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Amid reports about coercion of residents of Chechnya to participate in the special military operation, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated that many residents of Chechnya even quit their jobs in order to voluntarily go to Ukraine.

Eid al-Adha celebration in Southern Russia; persecution of pacifists in the southern regions of Russia; decision of the ECtHR in a case on torture of a resident of Sochi; strike of workers at a metallurgical plant in Georgia; acquittal in a case against Dagestani official, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 4-10, 2022, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

The court has sent into custody 11 people detained in the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR) on suspicion of involvement in a terrorist organization, the FSB has reported.

The Nasimi District Prosecutor's Office has again refused to open a criminal case against the doctors who had treated the human rights defender, Ogtai Gyulyalyev. His family intends to continue steps in order to hold the doctors accountable.

Kakha Gogol, a volunteer from Georgia, has perished in the Lugansk Region as a result of an air strike.

The Directorate of the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) for the Rostov Region has appointed a check against the colonel, whom human rights defenders accused of threatening to execute a convict.

After the lifting of all coronavirus restrictions, the number of mosque visitors during the Eid al-Adha holiday has greatly increased, believers from various North-Caucasian regions have stated.

In Chechnya, tourists must respect the republic's customs, including wearing modest clothes, some users have pointed out in their comments to the Instagram* post containing rules of conduct for visitors to the region. Other commentators have objected that tourists can dress as they please, and besides, locals do not always follow these rules themselves.

The son of Zaur Khanikaev, a victim of the Beslan terror act, who died while awaiting hospitalization to the North-Caucasian Medical Centre, has filed complaints with the investigating committee and the prosecutor's office. Other survivors of the Beslan school attack have also complained about obstacles in receiving the planned medical care.

Elchin Mamed, an Azerbaijani journalist and human rights defender, has stopped his hunger strike in the colony due to a sharp deterioration in his health, his relatives have informed.

The blogger, Adam Aushev, has insulted the Ingush elders, after which the Aushev teip (family clan) abandoned him, Akhmet-Bashir Aushev, the teip elder, has informed.

Today, the Azeri party has stated that in the evening on July 8, Armenian militaries shelled Azerbaijani soldiers' positions stationed in the Kelbadjar District.

Georgian authorities have promised to lower the electoral threshold for parties at the parliamentary elections if the European Union (EU) grants the country the status of an EU candidate. Putting forward an ultimatum looks like an attempt to derail the course towards European integration, the opposition has reacted.

The forced haircutting on a 9-year-old girl is equated to physical violence, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" assert.

The Southern District Military Court has left Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist from the "Chernovik" (Draft) outlet, accused of financing terrorism, in custody until October 28.

Nikol Pashinyan, the Prime Minister, and his team are promoting the Azerbaijani and Turkish agendas to the detriment of Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh, the participants in the march held in Yerevan have stated.

Inal Djabiev, who died after being interrogated by law enforcers, and Nikolai Tskhovrebov were not involved in the attempt on the life of Igor Naniev, a former head of the South-Ossetian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), the prosecutor stated on July 8, demanding to sentence Tskhovrebov to conditional imprisonment for arms trafficking.

Ramzan Kadyrov has repeatedly criticized the President of Ukraine and the filming of the "serial" about Zelensky has become a continuation of the federal trend of making attacks against Ukrainian authorities, although the videos clips with Kadyrov "starring" should be treated mainly as entertainment, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.

Wages of Rustavi metallurgical plant employees will gradually increase by the equivalent of 85 US dollars, the wage rate will be increased in July, a trade union representative reports. According to him, the workers have already stopped their strike and resumed work.

Alizamin Salaev, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan, was placed under arrest for 30 days for failure to obey the police. The activist tried to hold a protest action but was detained, his son said.