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Alexander Gorbunov, a native of Makhachkala, mentioned by the RBC as an author of the "Stalingulag" channel in Telegram, may be subjected to persecution.

Law enforcers have refused to explain the reasons for the detention of six villagers in the Shelkovskoy District of Chechnya and do not allow relatives to visit them, fellow villagers of the detainees report.

Over the past day, the Armenian armed forces violated the ceasefire regime by using large-calibre machine guns, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) reported.

One person perished and six others were injured in the collision of four cars in the Babayurt District of Dagestan.

The declaration adopted at the NATO summit on recognizing the territorial integrity of Georgia and Azerbaijan meets the expectations of these countries, political analysts have stated. The visit of the Armenian Prime Minister to Brussels allowed reminding the West of the need for a peaceful settlement of the Karabakh conflict, the Armenian expert believes.

The Baku Court of Appeal has denied a complaint against the arrest of journalist Afghan Sadygov, who had stated that law enforcers beat him up, his wife has stated.

A kidnapping attempt was undertaken in Saint Petersburg of a resident of Chechnya, who fled the republic after being persecuted on suspicion of homosexuality. Policemen detained the kidnappers and the Chechen they wanted to kidnap, the "Novaya Gazeta" newspaper reports.

The authorities have solved the problem with the water supply to the Dagestani villages of Chuni and Tsukhta by building dams and reservoirs. That smoothed out the conflict between residents of the two villages, who could not divide the spring.

Today, the court has pronounced the decision to release on bail Vardan Geravetyan and Toros Torosyan, accused of seizing a building of the police regiment in Yerevan.

Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has violated the Code of Ethics of the World Chess Federation, the FIDE stated.

The armed forces of Azerbaijan shelled the near-border town of Chambarak, no people were injured, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) reported.

Rescuers handed over to the police a body of a Moscow resident who fell from a cliff into a river in the resort village of Dombay.

The positions of the Azerbaijani army were subjected to shelling in four villages, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) reported.

Rashad Boyukishiev rendered resistance to the police and was killed at night, reported the law enforcement bodies. They also reported the detention of 11 protesters in Ganja.

An author of the "Stalingulag" channel in Telegram, whom journalists considered to be a native of Makhachkala, has mocked the conclusions about the authorship of the Telegram channel. The attempts to identify the author were associated with proposals to sell the project.

The European Union and Azerbaijan have finished negotiations on the priorities of the partnership. Meanwhile, the issue of democracy and human rights is not mentioned among the main areas of cooperation.

The introduction of an additional fee for hotel guests in the Stavropol Territory did not affect the number of tourists, although not all of them knew about it. Local analysts had argued about whether the new fee would help in improving the infrastructure of the Caucasus Mineral Waters.

On July 13, Georgy Kabisov, the former South-Ossetian Telecom Minister, announced an endless hunger strike, saying he is in custody on far-fetched charges, his wife has stated.

The Georgian authorities have extradited Pyotr Tsygankov, a resident of Armenia, suspected of robbing a bank and a threat of explosion, to Armenia, the press service of the Armenian Police has stated.

Three pilots, a border guard and a policeman were injured in an emergency landing of a helicopter in the Kakheti region. The health condition of four victims is treated as stably grave; one person has undergone surgery.