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Russia justifiably accused Azerbaijan of violating the ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh and would similarly react to the escalation from the Armenian side, as Russia treats attempts to aggravate the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh during the special military operation in Ukraine as a “knife in the back”, Russian military experts point out.

The police did not conduct an examination of a drink, after which Azerbaijani oppositionist Samir Ashurov, who was kept in a temporary detention facility, felt ill, and the Ombudsperson did not provide verification of the reasons for the oppositionist’s deterioration in health, a spouse of the arrested activist states.

After the "Retribution" operation conducted in Nagorno-Karabakh, the situation in the territory where the Russian peacemaking contingent is temporarily stationed, as well as on the border, is relatively calm, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

Twice in two days, the Russia's Ministry of Defence (MoD) laid the blame on Azerbaijan for violating the ceasefire regime in the Karabakh conflict zone.

The materials on the agreement on the transfer of the "Pitsunda" state dacha to Russia have been returned to the MPs, while the Constitutional Court (CC) invited them to state their position on the issue in the appeal. They were given three days to correct the documents.

The spouses Darya Andreeva and Ilya Nikonorov from Georgievsk, fined under the article on discrediting the Russian Army, had to leave Russia due to law enforcers' pressure. The pressure was caused by the spouses' posting leaflets with pacifist statements, Darya Andreeva said.

On August 3, Apti Alaudinov, the Secretary of the Security Council of Chechnya, who in March headed a group of volunteers sent from Chechnya to Ukraine, received the stars of the Hero of Russia and the Hero of the LPR (Lugansk People's Republic).

Azerbaijan has demanded an immediate removal of Armenian militaries from Nagorno-Karabakh and threatened "even more destructive countermeasures" in case of provocations on the contact line separating the troops. The Nagorno-Karabakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has demanded the reaction of the world community to Baku's actions.

Forcing to convert to Islam or deciding to convert to Islam for money would be the height of cynicism, the Caucasian scholars interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have pointed out, not ruling out the fact that volunteers themselves have decided to convert to Islam in Chechnya before departing to Ukraine. In their opinion, such volunteers' initiative has stressed the Chechnya's special role in training fighters for the special military operation.

Today, after the aggravation of the situation on the line of contact with Azerbaijan, the President of Nagorno-Karabakh has signed a decree on partial mobilization.

The socio-economic development of Chechnya, which receives multibillion-rouble subsidies, does not look like a serios reason for awarding Ramzan Kadyrov with an order, political analyst Dmitry Oreshkin points out. With that award, the Kremlin encouraged Ramzan Kadyrov for supporting the special military operation in Ukraine, suggests Ruslan Kutaev, a Caucasian expert.

The Azerbaijani army used unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) on the line of contact, and as a result, a military man of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defence Army was killed, and there were also wounded militaries, included one in severe condition, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh reported.

A representative of the Chechen authorities in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra has assured that there are no plans to send Arthur Ilyaskhanov, a native of Dagestan, to Chechnya for the insulting statements voiced by him on behalf of Chechens.

During a protest action in Yerevan, activists stated that the government chaired by Nikol Pashinyan was lobbying the interests of Turkey and Azerbaijan.

As a result of intense shooting in the direction of the Lachin District, an Azerbaijani soldier was killed, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.

Azerbaijan has demanded from Nagorno-Karabakh authorities to organize traffic along the new route bypassing the Lachin Corridor, the president of the unrecognized republic has stated.

The restriction regime on sending and receiving flights by the airports of Anapa, Gelendjik, Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don and Elista has been extended until August 11, the "Rosaviatsiya" (Russian Federal Air Transport Agency) has informed.

In the period from November 10, 2020, to August 2, 2022, in Azerbaijan, seven military servicemen and 32 civilians perished as a result of mine explosions in the Karabakh conflict zone, the Azeri General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has informed.

A complaint has been lodged to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) about Azerbaijan's actions in the villages of Parukh and Khramort in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Armenia's official at the ECtHR and the International Court of Justice has stated.

In responsibility zone of Russian peacemakers in Nagorno-Karabakh, three violations of the ceasefire regime by the Azerbaijani Armed Forces have been recorded; as a result of which a Karabakh soldier was wounded, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.