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The decision of the US State Department to put the head of Chechnya in the sanctions list is a symbolic measure that demonstrates only the attitude towards him, but is unable to cause any practical influence, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

If the monument to Nariman Narimanov in Marneuli is dismantled, this will lead to deterioration in relations with Azerbaijan, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

For the sixth day, the ambulance is evading a call to Abu Meduev, an elder of the Beno-Yurt village in the Nadterechny District of Chechnya, whose health has deteriorated, his son Sultan has stated. He attributes the situation to the fact that he himself was diagnosed with coronavirus; and medics avoid contact with his family.

Despite the relative stabilization of the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani troops contact line, the conflict of the two countries has not been settled, which may lead to new large-scale clashes, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

The Chechen authorities have publicly demonstrated their approval of one of the parties to the conflict in Gudermes by donating a new house to the husband of Madina Umaeva, who died after complaining about domestic violence, said Ruslan Kutaev, the head of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations. The gift to the husband supports Ramzan Kadyrov's idea that a woman should endure beatings in marriage, said Svetlana Gannushkina, a human rights defender.

Among those who have left Kullar camp for Azerbaijan, there are 15 people who have long lived in the tent camp; others arrived there the day before, the National Cultural Autonomy of Azerbaijanis has informed.

In the Vedeno District of Chechnya, FSB agents and fighters of the National Guard of Russia discovered and destroyed a militant hiding with ammunition. The hiding was presumably arranged by militants from a grouping led by Gakaev brothers, the spokesman for the Prosecutor's Office reports today.

In Chechnya, school teachers were forced by an order of a top-ranking official to post comments on social networks in defence of Ramzan Kadyrov, who came under new sanctions imposed by the US Department of State, school teachers claimed.

In Tbilisi, the Court of Appeal has upheld the verdict against Mikhail Kalandiya, who was sentenced to a long term of imprisonment in the case on the murder of two schoolchildren. Relatives of Mikhail Kalandiya intend to appeal against the court's decision.

After Ramzan Kadyrov had learned about the new sanctions imposed against him by the US State Department, he promised that the Chechen people will support the leader of Chechnya, accused of violating human rights. After that, the authorities of Chechnya initiated a flash mob on social networks in support of Ramzan Kadyrov.

The information that Serbia has supplied mortars and ammunition to Armenia via the territory of Georgia has nothing to do with reality, the Georgia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has stated. It is unprofitable for Georgia to worsen its relations with Azerbaijan by contributing to the escalation of the Azerbaijani-Armenian armed conflict, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

During the last 24 hours, positions of the Azerbaijani militaries were shelled for 62 times with the use of sniper rifles, including those stationed in the villages on the border with Armenia, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today. A representative of the Armenian MoD reported 17 shelling attacks for the last day.

The appeal of the Mufti of Chechnya to organize sparsely crowded weddings and to limit the number of cars in wedding processions down to two cars has found no support in the republic. The local residents interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have also treated the demand of the "Rospotrebnadzor" (Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Welfare) to observe the mask regime in restaurants same unfeasible.

During the raids conducted by law enforcers in Gubden, no one was detained; but the house-to-house visits themselves became an act of pressure on the villagers, the locals interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

Eight more activists of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) have been detained; and three earlier detainees have been arrested on criminal charges in connection with the July 15 action in Baku. The total number of detained PFPA activists has reached 17; and the number of those arrested is already five.

Russia, although not in the mirror-like way, will respond to the new sanctions of the US State Department against Ramzan Kadyrov, Maria Zakharova, the spokesperson of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), has stated. Kadyrov himself, in response to the imposition of sanctions, posted his photo with a weapon, inscribed that he was "accepting the fight."

Vladimir Osechkin, the founder of the "Gulagu.net" portal, who lives in France, has reported about the received threats after his publications about Chechen crime bosses and links of the Chechen leadership with criminal circles.

The procedural red tape makes it difficult to appeal against the refusals to prosecute the law enforcer, who had reported the results of the special operation in which the Gasanguseinov brothers were killed, their father stated at his picket in Makhachkala.

Today, the US Department of State has announced imposing sanctions against Ramzan Kadyrov and his family members in connection with human rights violations in Chechnya.

In Armenia, more than 50 private houses were damaged in the Tavush Region after shelling attacks from the Azerbaijani side, and the work has been started to restore them, the governor reports. Villagers will receive compensation for damage to agriculture, the authorities promise.