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In Rostov-on-Don, a court sentenced five participants of a protest action against self-isolation, which took place in Vladikavkaz in April 2020. Aslan Gasiev and Zaza Tsaritov were sentenced to five years, David Okruashvili and Arthur Bugulov – to five years and three months, and Magomed Kadyrov – to five and a half years of imprisonment.

The tropical forests and swamps of Kolkheti are included in the UNESCO World Natural Heritage List, together with the Kolkheti National Park and the Mtirala National Park, the protected areas of Kobuleti and Kintrishi.

The decision of the authorities of the town of Troitsk located near Moscow to hire a private security company consisting of natives of Chechnya to protect law and order is unwise and could aggravate the interethnic relations, experts believe.

On July 26, Sarkis Grigoryan, a military serviceman, was wounded under unclear circumstances, and later dies, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh has informed on the Facebook.

Absolutely all the adults in Chechnya must be vaccinated against coronavirus, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated amid the human rights defenders' report about the massive coercion of republic's residents to get vaccinated.

A resident of Kaspiysk has contacted the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"* after learning that he had been put on the so-called "prophylactic registration". He fears that this may negatively affect his work and believes that his rights and freedoms are being violated.

The judgement about the unlawfulness of the detention of the student, Diana Dibirova, gives grounds to demand a disciplinary punishment of the law enforcer, Marat Ismailov, an advocate, has noted. Diana is ready to express her civil stand despite calls to the police and threats of expulsion from the arts school.

In Chechnya, the budget-funded state servants have to get vaccinated under a threat of dismissal, while law enforcer take away cars from unvaccinated drivers, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"* has informed.

Makhachkala picketers demand to stop persecuting Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the "Chernovik" (Draft) portal, and the practice of arrests without proofs, as well as release political prisoners.

In Makhachkala, residents of the Khasavyurt District held an action of solidarity with Makhach Bashirov, detained in a case on the extremist community, and recorded a video, calling him a respectable person.

In search of lost livestock, a resident of the border village of Machkalashen in Nagorno-Karabakh entered the territory controlled by Azerbaijan. The man returned home due to the mediation of Russian peacekeepers. Residents of border villages do not always understand where the demarcation line lies, the Ombudsman of Nagorno-Karabakh says.

Zaurbek Keniev has been named the second suspect in the murder of police officer Ruslan Abovyan. In 2015, the latter participated in a Grozny special operation of the Stavropol law enforcers, which angered Ramzan Kadyrov.

After Ramzan Kadyrov met popular Dagestani blogger Khasbik, YouTube users have noted that the leader of Chechnya donates expensive cars at the expense of the republic’s budget. Ramzan Kadyrov organizes such meetings for the sake of the maximum number of mentions about himself, blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov points out.

During the week from July 19 to July 25, 2021, of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, there was no information about any perished or wounded persons. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.

Armenian militaries were shelled from the Azerbaijani side in Gegarkunik and Ararat Regions and opened fire back, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated. Because of the shelling in the Karabakh conflict zone, workers of the Sotk mine were evacuated.

Celebration of Eid al-Adha amid the pandemic: new measures imposed by the authorities of Southern Russia to curb the spread of coronavirus; detention of suspected extremists, the regional GIBDD chief, and a murder of a law enforcer in the Stavropol Territory; trials in Baku in an Armenian soldiers’ case; appointment of new supervisors for Southern Russia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of July 19-25, 2021, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found the complaint lodged by Islam Gugov, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria about his second sentence for the same crime to be unacceptable. The ECtHR's decision in Gugov's case could become a landmark for Russia, where the practice of repeated prosecution for the same crime is becoming increasingly common, said Oleg Orlov, a board member of the Human Rights Centre HRC) "Memorial"*.

Timur Tumgoev, a native of North Ossetia, who is in colony in the Saratov Region, told his sister that they stopped persecuting him for his refusal to shave his beard. He complained that pressure was being exerted on witnesses in the new case on charges of disrupting the colony.

A total of 25 suspects in the attack on journalists at the protest against the gay parade in Tbilisi have been detained; four others are suspected of smashing the "Tbilisi Pride" office and attacking a passer-by.

Makhach Bashirov, a native of Dagestan, who was declared a supporter of an extremist organization, was kidnapped by people in camouflage uniforms and masks, his mother asserts in her video message to Russian President Vladimir Putin. She insists that her son is innocent.