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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.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has found the complaint lodged by Islam Gugov, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria about his second sentence for the same crime to be unacceptable. The ECtHR's decision in Gugov's case could become a landmark for Russia, where the practice of repeated prosecution for the same crime is becoming increasingly common, said Oleg Orlov, a board member of the Human Rights Centre HRC) "Memorial"*.

Timur Tumgoev, a native of North Ossetia, who is in colony in the Saratov Region, told his sister that they stopped persecuting him for his refusal to shave his beard. He complained that pressure was being exerted on witnesses in the new case on charges of disrupting the colony.

A total of 25 suspects in the attack on journalists at the protest against the gay parade in Tbilisi have been detained; four others are suspected of smashing the "Tbilisi Pride" office and attacking a passer-by.

Makhach Bashirov, a native of Dagestan, who was declared a supporter of an extremist organization, was kidnapped by people in camouflage uniforms and masks, his mother asserts in her video message to Russian President Vladimir Putin. She insists that her son is innocent.

Razi Gumbatov, an activist of the "Muslim Unity" movement, gave confessions within the case of illegal drug dealing under torture, the NGO "Defence Line" has stated.

A deputy head of the Criminal Investigation Division in Stavropol received gunshot wounds in the attack and died in the intensive care.

The authorities of the town of Troitsk near Moscow have hired a private security company made up exclusively of Chechen natives to help local policemen. This idea will have a positive impact on the problem of hooliganism, some social media users have suggested. Their opponents have objected that the police should guard the public order.

The verdict to the last group of Armenian soldiers detained in December 2020 in the vicinity of Gadrut was passed on July 23 by the Baku Court of Grave Crimes. Thirteen soldiers were found guilty of illegal border crossing and arms trafficking.

Sonya Cherkesova, a resident of Kabardino-Balkaria, has complained that she had not seen her son for about five years; Aslan is in a colony in the Krasnoyarsk Territory.

One of the three Armenian soldiers wounded in the shootout in the Gegarkunik Region is in grave condition, investigators have informed.

The city of Izberbash continues facing problems with water supplies; sometimes water runs from taps, but in very scanty quantities, townspeople complain.

A drone that tried to fly into the territory of Armenia was liquidated on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

Azerbaijani authorities have violated the prohibition of torture and the right of Arthur Badalyan, an Armenian soldier, to freedom and personal immunity during his captivity, and must pay him 30,000 euros in compensation, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has stated.

A group of human rights defenders from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) has appealed to the region head, Kazbek Kokov, with a demand to take personal control over the inquiry into the case of the counterterrorist operation (CTO) conducted in Nalchik and Baksan, as a result of which five casualties were declared militants.

After the death of an Azerbaijani serviceman and the wounding of three Armenian soldiers, shootouts on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border continue.

Armenian law enforcers have initiated 78 criminal cases related to violations at the June 20 early parliamentary elections. A total of 83 persons are charged under these criminal cases, the country's General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has informed.

Imams and mosque visitors have reacted with understanding to the cancellation of Friday namazes (prayers) in Adygea; today, all the republic's mosques were closed. Some believers have offered to open mosques for those who have been vaccinated against coronavirus.

Eduard Dubakov, a Russian sentenced by a court in Baku to 10 years in prison, has asked about his chances to lodge an appeal, his advocate said. Russia and Azerbaijan have an extradition agreement, which allows extraditing a convict to his homeland; Dubakov can also ask the President of Azerbaijan for a pardon, lawyers have noted.

Blogger Said-Khusein Magomadov explains his rejection of the protection offered by the Austrian police by inconveniences at work, but he does not feel safe. Said-Khusein Magomadov called the failed assassination on him a political order of the Chechen authorities.