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Researchers from the Kabardino-Balkarian Institute for Humanitarian Research (known as KBIGI) have sent an appeal to Veniamin Kondratiev, Governor of the Krasnodar Territory. In their appeal, they have expressed their concern over prosecution of Ruslan Gvashev, an activist of the Adyg national movement.

The secondary school No. 1 in the village of Takhtamukai, where an investigation into a report on illegal issuance of a gold medal to one of the senior schoolchildren is underway, has become the only school in Adygea where the issuance of school-leaving certificates has been delayed. Officials from the Adyg Ministry for Public Education have promised to issue school-leaving certificates on June 28.

Merab Tabidze, a sheriff of the Canadian city of Calgary, plans to take part in the election of Tbilisi Mayor to be held this October. He positions himself as an independent candidate.

According to the police, a report on shooting in Sayat-Nova Street came at about 9:50 p.m. Moscow time on June 25.

After defendant Varuzhan Avetisyan delivered his speech at the court hearing in the case against members of the unit "Sasna Tsrer" (Daredevils of Sassoun), an investigation has been launched into a criminal case on public appeals for seizure of power. This was reported by the Armenian Prosecutor's Office.

During the week of June 19-25, 2017, two persons were killed in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Start of Muslim celebration of Uraza-Bayram; bad weather in various regions of Northern and Southern Caucasus; adoption of new Georgian constitution in two readings; mutual accusations of sabotage by parties in Karabakh conflict; trial of blogger Lapshin in Baku; rallies of Abkhazians on minor's rape and "murder of honour", – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of June 19-25, 2017, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Soldiers and officers from the second military police unit sent to Syria in April have returned to Chechnya. Fighters from the military police unit performed military tasks in Syria for about three months, and no one suffered. This has been reported by the military commandant's office of the Chechen Republic.

The defence of Zhalaudi Geriev, a "Caucasian Knot" correspondent, accused of drug trafficking, filed a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR). Zhalaudi Geriev says that the charge has been fabricated. Earlier, human rights organizations have recognized him as a political prisoner.

Muslims of the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD) celebrate the holiday of Eid al-Fitr. Mosques held festive prayers, and feasts and solemn events were organized for residents of the NCFD regions.

At the meeting, members of Muslim communities have complained that the only mosque in Sochi, a city with about 25,000 Muslims, can place only 40 people. Among the main problems, the participants have also mentioned spreading of negative information about Muslims in the media.

A Sigma-4 aircraft crashed in the Urvan District of Kabardino-Balkaria. A pilot of a light aircraft was killed in the accident.

A leopard that escaped from its owner on the shore of the Caspian Sea was caught in Dagestan after the owner announced a reward and urged people not to come close to the predator.

In Khasavyurt, law enforcers entered a shootout with suspected militants. As a result, two persons were killed. This was reported by a source from the law enforcement agencies.

Lusine Djanyan and Alexei Knedlyakovsky, Krasnodar artists well known for their oppositional views, have applied for political asylum in Sweden, and the authorities of the country have accepted the spouses' application for consideration.

Today, the court ruling of May 24 has come into force, according to which the Russia's Ministry of Finance (MoF) has to pay 100,000 roubles to Klara and Valentin Donchi-Ool, a pensioners' family couple from Sochi, in compensation for moral harm suffered from a criminal case unlawfully opened against them. The amount awarded by the court is ten times smaller than the spouses had claimed in their lawsuit; however, they will not challenge the ruling.

A bus of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has flipped over in the Gekharkunik Region of Armenia. Four victims were hospitalized in Vardenis, and eight others were sent to Yerevan.

Despite the appeal of the Chechen Mufti and the activities of the special commission, food prices remain inflated at the end of the month of Ramadan. This was reported by residents of the Chechen Republic.

In Armenia, eight journalistic and NGOs have issued a statement dated to the second anniversary of the events in Bagramyan Avenue demanding from the authorities to punish the policemen guilty of using violence against journalists on June 23, 2015.

Organizers of the exhibition "Dagestan: Portrait of the Nation" offered residents of the republic, who had in their family archives photos from the 19th and early 20th centuries to take part in the art project. As a result, the organizers received 1500 works, of which they selected for the exhibition more than 300. Besides, the exposition presents works from leading museums of Russia, Georgia, and the United States.