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Relatives of Ramazan Rashidov, a resident of Dagestan, whose body, according to law enforcers, was found inside a blown-up car, reported that the found car belonged to Ramazan Rashidov. However, they suggest that the car was damaged not as a result of an explosion.

Human rights defender Temur Kobaliya has filed an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in the case of the fines imposed by the Volgograd court on him and the autonomous educational organization "Youth Centre for Consulting and Training".

One of the men blown up inside a car in Dagestan was identified as Ramazan Rashidov, born in 1987. This was reported by sources from the law enforcement bodies. Earlier, residents of Makhachkala have complained about the kidnapping of a man with the same name.

Officials do not pay attention to the social problems of families with many children and do nothing to solve them. This was stated by Nadezhda Kireeva, a mother of seven children, who held a picket in front of the administration of the Volgograd Region.

In the near future, Ramzan Kadyrov will not change his position of the leader of Chechnya for a deputy's mandate. This was stated by the experts, who commented on the inclusion of Ramzan Kadyrov together with other heads of the southern regions of Russia in the list of candidates for election to the State Duma.

In Nagorno-Karabakh, all political reforms and the issues related to the change of form of government and extension of its term should be considered on the basis of a referendum held among residents of the region. This opinion was voiced by experts.

In the Karabudakhkent District, a blown-up BMW car with fragments of two bodies inside it was found not far away from the federal highway "Caucasus".

Young people who do not have purposes in their lives are most susceptible to recruitment on the Internet. This opinion was voiced by staff members of the Centre for Civilizational and Regional Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS).

During the week of June 20-26, 2016, no one fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

The information about the real emissions of radionuclides from the fourth power unit of the Rostov Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) under construction is being kept in secret from the public. This was stated by Andrei Ozharovsky, an expert of the Programme on nuclear and radiation safety of the International Social and Ecological Union.

Emil Adelkhanov, a deceased human rights defender, stood at the origins of the birth of the civil society in Georgia, and thanks to him, a lot of people learned about the international human rights movement. This was stated by the colleagues and friends of Emil Adelkhanov.

Since June 25, 25 members of the band "Hay Art" cannot travel through Georgia to Armenia, since a section of the Georgian Military Road is closed. The children have to raise money to pay for tickets for a "Comet" ship to travel to Batumi, and thus they organize concerts on beaches of Sochi. This was reported by their teachers.

The defence of Valentina Cherevatenko, the chair of the public organization "Union of Don Women", has received an order on initiation of criminal proceedings against the human rights defender.

The release of the opposition newspaper "Azadlyg" has been extended for two weeks after the edition office had partially repaid the debts to the publishing house "Azerbaijan". This was stated by the deputy editor-in-chief of the newspaper.

In Makhachkala, fire victims from the Tsuntin District have decided to stop their protest action after the meeting with the Deputy Prime Ministers of Dagestan, who promised to pay compensation. According to the fire victims, in the case if the promises are not fulfilled, they will resume their protests.

The pre-election list of the "Edinaya Rossiya" (United Russia) Party includes the leaders of Dagestan, Ingushetia, Kabardino-Balkaria and the acting leaders of the Chechen Republic and Karachay-Cherkessia. Besides, the list of the "Edinaya Rossiya" Party includes the Governor of the Rostov Region and the leader of Adygea.

In Italy, Luca Volonte, the former head of the European People's Party in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), is charged of receiving 2.39 million euros from the accounts of the company "Baktelecom" for the support of the Azerbaijani government officials.

In Yerevan, during the protest action held in front of the Parliament of Armenia, protesters have voiced the demand to abandon ratification of the Armenian-Russian agreement on the unified air defence system. The protest action takes place against the background of the discussion of the agreement at the Parliament.

In Dagestan, an elderly woman was killed in the collapse of a private house in the village of Sachada of the Charoda District. Her 14-year-old granddaughter was hospitalized.

In Gukovo, miners and employees of the enterprises of the "Kingcoal" group of companies hold pickets every weekday. The recent protest action held on June 24 gathered about 40 people, who demanded to repay the arrears of wages and coal rations for the past two years in the amount of 300 million roubles to the team of 2000 people.