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On July 5, the "Georgian Airways" offered 40,000 customers, who had already bought tickets, to fly from Moscow to Tbilisi and back through Yerevan. The airline suggested covering the costs incurred.

The position of the Magas court on the legality of searches at home of Musa Malsagov came into conflict with the opinion of the Supreme Court (SC) of Ingushetia. This was reported by Marem Tochieva, a wife of Musa Malsagov.

Two soldiers were killed and another was seriously wounded when a shell fell to the ground, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) for Azerbaijan reports.

The police demanded to revise the judgement that acquitted the activist, Angela Matieva, in the case of disobedience to law enforcers. However, the Ingush Supreme Court (SC) has upheld the judgement, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has reported.

Two attacks on policemen were committed on behalf of the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court, in Chechnya within a week; therefore, it is beneficial for the authorities to explain the actions of one of the attackers by drug addiction. This is the opinion of the residents of Chechnya and Orientalists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

The four detainees on suspicion of assaulting policemen during the protest outside the parliament building in Tbilisi have been accused of violence, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed.

Lizan Isakova, a resident of Grozny, and her son have been arrested within a fraud case with the status of a disabled person. Isakova had an official disability certificate; her case should lead to corrupt officials, lawyers assert.

By violating the rights of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the "Chernovik" weekly, law enforcers are undermining the confidence of the population of Northern Caucasus in the authorities, the Human Rights Council (HRC) under the Russian president has stated.

The head of the region is not authorized to remove a post of federal forces, but the expediency of many checkpoints (known as KPP) in Northern Caucasus is questionable. This was stated by retired law enforcers after Ramzan Kadyrov's appeal to liquidate such KPP in the Achkhoi-Martan District of Chechnya.

The North-Caucasian District Military Court found Ingush native Aslan Yandiev guilty of committing two terror acts in North Ossetia.

Today, in Makhachkala, the police have set up two mobile checkpoints near a mosque, which visitors repeatedly complained about raids conducted by law enforcers. Eyewitnesses did not notice any detentions, but one of the believers reported about an attempt to bring him to a police station.

Activist Khatuna Beridze, who participated in the hunger strike in front of the Bidzina Ivanishvili's residence in Shekvetili with the demand for the resignation of the Georgian Interior Minister, was hospitalized.

The Court of Appeal dismissed a complaint filed by Fuad Akhmedli, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), about the refusal in conditional early relief (CER). Members of the PFPA treat the court's decision as a "political order."

A female relative of a seven-year-old girl, who was hospitalized with injuries in grave condition, is suspected of beating up the child, the Investigating Department (ID) for Ingushetia of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has reported.

Islam Saritov, a resident of Khasavyurt, has suggested that law enforcers had beaten him up out of revenge for his complaints about torture and fabrication of his criminal case. The second figurant in the case has stated that he was forced to slander himself and Saritov, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has reported.

By their actions, protesters provoked policemen to start dispersing them, but law enforcers behaved excessively aggressively; and they unreasonably used special means, the Georgian Centre for Human Rights Education and Monitoring (CHREM) has stated.

Under various pretexts, authorities have refused to sanction any of the seven applied actions in defence of Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the "Chernovik" (Draft) weekly; however, attempts to hold a rally in Makhachkala will continue, protest organizers have stated.

The case of using violence at rallies in Tbilisi will be investigated under the article on an attempt to overthrow the power, the Georgian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has informed. The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported detention of four activists suspected of attacking policemen.

Elchin Sadygov, an Azerbaijani lawyer, who is defending the journalist, Polad Aslanov, accused of treason, says that that he has received threats. He treats them as pressure related to his professional activities, indicating the plight of advocacy and journalism in Azerbaijan, the NGO activists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

Relatives of Ziyavudin Ashikov, the acting head of the Kaspiysk police, his brother Raip Ashikov and Omar Abdurashidov came out to pickets in the capital of Dagestan, stating that the men are illegally prosecuted for alleged financing terrorism.