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Today, the Tbilisi City Court has ruled to release on bail five members of the organization "Georgian March", detained within the case of an attack on a journalist of the "Rustavi-2" TV Company. Two other defendants were left in custody.

The MPs of the National Assembly (Parliament) of Armenia have voted 62 against 39 in support of the programme proposed by the government of Nikol Pashinyan.

Today, Russian President Vladimir Putin has explained the problem of defrauded real estate investors with insufficiently clear regulation in the construction sector.

Most of the "Caucasian Knot" readers say that "female circumcision is a harmful crippling practice." These are the results of the survey entitled "Dagestan: Do you think women should be subjected to female circumcision?"

On June 7, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) published on its website a decision concerning the complaints filed by four members of the board of the civil movement "Nida". The ECtHR obliged Azerbaijan to pay compensation of 20,000 euros for moral damage to each complainant, as well as to reimburse them for the court costs.

On June 6, Vladimir Vasiliev, the acting leader of Dagestan, announced that the quality of houses built without permission could lead to disaster and mass deaths of tenants. Meanwhile, tenants of the houses to be demolished appealed to Ramzan Kadyrov for help.

Today, a special session of the Armenian parliament is being held in Yerevan. There is only one issue on the agenda: the approval of the government programme.

The "United National Movement" (UNM) Party has tried to become a leading force in the protest campaign that covered Georgia, but as a result, some protesters began to conduct opposite actions, noted Ramaz Sakvarelidze, a political analyst at the Independent Experts' Club.

Real estate investors of the "Poltava" housing complex met the Mayor of Sochi, and when he refused to make concessions to them, they sent an appeal to Vladimir Putin. The real estate investors of the "Poltava" housing complex asked the President to help them legalize unsanctioned construction.

After their predecessors resigned, the new State Minister, the head of the Police and the head of the National Security Service (NSS) were appointed by Bako Saakyan, the President of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR).

Residents of Makhachkala and Kaspiysk came to the building of Dagestani government demanding to stop the demolition of their houses, recognized as illegal constructions, or compensate for the cost of their apartments.

The "United National Movement" (UNM) Party refused to join the parliamentary investigating commission set up to study the murder case of two schoolboys, treating it as the authorities' diversionary manoeuvre. The ruling party has reproached the UNM for inconsistency.

Teimuraz Dudashvili, a shepherd from Georgia, detained on the border with South Ossetia on June 5, has returned home.

In Yerevan, the court has postponed the consideration of a motion for release of four persons sentenced in the case against Zhirair Sefilyan, the leader of the movement "100th anniversary without regime". Nerses Pogosyan went on hunger strike in protest.

In Sochi, 2000 hotels are ready to accommodate guests to watch matches of the FIFA World Cup, the City Mayoralty reports. However, no rush is observed and there are a lot of free rooms available in many hotels of the city.

Kamo Agadjanyan, the chief of the Nagorno-Karabakh Police, explained his request for resignation by the demand voiced by the public. The reasons for the resignation of State Minister Araik Arutyunyan are still unknown.

In Azerbaijan, after an earthquake, one person died from the stress he had suffered, and another one was hospitalized. The authorities and local residents reported cracks in the houses.

The decision to stop the protest action was made today after the night talks with officials of the Tbilisi Mayoralty.

Many residents of Adygea and Kabardino-Balkaria are against the transfer of studying their native languages to the voluntary basis, the Adyg scientists, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", have stated. In their opinion, people's discontent can lead to the creation of a new social movement.

The decision of the Syrian authorities to establish diplomatic relations with Abkhazia and South Ossetia was made under Russian pressure; it violates the fundamental norms and principles of the international law, the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has stated.