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During the week from June 18 to June 24, 2018, no casualties were recorded of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own data and information from other open sources.

The CNN TV Channel has reported that Mohamed Salah, a player for the English "Liverpool" FC and the Egyptian national team, is displeased with the fact that Chechen authorities use his name for their political aims; he intends to leave the national team after Ramzan Kadyrov had awarded him the title of honorary citizen of Chechnya.

The statements of the head of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) about the superiority of the Azerbaijani Army over its opponent are intended to draw mediators' attention to the threat of a new war, Azerbaijani military analysts believe.

About 70 residents of the Dagestani villages of Novo-Filya and Novo-Aul opposed the demolition of the houses that fell into the restricted zone of the Mozdok-Kazimagomed gas pipeline. Villagers call the decision to demolish their houses illegal and demand to cancel it. 

Football fans held a march on the day of South Korea-Mexico match of the FIFA World Cup-2018. Mexicans won 2:1. Townspeople's impressions from the event differ: some Rostov residents complain about traffic problems and poor organization, others share positive emotions from the festive atmosphere in the city.

Seven persons were evacuated from apartments of a burning house in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan; in total, 25 house tenants were relocated to a safe area, the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) has reported.

During the last four months, the service of short-term car rent in Grozny has become very popular among locals and tourists, the Chechen Tourism Committee has reported. The Grozny townspeople treat the car sharing service as convenient and accessible.

About 12,000 foreign fans have come to the South Korea-Mexico match to take place today in Rostov-on-Don, the press service of the Governor of the Rostov Region has reported.

The Tskhinvali District Court has ruled to arrest Giorgi Gorgisheli, a citizen of Georgia, suspected of a repeated violation of the border, for two months.

The body of Ovannes Melkonyan, a contract serviceman, was found in one of the military units, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

Ramzan Kadyrov awarded Mohamed Salah, an attacker of the Egyptian national team, with the title of honorary citizen of Chechnya. The decision contradicts the statute of the award, which is granted to those persons who have worked in Chechnya for at least 20 years, local observers note.

The director of the company which developed a repair project for the "Varketili" metro station in Tbilisi and two employees of the construction company are accused of failure to perform works of required quality, which led to a collapse of the ceiling at the metro station.

Nineteen Russian State Duma MPs, representing the republics of Northern Caucasus, voted "for" the bill on the voluntary study of native languages in Russian schools. Seven others did not take part in the voting.

By a court judgement, the freedom restraint measure for Arutyun Saribekyan, accused of an attempt to capture the power in Armenia, has been changed to a recognizance not to leave.

Football fans, who came to Volgograd to watch the Nigeria-Iceland match, have treated the attitude to them of townspeople and opposing team's fans as friendly.

Today, the US State Department has demanded to liberate Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny office of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", calling the accusations against him groundless. The head of Chechnya has replied that the truthfulness of the charges should be evaluated by the court; besides, Kadyrov doubted Titiev's authority as a human rights defender.

The conflict that took place on June 15 in the village of Duisi, after the appearance of cars with portraits of Akhmat Kadyrov, was staged by residents of the Pankisi Gorge on both sides, residents of Georgia believe.

The Chechen authorities have reported about reunification of 1500 divorced family couples. However, local residents doubt the viability of marriages, restored at the demand of authorities.

The Russian Wrestling Federation has disqualified Gadji Gamzatov, an athlete from Dagestan, who in 2018 became the European youth champion, for four years.

Aidemir Khydyrbekov, born in 1984, is suspected of shooting and killing a resident of Dagestan; he was put on the wanted list, investigators said today.