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During the week of June 28-July 4, 2021, at least five persons were killed in the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

Special operations in Nalchik and Astrakhan; compulsory vaccination against coronavirus in Southern Russia; start of the LGBT week in Tbilisi, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of June 28-July 4, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

In Moscow, a passer-by entered into a dispute with a woman who tried to drive out a Muslim who was performing namaz at the children’s playground. Users of Dagestani publics have approved the passer-by's behaviour and criticized the woman's attitude.

At the Mindeli Mine located in the city of Tkibuli, about 200 miners continue their protest action demanding a fixed increase in wages; the miners were supported by their trade union; however, the “Saknakhshiri” Mining Company treats the strike as illegal.

More than 20 children who were in a refugee camp in the conflict zone in the Middle East have been brought to Moscow. They will be handed over to their relatives in Dagestan, Chechnya, Karachay-Cherkessia and Stavropol Territory, Anna Kuznetsova, the Russian children's ombudsperson, has reported.

Participants of the rally in Tbilisi have called on to stop attacks on the Georgian Orthodox Church for the fact that the Patriarchate opposed the holding of a gay parade.

Prior to the counterterrorist operation (CTO) conducted in Nalchik, five persons later declared as liquidated militants, had been kidnapped, sources assert. The CTO was a staged Nadezhda Kevorkova, a journalist, has suggested.

In Chechnya, the coronavirus operative headquarters has decided to limit the occupancy rate of mosques and temples by 50%, provided that parishioners wear masks and present their vaccination certificates, the TASS informs with reference to Rita Termulaeva, the head of “Rospotrebnadzor” branch in Chechnya.

Twelve Armenian military servicemen will be set free in Azerbaijan according to a Baku court decision. They were found guilty of illegally crossing the Azerbaijani border, while charges of committing grave crimes have been dropped from them.

With Russia’s mediation, in exchange for minefield maps in Fizuli and Zangilan, Azerbaijan handed over to Armenia 15 prisoners of war (POWs) sentenced to imprisonment by the court, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has informed.

In Chechnya, some pharmacies refuse to serve the customers who have no vaccination certificates against coronavirus. Pharmacy workers explained that they had received such instructions from their bosses.

The counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime introduced in Nalchik and Baksan has been lifted, the regional operative headquarters has informed.

The counterterrorist operation (CTO) regime announced today in the cities of Nalchik and Baksan became the first such case in the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) since the CTO conducted in September 2019.

In Abkhazia, law enforcers would not let advocates to see their clients, refuse to acquaint them with case materials, and also put pressure on them, the local bar association has stated. After the case with detention of Zhanna Shenkao, the bar has demanded from the authorities to introduce criminal liability for interfering with their activities.

Vladimir Khubulov, a midfielder of the “Alania” Football Club (FC) from the city of Vladikavkaz, the capital of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania, posted an offensive messages addressed to the Russian tennis player, Darya Kasatkina, after her unsuccessful play at the Wimbledon tournament.

In the areas of conducting a counterterrorist operation (CTO) in the cities of Nalchik and Baksan, the sounds of explosions and shootings are heard; helicopters are seen in the air. Residents of nearby houses were not notified about the CTO, Instagram users have written.

Afghan Sadygov, a journalist convicted in Azerbaijan under an extortion case, has agreed to his relatives’ persuasions and stopped rejecting food on the 240th day of his protest hunger strike, his wife has informed.

Eldar Gasanov, a former Public Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan, has been transferred to hospital after the repeated decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to provide him with the necessary high-quality medical care. The ECtHR’s decision was fulfilled with a delay; and this has aggravated Gasanov's health condition, his defence asserts.

Residents of Chechnya are forced to get vaccinated against coronavirus by threats to evacuate one’s car, refusal to provide medical care or issue some documents, sources told the “Caucasian Knot”. People who have already been vaccinated are involved in promoting vaccination.

An idea of director Zaur Dzgoev to make a film about a female sex worker in North Ossetia to draw attention to the problem of violence against women and the violation of their rights provoked angry responses on social media. The Ossetian society needs artistic statements on the topic, when authors correctly understand the problem, analysts say.