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Karen Grigoryan, a 35-year-old unemployed resident of Stepanakert and a father of two children, has gone on an endless hunger strike, demanding a meeting with Bako Saakyan, the President of Nagorno-Karabakh. He called the solution of social problems as the aim of his action.

Instead of the disrupted "March of Dignity", LGBT activists in Tbilisi held a rally outside the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia and demanded the resignation of the minister. Supporters of traditional values promised to disrupt the LGBT action, but missed each other.

The President and the Prime Minister of Georgia must apologize to President Vladimir Putin and all of Russia for the words of the journalist Giorgi Gabuniya pronounced on air of the "Rustavi-2" TV Company, Ramzan Kadyrov, the Chechen leader, has stated. He called for "imposing the toughest sanctions" on Georgia.

The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" found the statements by Lizan Isakova, a resident of Grozny, made on air of the Chechen TV that human rights defenders were involved in a fraud with the status of a disabled person, as "absurd." The woman's disability was defined and documented by officials, the blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, has reminded.

Today, the last plane from Tbilisi landed in Moscow, after which direct Russia-Georgia flights have stopped. The Russian authorities have estimated the airlines' losses at 3 billion roubles.

Ruslan Adjiev, a resident of the village of Mutsalaul, Khasavyurt District, has reported that the police treats him as an extremist and have placed him on the so-called "prophylactic registry".

Attack on policemen in Chechnya; adoption of OSCE resolution calling on Russia to abolish the recognition of independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia; recognition of the leaders of Ingush protests to be political prisoners, – read about these and other events in the weekly review of the main developments in the Caucasus during the week from July 1 to July 7, 2019, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

LGBT activists have abandoned their idea to hold the "March of Dignity" in Tbilisi because of the threats received from activist groups that promised to disrupt the event.

Giorgi Gabuniya, a "Rustavi-2" presenter, has abused Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Georgia's President and Prime Minister have treated Gabuniya's statement as a provocation; and several hundred people gathered in front of the "Rustavi-2" building and demanded an apology.

The activists who oppose the "March of Dignity" in Tbilisi have draw up an action plan to prevent the LGBT action.

During the week of July 1-7, 2019, at least two people perished in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus; there was no information about the wounded ones. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.

The resolution on Abkhazia and South Ossetia suggested by Georgia and adopted by Parliamentary Assembly (PA) of the OSCE (Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe) will not change Russia's policy regarding the recognition of the independence of the two republics, experts believe.

The court has appointed house arrest to Arslanali Abumuslimov, the chairman of the Dagestani Bar Association named "Apellant", who is suspected of a fraud.

During the period from June 30 to July 6, 2019, Azerbaijani soldiers kept violating the ceasefire regime on the troops contact line, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh has informed. In its turn, Azerbaijan recorded only rare single shots made during the week.

On July 5, the "Georgian Airways" offered 40,000 customers, who had already bought tickets, to fly from Moscow to Tbilisi and back through Yerevan. The airline suggested covering the costs incurred.

The position of the Magas court on the legality of searches at home of Musa Malsagov came into conflict with the opinion of the Supreme Court (SC) of Ingushetia. This was reported by Marem Tochieva, a wife of Musa Malsagov.

Two soldiers were killed and another was seriously wounded when a shell fell to the ground, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reports.

The police demanded to revise the judgement that acquitted the activist, Angela Matieva, in the case of disobedience to law enforcers. However, the Ingush Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the judgement, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has reported.

Two attacks on policemen were committed on behalf of the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court, in Chechnya within a week; therefore, it is beneficial for the authorities to explain the actions of one of the attackers by drug addiction. This is the opinion of the residents of Chechnya and Orientalists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The four detainees on suspicion of assaulting policemen during the protest outside the parliament building in Tbilisi have been accused of violence, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed.