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In Azerbaijan, journalists are subjected to physical and psychological pressure and criminal prosecution; the situation with media freedom remains critical, human rights defenders have noted in their report.

The administration of beaches in Tuapse broadcasts patriotic audio for tourists through loudspeakers in support of the militaries involved in the special operation in Ukraine, sources report. Forcing people who came to have their rest to listen to such songs is inappropriate, social network commentators have stated.

Adam Shakhidov, the advisor to the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, on religious matters, has recorded a video sermon, during which he disclosed the participation of republic's residents in the special operation in Ukraine from the religious viewpoint, Ramzan Kadyrov informed on his Telegram channel.

After a rainstorm, the Muzykalny micro-district in Krasnodar was flooded, while officials and communal services gave no reaction to the calamity, local residents have complained. Other townspeople have noted, in the "VKontakte" social network, that flooding of city neighbourhoods occurs regularly because of the failed storm water draining pipelines.

In one of the kindergartens in the city of Kaspiysk, which was recently commissioned, the ceiling collapsed; and the developer explained this by a draught, according to social networks. Luckily, there were no children in the room, Instagram* and "VKontakte" users have informed.

The commander of a combat post threatened the conscript soldier to report some compromising information to his relatives, if he refuses to shot three his fellow servicemen dead, who had learned about the non-stature relations of the soldier with his commander, investigators have suggested. The conscript has been charged with murder; and the commander – with incitement to murder and sexual violence, the Armenia's Investigating Committee (IC) has informed today.

The construction of a bypass road around Lachin will remove obstacles to the return of this city and the corridor of the same name under Azerbaijan's control, analysts in Baku believe.

On July 22, in Freedom Square in Sukhumi, Djansukh Adleiba, an activist, began his hunger strike demanding lower fuel prices and to prevent the transfer of Abkhaz lands to Russia. Vadim Markholiya, a veteran of the 1992 war, has joined the protest action.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has obliged Russia to pay 1000 euros to Ingush activist, Bagaudin Myakiev, for his illegal custody. This gives hope for similar ECtHR's decisions in favour of other people arrested within the case of the rally in Magas in March 2019, Myakiev himself has informed.

The NGO “Transparency International Georgia” states that the Chief Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia should check the information of Soso Gogashvili, the former deputy chief of the State Security Service, who claims that law enforcers were urging voters to give their voices for the ruling party in exchange for mitigation or cancellation of punishments.

Aziz Mamiev, a member of the board of the youth organization of the “Musavat” Party, complained about the use of force during his detention.

Alimpasha Amaev, a 77-year-old resident of Germany, complained that it took nine years for investigators to bring to court a case on torture he had been subjected to by law enforcers in Khasavyurt in 2006. The case of another native of Dagestan, who was tortured together with Alimpasha Amaev, remains not investigated, Vladimir Osechkin, the head of the “Gulagu.net” reports today.

Today, about 400 residents of the Aknalich village in the Armavir Region of Armenia have blocked the Yerevan-Armavir motor way in protest against regular power and water cuts. The protesters refused the police demand to unblock the road, after which a clash broke out between them and the law enforcers.

Apti Alaudinov, an assistant to the head of Chechnya for the power bloc, who was earlier dismissed by Putin from the post of the head of the Chechen police, now heads the regional Security Council. Alaudinov, while being in command of the "Akhmat" special unit, "proved himself well" in the military operation in Ukraine, Ramzan Kadyrov has explained.

The Parliament of Abkhazia has asked the Constitutional Court (CC) to check the agreement on the transfer of the state dacha in the city of Pitsunda to Russia for compliance with the law. Some Abkhaz politicians point to inadmissibility of the alienation of people's property; while others have stressed that the agreement doesn't provide for any transfer of Abkhaz land to Russia.

The new package of anti-Russian sanctions of the European Union (EU) has been extended onto Adam Delimkhanov, a State Duma MP from Chechnya, and Yuri Chaika, the presidential envoy to the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD).

The participation of Chechen Imams in recruiting residents for working in local law enforcement bodies suggests that this job has become unpopular due to the special operation in Ukraine, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe. When applying for law enforcer's job, a person will be enrolled in the reserve, and then face the fact that he is obliged to go and take part in the special operation, the analysts believe.

The meeting of Aslan Bzhaniya with the residents of the village of Machara in the Gulripsh District of Abkhazia ended ahead of schedule due to a conflict that broke out between the audience and the Abkhaz president. The conflict was triggered by an activist's question about the agreement signed  earlier this year on the transfer of the "Pitsunda" state dacha to Russia.

Authorities are making use of the state portal "Jobs in Russia" for search and recruit more than 22,000 militaries; more than 3600 such vacancies are in the regions of Southern and Northern Caucasus. The Rostov Region is the leader in the number of such vacancies, the "Important Stories"* outlet has informed.

The city of Derbent has seen a rapid increase of cancer patients, and, because of shortage of medicines, the Central City Hospital (CCH) has to send a number of patients for treatment to Makhachkala, Devletkhan Mirzakhanov, the hospital's chief physician, has stated.