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Supporters of Georgia's Eurointegration reminded the ruling party of their demands for the 609th time.

The court sentenced Denis Popov to 25 years in prison for treason. According to the court, he provided representatives of the organization "Artpodgotovka"* with information about military ships in Novorossiysk.

The number of people injured as a result of the drone attack in the village of Volna in the Temryuk district has risen to six.

The court sentenced a resident of Adygea to a fine for a video about a missile strike and comments on it. The court also prohibited the young man from engaging in website administration.

The government of Abkhazia announced the arrival of 414 tons of gasoline, noting that the disruptions at certain gas stations are temporary. Residents were urged not to buy fuel in advance.

Murad Magomedov from the Sergokalin district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have acknowledged at least 2052 combatants from Dagestan killed there.

In Akhaltsikhe, in the yard of his father's house, the imam of the local mosque, Meskhetian Turk Shevket Dvalidze, was beaten. According to him, the police insisted that he withdraw his statement about the beating. The reason for the conflict was the linguistic and religious affiliation of the victims, human rights defenders indicated.

The Baku Serious Crimes Court sentenced the activist of the Azerbaijan Popular Front Party and public bodyguard of opposition leader Ali Kerimli, Kenan Zeynalov, to nine years in prison in a case of inflicting injury. The defense stated that there was a lack of credible evidence and expressed its intention to appeal the verdict. The APFP calls the criminal prosecution of the activist fabricated and politically motivated.

The road in the Makhachkala village of Novy Khushet is broken, and the minibuses bounce through the potholes after turning off the Caspian highway, local residents reported, saying that the authorities do not respond to complaints. Local authorities are responsible for the condition of the roads and for the damage to vehicles due to the poor state of the road surface, noted a lawyer.

There are many tourists on the beaches of Anapa, report Anapa bloggers. Compared to the 2024 season, before the oil spill in the Black Sea, the number of vacationers is much lower, commentators argued.

The editorial office of the exiled Azerbaijani publication Toplum TV expressed disagreement with the guilty verdict handed down to the publication's journalists and activists of the Institute of Democratic Initiatives, calling the criminal prosecution politically motivated. International organizations for the protection of press freedom condemned the court's decision and urged the Azerbaijani authorities to release the journalists.

The Prime Minister of Armenia, Nikol Pashinyan, allowed the possibility of going to court regarding the operation of the South Caucasian Railway, which is under concession to RZD, and stated that Armenia may demand an annual fee from Russia.

Resident of Stavropol Krai Sergey Dubkov was arrested three times for petty hooliganism protocols, after which he was charged with spreading fakes about the army on Telegram. The court sentenced Dubkov to six years in prison.

Georgian authorities denied international protection to Ukrainian citizens who have been living in the basement of the "Upper Lars - Daryali" border checkpoint for almost a year. The migration service justified the denial with a conclusion from the counterintelligence of the State Security Service, noting that they pose a threat to the country's security. They could be expelled from Georgia at any moment.

Long queues have appeared at gas stations in Abkhazia; according to commentators, the fuel dispensing volume is limited to 20 liters.

The government led by Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan will resign on August 2. The candidate for the new Prime Minister will be chosen at the first meeting of the parliament elected in the June elections, where Pashinyan's party "Civil Contract" has the majority, and submitted for approval to the country's president.

The import of tomato paste is limited from the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union.

The Caspian Pipeline Consortium reported a drone attack on two tankers near its terminal in Novorossiysk, with no casualties reported.

Three injured in the village of Volna in the Krasnodar region were hospitalized.

The international human rights organization Freedom Now condemned the use of physical force against Dilruba Amanova, the mother of the accused in the case of Meydan TV journalist Aytaj Tapdyg, and called on the Azerbaijani authorities to stop pressuring the relatives of political prisoners.