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Participants of the rally at the Parliament of Georgia on the 597th day of continuous protests demanded the release of political prisoners. Daily rallies with similar demands are also taking place in Batumi.

Azerbaijan is ready to resume direct air communication with Russian cities, interrupted after the crash of the Baku - Grozny flight in December 2024. These cities include, in addition to Grozny, Makhachkala, Vladikavkaz, Mineralnye Vody, Sochi, and Volgograd.

The court in Moscow has chosen a measure of restraint for the St. Petersburg lawyer and blogger Ilya Remeslo, whose criticism of the President of the Russian Federation surprised the head of the "Akhmat" special forces, Apti Alaudinov. Remeslo has been placed in a pre-trial detention center.

Police detained five people at a gas station in Volgograd who were recording a video message to the head of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, about the situation with gasoline. Lawyer Alexey Sevastyanov was sentenced to five days in jail today.

Azerbaijan is an independent state and respects the territorial integrity of other countries. The head of state has the right to an opinion different from the position of the Kremlin, social media users pointed out while commenting on Aliyev's stance on the Ukrainian issue. Others considered such a position to be hypocrisy against the backdrop of statements about normalizing relations with Russia.

The Moscow magistrate's court has sentenced journalist and veteran of two Chechen wars Arkady Babchenko* in absentia to one and a half years in a penal colony for publications on Telegram without indicating the status of a foreign agent.

Law enforcement officials suspected a resident of Dagestan of involving minors in the activities of a terrorist organization. A court in Makhachkala has arrested him for two months.

Murad Khut was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the military operation in Ukraine, at least 141 fighters from Adygea have been officially recognized as killed.

The former Attorney General of Georgia, member of the "United National Movement" Murtaz Zodelava, convicted in the case of the attempted storming of the presidential palace, was urgently transferred from the Rustavi prison to the "Vivamed" clinic. The third president of Georgia, Mikheil Saakashvili, who is serving his sentence in the same institution, stated that Zodelava suffered two strokes, a claim denied by the clinic and the penitentiary service.

This morning in Krasnodar, AI-95 was available at only 40 gas stations, while at 63 stations at least one type of fuel is available. Three days earlier, authorities reported 70 open gas stations. The stations where the price per liter is 189 rubles are empty.

Relations between Azerbaijan and Russia are emerging from a period of crisis, but their new model will be built on different conditions. Baku demonstrates greater independence in foreign policy, while Moscow is interested in maintaining cooperation with Azerbaijan as an important regional partner, Azerbaijani analysts noted.

Under the guise of Iranian flowers, cut flowers from Armenia were imported into Russia, said the Rosselkhoznadzor, asking the Iranian Plant Protection Organization to suspend the certification of flowers for export to Russia.

12 beaches of Anapa are undergoing examination to obtain permission to open after the oil spill in the Black Sea.

Law enforcement detained blogger Ilya Remeslo in St. Petersburg, whose sharp change in attitude towards the special military operation surprised the head of the "Akhmat" special forces, Apti Alaudinov. The case is being investigated under the article on the dissemination of fakes about the army motivated by political hatred.

Rosstat reported that as of July 13, the average price of AI-95 in Kalmykia was over 111 rubles per liter, while in Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Chechnya, the price ranged from 100 to 105 rubles per liter. Prices at private gas stations in Chechnya have risen to 190 rubles, readers of "Caucasian Knot" noted.

The "Multi Sport" center has been transferred to the ownership of the Yerevan city hall after unsuccessful negotiations with the developer. This decision is not related to the arrest of the leader of the "Prosperous Armenia" party, Gagik Tsarukyan, and the prosecutor's demand to confiscate his assets, the city mayor stated.

Lawyer Darya Samodurova has been unable to obtain a pass for two months to meet with her clients, citizens of Ukraine, who are in the basement at the "Dariali" checkpoint. The Ministry of Internal Affairs does not provide written responses to her requests, and the court has not decided whether to accept her lawsuit against the agency.

A new case has been filed in court against the former mayor of Vanadzor, Mamikon Aslanyan, for official forgery and abuse of power. The proceedings, which have been ongoing since 2021, resumed after his joining "Strong Armenia," the politician stated.

A criminal case for illegal possession of ammunition has been initiated after security forces found three grenades and 58 cartridges in the house of a resident of the village of Plievo.

In the Aksai district, drone debris fell into a field, igniting the wheat.