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Alidad Bammatov and Vitaly Baksarov were killed in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the military operation, at least 433 fighters from Kabardino-Balkaria have been officially recognized as killed.

The popularity of healers and fortune-tellers in Chechnya is due to the residents' distrust of official medicine and the need for psychological support in the context of the harsh policies of the authorities, analysts interviewed by "Caucasian Knot" believe. In their opinion, the public persecution of occultists in the republic does not eliminate the demand for their services, but only contributes to the growing interest in them.

Nikol Pashinyan should be held accountable for the alleged bribery of voters, as there were multiple reports of violations during the parliamentary elections, noted some Facebook* users, commenting on his lawsuit against opponents. Other commentators stated that the opposition lost because the people of Armenia supported the current government.

Two residents of Krasnodar publicly apologized for posing for the camera against the backdrop of a local temple after being detained by security forces due to criticism online.

11 citizens of Azerbaijan were on board the merchant vessel Atlas Bey, which was attacked by a drone off the coast of Odessa. Ten crew members were evacuated, and the search for the captain continues, the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry reported.

Junior Sergeant Oleg Yatlov was killed in Ukraine. Since the beginning of the special operation, at least 431 fighters from Kabardino-Balkaria have been officially recognized as killed.

The court in Kazakhstan extended the extradition arrest of Mansur Movlaev, a native of Chechnya, for five months.

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced two residents of the Zaporizhzhia region, Yevgeny Chukhno and Pavel Hortenko, to long terms, finding them guilty of preparing a terrorist act on the railway.

At the next court session in Gudermes, former law enforcement officers Kalogi Aziev and Alihan Yusupov, accused in the murder case of Alexey Kardashov, presented their version of his detention. Both defendants refused to answer questions from representatives of the victim's side.

In the Primorsko-Akhtarsky District of Kuban, oil product spills have been discovered about a kilometer away from the coast.

In Krasnodar, a local resident has been detained, accused of writing comments in Telegram chats calling for strikes on Moscow.

Vladimir Vladimirov instructed Stavropol officials to use official transport less, which, as he stated, will free up about 3000 tons of fuel for the commercial market every month.

The Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced Rostislav Malygin, a resident of Cherkessk, to nine years in a penal colony for recruiting acquaintances into a terrorist organization and promoting its activities.

From 28 to 30 years of imprisonment was demanded by the representative of the prosecution for the defendants in the case of the hostage-taking in the detention center of Rostov-on-Don in the summer of 2024.

Demonstrators gathered on Rustaveli Avenue on July 14 demanded a return to a pro-European political course and the release of political prisoners.

Azerbaijan's support for Ukraine's territorial integrity is a subject of disagreement between Moscow and Baku, but it should not affect Russian-Azerbaijani relations, said Putin's press secretary. Ilham Aliyev called the crisis in relations with the Russian Federation exhausted but mocked some of Moscow's steps.

Employees of three enterprises associated with the arrested leader of "Prosperous Armenia" Gagik Tsarukyan held protests demanding the resumption of their work. Inspections can be conducted without stopping the factories, and prolonged downtime poses a threat to production safety, the protesters stated.

Alimur Shakhsayev from Khasavyurt was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly named the names of at least 2033 soldiers killed there from Dagestan.

Ukrainian strikes on ships in the Taganrog Bay could lock up to 25% of grain exports in the domestic market and lead to pollution of the Sea of Azov with oil products from tankers damaged in the attacks, experts interviewed by "Caucasian Knot" indicated.

The Prosecutor General's Office of Armenia has initiated posthumous criminal prosecution against the former head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the chief of police of the country, Aik Arutyunyan, in connection with the events of March 2008, when a mass protest in Yerevan was dispersed.