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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.

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.

A forensic examination of the body of the Gudermes woman buried at night should show whether the version of her death as a result of domestic violence is true.

The woman from Gudermes, whose death attracted public attention in Chechnya after a nightly funeral and a plot shown by the "Grozny" TV Channel, had tried many times to leave her husband because of beatings and complained to her relatives about her mother-in-law.

The Chechen natives who took part in clashes with the Maghreb community in the French city of Dijon did everything right, the Chechen leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, has stated.

The court has arrested for two months some of the protesters from the temporary accommodation centre (TAC) located on Dagestan-Azeri border, suspected of using force against policemen. The heat has set up in Dagestan, and it is becoming increasingly difficult to stay in the camp, the Azerbaijanis, who are waiting for departure to their homeland, claim.