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Three religious activists detained in Sumgait for writing on a wall in support of the Talekh Bagirzade’s demands were sentenced to ten days of imprisonment under the charge of petty hooliganism. Human rights defenders called such a punishment too harsh.

According to the FSB, law enforcers carried out an operation against illegal “gunsmiths” in 38 regions of Russia, including Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kalmykia, North Ossetia, the Stavropol Territory, the Rostov and Volgograd Regions.

The information that the Armenian troops fired at the positions of the Azerbaijani army in the Kelbadjar and Lachin Districts does not correspond to reality, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reports.

Several hundred residents of Tbilisi took part in a rally at which they supported Georgia's accession to the European Union (EU). A similar action was held in Zugdidi.

Last night, Armenian militaries shelled the positions of the Azerbaijani Army stationed in the Kelbadjar and Lachin Districts, after which Azerbaijani militaries opened a return fire, the Azeri Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

An attempt of Insa Lander, a blogger from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), to escape to Georgia may have to do with the judicial practice on similar cases – for the entire time this article was applied, there was not a single acquittal, Dmitry Zakhvatov, an advocate, believes.

Olga Borisova was returning via Turkey from the European tour of the "Pussy Riot" group to Georgia, where she lives, but border guards at Tbilisi Airport would not let her enter the country.

The managers of the "Borjomi" Company have agreed with the striking employees to end the strike, by agreeing to pay off the two-month wages debts and reinstate 48 out of 50 laid-off workers.

The conflict with shooting in Nigavan, which killed two people and wounded five others, broke out between supporters and opponents of Nikol Pashinyan, oppositional MPs have stated.

On June 17-18, at its 131st plenary session, the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe discussed and adopted its 22-page opinion prepared by four experts of the commission on the media law now in force in Azerbaijan.

The reports that the son of Murad Saidov, a deputy Chechnya's permanent representative in Crimea, was exchanged for a Ukrainian woman, Yulia Paevskaya, are not true, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated, accusing the report authors of dishonesty.

Kantemir Balagov, the film director from Kabardino-Balkaria, who left Russia, decided to transfer the action of his new film about the Circassians from Nalchik to New York.

The idea to create the “Daimokhk” National Park arises from the desire of the Chechen side to gain control over the lands of the nature reserve in Ingushetia, residents of Ingushetia share their fears on Instagram*.

Echo of Ukraine in Southern Russia: deaths of the militaries and persecution of pacifists; creation of a new organization based on liquidated HRC “Memorial”*; protests in Armenia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of June 13-19, 2022, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

Three religious activists were detained in Sumgait after they wrote on a wall in a public place the slogan reading: “Punish those who insult Allah!” in support of Talekh Bagirzade’s demands. One of the activists were sentenced to ten days of arrest, and two others are being kept in Sumgait police departments.

Insa Lander, a blogger from Kabardino-Balkaria, who escaped from house arrest to Georgia, but got stuck on neutral zone between the countries, has no right to leave for a third country without the permission of the Georgian authorities. This was noted by experts interviewed by the “Caucasian Knot”.

During the week of June 13-19, 2022, no killed or wounded in the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus 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.

Activists of the movement "For Georgia" have held a protest action near the prison in Rustavi, where Nika Gvaramiya, a former head of the "Rustavi-2" TV Channel, is kept; during their protest, they demanded to release him.

29.7% of the population of Ingushetia lives below the poverty line; it follows from the data of the "Rosstat" (the Russian Federal State Statistics Service). This is the worst indicator among all Russian regions. While in terms of the population's income to expenditures ratio, the republic turned out to be the penultimate one in the rating.

Trade union activists and strikers at the "Borjomi" factories believe that their struggle may have consequences for the entire Georgian society and for the future of the trade union movement in the country, an article of the British "Tribune" magazine has suggested.