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Chechen Mufti Salakh Mezhiev and Ramzan Kadyrov announced the holding of Friday prayers in all juma mosques (Friday mosques) of the republic on June 12, while Kabardino-Balkaria decided not to open mosques. In their comments on Instagram, residents of Chechnya expressed their joy at the resumption of collective prayers.

The names of Ingush protest leaders, accused under the case of extremist community are included into the updated list of people involved in extremist activities published today.

Abkhazian law enforcers have detained three residents of the Georgian village of Muzhava, the Georgia's State Security Service (SSS) has informed.

Spread of the coronavirus infection in the Caucasus; return to the question on the demarcation of the border between Chechnya and Dagestan; new verdict in a case on the rally in Magas, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of June 1-7, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

During the week of June 1-7, 2020, no events related to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were recorded.

During an extraordinary session of the parliament of South Ossetia, at which the incident in the Tskhinvali colony was discussed, physical force was used against some MPs, the parliamentarians wrote in a Telegram channel.

For the fourth day, the Azerbaijani citizens living in a tent camp on the border with Dagestan, are on a hunger strike demanding to speed up their return home. At least 60 people participate in the protest, they have stated.

Doctors in Beslan have operated on Salomeya Plieva, who received a trauma during her clash with court marshals in the building of the Supreme Court of North Ossetia. The singer, suspected of assaulting law enforcers, claims that, on the contrary, she is a victim. According to Ms Plieva, she was beaten up by court marshals, after which a criminal case was opened against her on the use of violence against a state servant.

The head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, has stated that the number of new coronavirus cases in the republic is decreasing. Instagram users have doubted this information.

Sergey Makhinya, the head of the city of Lyantor, has asked the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, and State Duma MP, Adam Delimkhanov, to stop the businessman, who had allegedly taken revenge for officials' litigation with him. The businessman's son has called the allegations groundless.

A transfer to outpatient (home) treatment of asymptomatic coronavirus patients stimulates an increase in COVID-19 incidence, said David Melik-Nubaryan, a teacher at the Yerevan Medical University. Home treatment should have been introduced from the very beginning so as not to spend the budget, Ruben Ovannisyan, an epidemiologist, believes.

Due to the quarantine introduced in major cities of Azerbaijan, stores are facing foodstuff shortage; patients find it difficult to get to hospitals; while policemen conduct "prophylactic conversations" with restriction violators, Baku residents have told.

The photo and video evidence of quarantine violations posted by the Prime Minister of Armenia on the Facebook should not allow identifying depicted people, human rights defenders have stated.

The head of Chechnya and other senior officials prayed in a mosque without medical masks despite the stringent requirements for other believers, residents of the republic have indicated.

Policemen have detained a man without a medical mask in a street in Yerevan, which is mandatory under the coronavirus epidemic. Law enforcers acted excessively rudely, although the offender was ready to fulfil their demands, Arman Tatoyan, the Armenian Ombudsman, has stated.

Chechen authorities have observed the Arab tradition of reciprocal gifts by sending foodstuffs to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in exchange for the help with protective means and coronavirus tests. However, UAE residents, unlike those of Chechnya, face no foodstuff deficit, Orientalists have noted.

In the Krasnodar Territory, law enforcers are regularly using torture to obtain confessions from detainees, the "Mediazona" has concluded.

The count of coronavirus cases in the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has risen sharply; new potential infection carriers arrive from Armenia daily. Authorities should introduce tough restrictive measures so that Stepanakert does not become a hotbed of the epidemic, experts assert.

At least 6 inmates of the Tskhinvali colony were taken to hospital with wounds after a conflict with the administration. Their relatives assert that inmates were beaten up. The authorities of South Ossetia insist that the incident was caused by regime violations by the inmates.

In Chechnya, collective Friday prayers have been partially resumed after more than a two-month break. A significant part of believers could not get into mosques because of the restriction on the number of worshipers.