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The positions of the Azerbaijani Army stationed in the border Kelbadjar District were shelled by the Armenian Armed Forces; there are no losses, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

The participants in the Vladikavkaz protest action against self-isolation held in April 2020, sentenced to real prison terms, were not known to the public, observers said. In their opinion, the convicts were only like-minded people with Vadim Cheldiev, whom investigators regard as the organizer of the rally.

The Dagestan mixed martial arts (MMA) fighter, Khabib Nurmagomedov, has overtaken other Russian celebrities in terms of references in media and the number of subscribers in social networks, the Forbes has calculated.

The film by Nalchik director Vladimir Bitokov “Mama, I’m home” was included in the new programme “Horizons Extra” of the Venice Film Festival. The film producer considered the interest of the international film festival organizers to the film a great success.

During a search work in Azerbaijan, a demining specialist was blown up by a mine and was injured. In total, after the autumn war of 2020, 30 people were killed and 125 others were wounded in mine explosions in the Karabakh conflict zone, the Prosecutor’s Office of Azerbaijan reported.

In Rostov-on-Don, a court sentenced five participants of a protest action against self-isolation, which took place in Vladikavkaz in April 2020. Aslan Gasiev and Zaza Tsaritov were sentenced to five years, David Okruashvili and Arthur Bugulov – to five years and three months, and Magomed Kadyrov – to five and a half years of imprisonment.

The tropical forests and swamps of Kolkheti are included in the UNESCO World Natural Heritage List, together with the Kolkheti National Park and the Mtirala National Park, the protected areas of Kobuleti and Kintrishi.

The decision of the authorities of the town of Troitsk located near Moscow to hire a private security company consisting of natives of Chechnya to protect law and order is unwise and could aggravate the interethnic relations, experts believe.

On July 26, Sarkis Grigoryan, a military serviceman, was wounded under unclear circumstances, and later dies, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh has informed on the Facebook.

Absolutely all the adults in Chechnya must be vaccinated against coronavirus, Ramzan Kadyrov has stated amid the human rights defenders' report about the massive coercion of republic's residents to get vaccinated.

A resident of Kaspiysk has contacted the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"* after learning that he had been put on the so-called "prophylactic registration". He fears that this may negatively affect his work and believes that his rights and freedoms are being violated.

The judgement about the unlawfulness of the detention of the student, Diana Dibirova, gives grounds to demand a disciplinary punishment of the law enforcer, Marat Ismailov, an advocate, has noted. Diana is ready to express her civil stand despite calls to the police and threats of expulsion from the arts school.

In Chechnya, the budget-funded state servants have to get vaccinated under a threat of dismissal, while law enforcer take away cars from unvaccinated drivers, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial"* has informed.

Makhachkala picketers demand to stop persecuting Abdulmumin Gadjiev, a journalist of the "Chernovik" (Draft) portal, and the practice of arrests without proofs, as well as release political prisoners.

In Makhachkala, residents of the Khasavyurt District held an action of solidarity with Makhach Bashirov, detained in a case on the extremist community, and recorded a video, calling him a respectable person.

In search of lost livestock, a resident of the border village of Machkalashen in Nagorno-Karabakh entered the territory controlled by Azerbaijan. The man returned home due to the mediation of Russian peacekeepers. Residents of border villages do not always understand where the demarcation line lies, the Ombudsman of Nagorno-Karabakh says.

Zaurbek Keniev has been named the second suspect in the murder of police officer Ruslan Abovyan. In 2015, the latter participated in a Grozny special operation of the Stavropol law enforcers, which angered Ramzan Kadyrov.

After Ramzan Kadyrov met popular Dagestani blogger Khasbik, YouTube users have noted that the leader of Chechnya donates expensive cars at the expense of the republic’s budget. Ramzan Kadyrov organizes such meetings for the sake of the maximum number of mentions about himself, blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov points out.

During the week from July 19 to July 25, 2021, of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, there was no information about any perished or wounded persons. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.

Armenian militaries were shelled from the Azerbaijani side in Gegarkunik and Ararat Regions and opened fire back, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated. Because of the shelling in the Karabakh conflict zone, workers of the Sotk mine were evacuated.