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Anthony Blinken, the US Secretary of State, has held a telephone conversation with Azerbaijani President, Ilham Aliev, urging him to continue the dialogue with Armenia and release all the remaining Armenian prisoners of war (POWs).

A court in Rostov-on-Don has imposed a fine on Oleg Popovkin, a local resident, finding him guilty of discrediting Russian militaries after he posted his commenting on Chechens in Ukraine in the "VKontakte" social network.

The words of the head of Chechnya about 3000 vacancies in the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) mean that he plans to find new people for his formations, Alexander Khramchikhin, an expert, believes.

Another group of volunteers has flown from the Grozny Airport to the special operation zone, the head of Chechnya wrote on his Telegram channel.

Other ten families of internally displaced persons (IDPs, or forced migrants) have moved to new houses built in the village of Agaly, Zangilan District. Thus, the first stage of resettlement to the village, where 201 people now live, is over.

Today, in Makhachkala, passers-by and drivers of cars have expressed their support to participants of solo pickets in defence of arrested Abdulmumin Gadjiev, colleagues of the journalist and activist Salim Khalitov said.

Those convicted in the “Terter case” should be released, and those who tortured them should be brought to justice, said relatives of the prisoners at a rally in Baku.

For the second year, the community of Agavno of the Kashatag District of Nagorno-Karabakh has celebrated the Vardavar holiday. The security of the event was ensured by Russian peacemakers.

Several dozen residents of the Tbilisi Mukhiani district took out to the streets in protest, demanding the cancellation of the construction of five high-rise buildings in place of the park. The protesters assert that this territory is the only green area in the district.

On July 5, at least seven persons in several vehicles all day followed advocates of Zarema Musaeva in Chechnya, the defenders themselves reported. They took the surveillance of law enforcers as a method of pressure and requested to launch an inspection.

After the first detention of Salekh Magamadov and Ismail Isaev, their relatives were also taken to a law enforcement body in Chechnya, where they were tortured, an elder brother of Salekh and Ismail said.

Administrative cases for discrediting the Russian Armed Forces instituted against Anna Shtrigel and Maryana Kanukoeva were brought to courts of Novorossiysk and Chegem.

Said-Mukhammad Djumaev, a native of Chechnya, who was sentenced to five years in colony for violence against law enforcers, has filed a complaint.

At the trial of the case of former Nalchik policemen accused of torturing Alexander Knyazev and Valery Levdik, the prosecutor's office requested five and a half years in prison for each of the defendants.

The Mayoralty of Elista, the capital of Kalmykia, has refused to sanction the July 26 rally in defence of the Russian Constitution and the rights of the Oirat-Kalmyk people. Semyon Ateev, an activist, has applied for holding a rally in the territory of the "Seven Days' Pagoda" Complex; the city court has approved the refusal. Semyon has treated the ban as discriminatory, pointing out that other events organized by the authorities used to take place in the territory of the complex.

After a heavy rain, residential houses located in the Lazarevsoye District of Sochi are flooded, communal services are eliminating the consequences, and officials are calculating the damage, local authorities have reported. In Sochi, flooding occurs regularly because of failed storm water drains and non-systematic city development, users of the "VKontakte" social network assert.

In Azerbaijan, journalists are subjected to physical and psychological pressure and criminal prosecution; the situation with media freedom remains critical, human rights defenders have noted in their report.

The administration of beaches in Tuapse broadcasts patriotic audio for tourists through loudspeakers in support of the militaries involved in the special operation in Ukraine, sources report. Forcing people who came to have their rest to listen to such songs is inappropriate, social network commentators have stated.

Adam Shakhidov, the advisor to the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, on religious matters, has recorded a video sermon, during which he disclosed the participation of republic's residents in the special operation in Ukraine from the religious viewpoint, Ramzan Kadyrov informed on his Telegram channel.

After a rainstorm, the Muzykalny micro-district in Krasnodar was flooded, while officials and communal services gave no reaction to the calamity, local residents have complained. Other townspeople have noted, in the "VKontakte" social network, that flooding of city neighbourhoods occurs regularly because of the failed storm water draining pipelines.