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Today, several dozen parents of militaries who perished in the autumn war of 2020 have gathered in front of the building of the General Prosecutor’s Office of Armenia. The protestors have requested the National Security Service of Armenia to interrogate Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in a criminal case, the charge in which, according to the protestors, should be changed to high treason.

The self-withdrawal of the third judge in the case of Zarema Musaeva indicates the unwillingness of the judiciary in Chechnya to be involved in considering the case of Musaeva, whose husband, Saidi Yangulbaev, is their former colleague, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

Those responsible for organizing riots in Tbilisi on July 5, 2021, have not yet been punished, despite numerous victims from the aggression of LGBT opponents, activists have stated at a protest held in the capital of Georgia.

The father-in-law of Isabella Evloeva, the editor-in-chief of the "Fortanga" outlet, was detained by law enforcers in Ingushetia at a funeral and interrogated. This was reported by Evloeva herself, against whom a case of fakes about the Russian Army was opened earlier.

Roman Mamedov, 39, a resident of Baku, has recorded a video with threats against LGBT activists, after which he was detained by the police; and a criminal case was opened against him for hooliganism, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (NIA) has reported. Mamedov's actions can be qualified much harder than hooliganism, Elchin Sadygov, a lawyer, believes.

The Armenia's General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has come up with an initiative to create a control body for information flows like the Russian "Roskomnadzor" (Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media). In this way, authorities seek to obtain tools for persecuting the dissent and restricting the freedom of speech, the human rights defenders interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

The judgement on Magomed Suleimanov's case is a resonant event, since officials' acquittals are rare, Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the "Chernovik" (Draft) outlet, believes. Officials' arrests trigger some resonance, but the public doesn't care about their further fate, Gadjimurad Sagitov, the editor-in-chief of the "Novoye Delo" (New Case) outlet, is sure.

Judges of the Baku Court of Appeal (BCA) have accused Bakhtiyar Gadjiev, the head of the "Institute of Public Policy", of contempt of the court during the consideration of his complaint.

On July 5, a court in Grozny extended the arrest of Zarema Musaeva, accused of assaulting a law enforcer, until September 12. An ambulance was called for Musaeva during the trial, but doctors concluded that she could take part in the court session, her son, Abubakar Yangulbaev, has informed.

The Azerbaijani troops shelled the border village of Khachik, and a car of the head of the rural community was damaged, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reports today. The Ministry of Defence of Azerbaijan called the information not corresponding to the reality.

A mass fight, which occurred in the town of Kovdor in the Murmansk Region and during which four persons were injured, has no interethnic background, members of the Azerbaijani community of the Murmansk Region say. The Ombudsperson for the Murmansk Region also believes that the conflict could be caused by a crime or property issues.

At a march in Yerevan, the “Resistance” movement demanded the Nikol Pashinyan’s resignation and pointed out that the authorities were ignoring the observance of the norms enshrined in the Constitution of Armenia.

A statement voiced by Alexander Iltyakov, a State Duma member from the Kurgan Region, in which he condemned a Ramzan Kadyrov’s visit to the special military operation zone, is his own initiative and will likely raise his rating. If the Kremlin wanted to express an approach to Ramzan Kadyrov, it would have been done not through a State Duma member, whose words the leader of Chechnya is unlikely to heed, political analysts interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot” pointed out.

In the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR), roads of local and regional importance are recognized as the poorest in quality in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD).

Aslan Bzhaniya, the president of Abkhazia, has met Djansukh Adleiba, an activist, who had earlier held a hunger strike demanding lower fuel prices. Adleiba agreed that fuel companies could not drop prices immediately, while Bzhaniya promised that prices would come down during the first half of July.

A court in Baku has postponed until July 18 the consideration of the criminal case on the murder of Avaz Shikhmamedov (Khafizli), a reporter and LGBT activist. The court session was postponed because one of the judges went on vacation.

Despite attempts of the protesting supporters of European integration to disrupt it, the Georgia's Cabinet of Ministers has held its sitting. The "Georgian Dream" believes that these actions serve the interests of the "United National Movement" (UNM) that aims to return to power.

Arthur Gazinyan, an MP from the "Aiastan" oppositional faction, has announced refusal of his mandate. The faction has excluded any political disagreements, treating Gazinyan's decision as a tactical step. Suren Surenyants, a political analyst, believes that the failures of the protest movement have led to an institutional crisis of political blocs and formats.

At their solo pickets held in central Makhachkala, Magdi Kamalov, the founder of the "Chernovik" outlet, demanded to stop persecuting journalists, while Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the outlet, has called for the release of Abdulmumin Gadjiev.

Today, about 130 employees of the armature production shop of the Rustavi metallurgical plant have refused to start work. They are seeking a 30% increase in their wages and better working conditions.