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Relatives of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, a native of the Pankisi Gorge, who was killed in Berlin, have asked the German and Swedish authorities for protection, declaring fear of persecution by Russian special services.

Giorgi Gabuniya, a journalist for the "Mtavari Arkhi" Georgian TV Channel, who spoke obscene words about the Russian president a year ago, has again addressed Vladimir Putin in Russian by using rude expressions.

By a court judgement, all the ten suspects of attacking policemen at riots in Kullar have been arrested for two months each. A total of 541 people remain on the border with Azerbaijan.

For the period from June 22 to June 24, 2020, Abkhazia opens a humanitarian corridor for the return of residents of the republic who temporarily stay in Georgia. Only employees of the "IngurGES" HPP (hydroelectric power plant) and representatives of international organizations will be allowed to use the humanitarian corridor to cross the border from Georgia to Abkhazia.

Investigators found that a man suspected of murdering an Azerbaijani student was a member of an organization engaged in cultivating hatred towards people of different nationalities. The investigators suggest that the suspect made a deliberate decision to murder a non-Russian.

The Makhachkala City Mayoralty promises to consider opening markets if salesmen confirm their readiness to comply with sanitary requirements. Entrepreneurs claim they lost their income in the absence of support from the local authorities.

On June 21, eight out of fifty Russian doctors sent to help their colleagues in the fight against the coronavirus epidemic arrived in Armenia. Over the day, 320 cases of the coronavirus infection were detected in the country. 13 coronavirus-infected patients died.

The positions of the Azerbaijani troops in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled 26 times within 24 hours, including from machine guns and sniper rifles, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.

Spread of the coronavirus infection in the Caucasus; Azerbaijani people's protest action in the Dagestani village of Kullar; resonance after the death of a Chechen woman, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of June 15-21, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

During the week of June 15-21, 2020, in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, no casualties or victims were recorded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

On the anniversary of the Tbilisi events in June 2019, Sergey Gavrilov, a Russian State Duma MP, has claimed apologies from Georgian authorities. The Gavrilov's claim is aimed primarily at the domestic Russian users, by means of this statement, he tries to save his face, the Georgian politicians interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

In his comment to the article by Dagestani journalists about the disputed land plots on the Dagestani-Chechen border, Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, expressed his willingness to prove the incorrectness of the data presented in the article.

The number of victims of clashes that broke out in Dijon of members of Chechen Diaspora and local residents has grown up to 20 persons; four participants have been charged, the Dijon City Prosecutor has stated.

In front of parliament in Tbilisi, about 3000 activists have held a rally on the anniversary of the start of June 2019 protests. They demanded to change the current power and punish those responsible for the use of violence at Gavrilov's Night.

A court in Baku has sentenced an oppositional journalist, Tezekhan Miralamli to one year of freedom restriction. The journalist treats the judgement as biased and restricting his professional activities for political reasons.

The detention of a Russian citizen within the case of preparing an attempt on the Georgian journalist, Giorgi Gabuniya, has revealed problems with the efficiency of guarding the Georgian border. This situation threatens the safety of the country's population, experts believe.

The followers of Kunta-haji Kishiev from a village in the Khasavyurt District have asked Ramzan Kadyrov to intervene in their conflict with the Dagestani Muftiate. Law enforcers have arrived in the village of Tsiyab-Ichichali; they wouldn't let people to gather in the mosque, the head of the local administration has reported.

Law enforcement bodies have put a 26-year-old resident of Chechnya, suspected of participating in the warfare in Syria on the side of the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court, on the wanted list.

Aik Sargsyan, a nephew of Serzh Sargsyan, was charged with attempted murder; the prosecutor asked the court to sentence him to seven years in prison. The defendant has refused to plead guilty; and his advocate stated violations in the case.

Animators, musicians, photographers and videographers came out in Tbilisi to protest and demand from the authorities to allow holding weddings and celebrations. The self-isolation regime led to a loss of their earnings, protesters have stated.