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Based on the outcomes of the inquiry into corruption at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), access into the building of the Council of Europe (CoE) is banned for life for two active and one former Azerbaijani MPs. One of them, Gyultekin Gadjibeili, has stated that Azerbaijani authorities prevented her from proving her innocence.

All the charged on violations during real estate purchases in France have been removed from Senator from Dagestan Suleiman Kerimov.

The Transcaucasian high-speed railway (HSR) proposed by Ramzan Kadyrov will be in demand; however, there are no full calculations of its efficiency, experts assert. Users of social networks doubt the need for high-speed trains in Northern Caucasus.

The military exercises will involve 20,000 soldiers and officers, reports the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD). The maneuvers will be apparently held in conditions close to combat as possible, experts believe.

The court arrested Major General Vachagan Kazaryan on the charge of illegally enriching and concealing incomes.

The court sentenced Aliskhan Esmurziev, a native of Ingushetia, to two years of imprisonment for illegal possession of weapons and failure to report on the preparation of a terror act. After their detention, Aliskhan Esmurziev and Shamil Omargadjiev, a native of Dagestan, sentenced in the same case, complained of torture.

Despite the Azerbaijan's demonstration of modern types of weapons, it is too early to talk about a change in the balance of forces for the parties to the Karabakh conflict. However, Armenia should be ready for a new aggravation of the conflict, Armenian experts believe.

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.