiving money from the Kadyrov Foundation to buy out brides is quite an appropriate financial support – some local residents have supported the authorities' idea. However, their opponents assert that such help will put the newlyweds in an awkward position.

By their actions, the policemen, who have detained 11 Baku residents during raids against quarantine violators, only stir up hatred for the authorities, and the country risks becoming a police state, activists of the Azerbaijani opposition told the "Caucasian Knot".

Medical institutions of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) have not enough beds for coronavirus infected patients; due to the shortage of beds in specialized hospitals, patients are hospitalized "through the back door," and medications are in short supply, medics have complained.

The citizens of Azerbaijani, who stay in Dagestan, have been waiting for the opportunity to return home for more than a month.

The acute conflict involving Chechens in Yugra will damage Kadyrov's positions and give arguments to his opponents, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.

The reason for initiating criminal cases against three residents of Dagestan was the spread by them in the WhatsApp of information about spraying coronavirus from the air in Dagestan, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has informed.

The Dagestani Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has spread footage with excuses of a man, who was detained after a resonant video about his ill-treatment of a Red Book eagle caught in a trap. Instagram users were outraged by the absence of detainee's apology.

Vadim Cheldiev, charged in a case on a rally in Vladikavkaz, left in custody until August 18 by the court's decision.

The Chechen authorities have promised to allocate more than 10 million roubles in total to bridegrooms who are short of money to pay a traditional ransom for a bride.

At least six persons took part in solo pickets held in front of a hospital in the Malokarachaevsky District. The protestors demanded to provide coronavirus-infected patients with medicines and medical care.

Eleven people were brought to a police station. According to the law enforcement bodies, the detainees were throwing garbage from balconies at the law enforcers who had detained a quarantine violator, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reported.

Chechen Mufti Salakh Mezhiev and Ramzan Kadyrov announced the holding of Friday prayers in all juma mosques (Friday mosques) of the republic on June 12, while Kabardino-Balkaria decided not to open mosques. In their comments on Instagram, residents of Chechnya expressed their joy at the resumption of collective prayers.

The names of Ingush protest leaders, accused under the case of extremist community are included into the updated list of people involved in extremist activities published today.

Abkhazian law enforcers have detained three residents of the Georgian village of Muzhava, the Georgia's State Security Service (SSS) has informed.

Spread of the coronavirus infection in the Caucasus; return to the question on the demarcation of the border between Chechnya and Dagestan; new verdict in a case on the rally in Magas, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of June 1-7, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

During the week of June 1-7, 2020, no events related to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were recorded.

During an extraordinary session of the parliament of South Ossetia, at which the incident in the Tskhinvali colony was discussed, physical force was used against some MPs, the parliamentarians wrote in a Telegram channel.

For the fourth day, the Azerbaijani citizens living in a tent camp on the border with Dagestan, are on a hunger strike demanding to speed up their return home. At least 60 people participate in the protest, they have stated.