At the hearing of the Baku Military Court on the case of former State Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh Ruben Vardanyan, he and his lawyer again protested against the composition of the panel of judges.
Moscow expresses concerns about NATO exercises involving Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan
16.3% and 12.1% of respondents in Armenia said that the country "definitely has" and "rather has" prospects for EU membership in the near future. At the same time, 12.1% and 24.6% of respondents answered that "rather not" and "definitely not".
The Dagestan police have clarified information about the shootout that took place in Makhachkala on May 5. Two unknown individuals attacked a traffic police unit on Kerimov Street and opened fire.
Last evening, an unknown person in a mask attacked Georgian civil activist Nutsa Makharadze. When she, her sister and friend entered the elevator of their building in Tbilisi, the attacker sprayed pepper spray in their faces, then doused them with green paint, cursed them and disappeared. Local media reports that Makharadze has a first-degree burn on her face.
Crimean Tatar civilian journalist Remzi Bekirov is sent to the punishment cell in IK-33 in Abakan (Khakassia) for reading namaz. The administration interprets this as a violation of the internal regulations.
The head of the Buinaksk district of Dagestan, Ullubiy Khanmurzaev, said that he signed a contract with the Ministry of Defense and was going to the "SVO". He explained this by his patriotic duty. However, he did not mention that his house had previously been searched and, possibly, a criminal case had been initiated.
At about 14:20 in Makhachkala, at the intersection of Kerimov and Magomedtagirov streets, unknown individuals attacked a traffic police unit. As a result, three police officers were killed, the press service of the MIA for Dagestan reported. The attackers fled in a service car. The car has already been found.
From June 18 to 25, the most significant increases in gasoline prices were recorded in Crimea, Dagestan, Chechnya, and the Ivanovo region.
The Russian Ministry of Justice has added the Crimean Tatar human rights organization Crimean Solidarity to the register of foreign agents.
Representatives of Georgian civil society have issued an open appeal to international organizations, declaring what they believe is an intensification of Russia's annexation policy in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. The document has been sent to the UN, the European Union, the European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM), the OSCE, and NATO.
Representatives of the Chechen diaspora in Vienna organized a protest outside the Finnish Embassy. The activists' main demand was to prevent the extradition to Russia of refugees from the North Caucasus, who face the threat of torture and repression in their home countries. Human rights activist Roza Dunaeva provided information on this matter.