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According to Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of the Chechen Republic, the report on persecution of gays in Chechnya prepared by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) is based on false stories about human rights violations and "media pseudo events" on the topic.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) adopted a resolution calling on Russia to investigate the "persecution of LGBTI communities" in Chechnya or allow it to be conducted by an international human rights organization.

Moussa Bekmurziev, a member of the Human Rights Council under the head of Ingushetia, has sent a complaint to the Prosecutor's Office of the Krasnodar Territory against the actions of Anapa policemen, who massively detained residents of the Caucasus.

The State Duma has begun considering a bill on establishing a new memorable date. The celebration on April 19 of the Day of Crimea, Taman and Kuban entering Russia is intended to return the patriotic theme to the agenda and distract people from their economic problems, political scientists believe.

An inquiry has been launched in the Egyptian parliament into the failed performance of the national team at the FIFA World Cup-2018, and the team's participation in promotional actions of Chechen authorities. Ramzan Kadyrov has denied any links of the team's failures with its accommodation in Grozny.

The Georgian government instructed to establish restrictions for those suspected of crimes committed against Georgian citizens in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Abkhazia called the list "a manifestation of aggression."

The seismic event in the Vedeno District of Chechnya was short but notable, local residents said. No one was hurt, the district administration has reported.

The second of the girls, who failed to return home three days ago, was found dead today. The search for the third child involves over 800 people, the press service of the Dagestani Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) has stated.

A Chechen woman, who went to Syria to her husband, who had joined militants there, has been sentenced to eight years in prison. She will be sent to a colony, when her child turns 14, the prosecutor's office reports.

On June 26-27, the Armenian Armed Forces violated the ceasefire regime for 118 times, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence has reported.

The creation of the new organization of the Armenian Diaspora "Association of Armenians in Russia" (AAR) was strongly influenced by the "velvet revolution" in Armenia, reported Arsen Alexanyan, a member of the initiative group. Members of the Armenian Diaspora believe the activities of the "Union of Armenians in Russia" (UAR), created in 2000, do not always meet the interests of Armenians living in Russia.

In Baku, US-made helicopters, cruise missiles, and other weapons demonstrated at a parade have confirmed statements about the superiority of the Azerbaijani army over the enemy and testify to the country's readiness for large-scale battles in the Karabakh conflict zone. This opinion was expressed by experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

On the United Nations' International Day in support of torture victims, rights defenders predicted an increase in the number of complaints from Northern Caucasus, although residents of the region are reluctant to report such crimes. The exclusions were the cases of law enforcers of the Ingush "E" Centre and employees of the Belorechenskaya and Elista colonies that reached the court.

The Ramzan Kadyrov's proposal to build the Transcaucasian High-Speed Railway (HSR) indicates his attempt to reach a new level of financial relations with Moscow. Earlier, the head of Chechnya did not claim to build at such a scale, The Bell reports.

During the trial in the case against agents of the Ingush Centre for Combating Extremism (CCE) at the Nalchik Garrison Military Court, witness Aza Gadieva said that she had defamed Magomed Aushev. After the defamation, Magomed Aushev was detained in the case of a car bombing and tortured.

The fan zones and the areas allocated for them in Southern of Russia failed to house all those who wanted to watch the Uruguay-Russia match. Fans also told us about traffic jams.

Investigators have stopped the case against the defendants accused of organizing mass unrests in July 2016, including against David Sanasaryan, the head of the State Control Service of Armenia.

The Supreme Court (SC) of Chechnya has rejected the complaint against the judgement to keep Oyub Titiev, the head of the Grozny branch of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", under arrest until July 9. This is reported by the Telegram-channel of the HRC "Memorial".

On June 25, Ibragim Zakriev, who had been the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Chechen Republic and who is Ramzan Kadyrov's nephew, was appointed the Acting Mayor of Grozny. According to calculations of the "Russian Service of the BBC", a third of the major officials in Chechnya are Ramzan Kadyrov's relatives.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin has ordered his ministers to consider the idea of Transcaucasian high-speed railway, offered by the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov.