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The attack on a police checkpoint in the Achkhoi-Martan District of Chechnya, as a result of which at least one policeman and one attacker were killed, has become the third incident in the republic since early 2019.

Akhmed Barakhoev, Musa Malsagov, Ismail Nalgiev, Malsag Uzhakhov, and Barakh Chemurziev, who were arrested after the March rallies in Magas, should be immediately released, and the officials responsible for their persecution should be brought to justice, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" declares.

A policeman got a fatal stab wound during an attack on a police checkpoint in the Achkhoi-Martan District, while an attacker was killed, the North-Caucasian Department of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) reports.

In Derbent, the law enforcement bodies did not respond to a protest of a mother of Islam Barzukaev, who was suspected of possessing weapons, noted Elena Barzukaeva on the fourth day of her hunger strike. According to her, law enforcers warned people not to approach the picketer.

The father of Akhmed Barzaev, who was killed in an attack on policemen, renounced him to protect his family members, human rights defenders believe.

The condition of five patients who still stay in hospitals after a dispersal of protesters in Tbilisi is considered by doctors to be satisfactory. Three of patients receive medical treatment in Georgia, the fourth is sent to Israel, and another one is being prepared for his transportation to Germany, the Georgian Ministry for Public Health reports.

Georgian singer Nino Katamadze supported protesters in Tbilisi by announcing that she would never again give concerts in Russia. The decision was made in response to criticism of social network users after the singer's performance in Moscow.

Abkhazia banned to transport a woman from the village of Otobaya via the Enguri Bridge to Georgia for medical treatment, and the problem was solved after the intervention of EU observers, reported the office of the Georgian State Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality.

Administrative cases have been initiated against the parents of the participants in the mass brawl that broke out near a Grozny school. The school managers failed to preserve the order during the exam, the Chechen Prosecutor' Office (PO) has stated.

On June 29, Olga Karpukhnova, a resident of Volgograd, held a solo picket, while pointing to a large number of poor people among Russians and urging President Putin to voluntarily leave his post.

On June 23-29, Azerbaijani soldiers fired 600 shots at the positions of the Defence Army of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR), the NKR's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated. In its turn, Azerbaijan stated that within the week, the ceasefire regime was violated with rare single shots.

The Kaspiysk City Court has found a militant's widow guilty of working for terrorists in Syria. Her imprisonment is postponed by twelve years, until the youngest of her five children matures.

The fall in the lari exchange rate is caused by expectation of major financial losses from the decrease in tourist flow from Russia, the National Bank of Georgia has stated.

Karen Grigoryan, a son of General Manvel Grigoryan, a former MP of the National Assembly (Parliament) of Armenia, who had earlier headed the Echmiadzin community, has been charged with embezzling community funds.

Giorgi Tsurtsumiya, President of the Federal Georgian National-Cultural Autonomy in Russia, has appealed to the head of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, with a request to restore air flights between Georgia and Russia.

Giorgi Gakhariya, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), said he would leave his post if investigators find numerous systemic violations committed by law enforcers during the dispersal of protesters in Tbilisi.

The mother of Islam Barzukaev, a suspect of keeping weapons, has continued her protest action in Derbent, demanding an independent examination of her son for torture. The mother of Gasan Kurbanov, who was detained within the same case, decided to join the hunger strike on June 29.

The Azerbaijani authorities have preferred to ignore the news about the opening of the grave of Hadji Murad and transportation of his remains to Dagestan, despite an obvious violation of the law; and there was no broad public discussion, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted.

Law enforcers stopped believers near the "Tangim" Mosque and took them away, reports one of the visitors of the mosque. At least ten people were taken to a police station, stated journalist Idris Yusupov.

Ali Kerimli, the leader of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was released from the police station 1.5 hours after his detention. He was warned about the inadmissibility of holding illegal processions.