A hybrid war is being waged against Armenia, and it periodically intensifies. Russian experts with Armenian surnames are involved in it, they are trying to change the government, announce rallies. Chairman of the Armenian Parliament Alen Simonyan shared such conclusions at a briefing.
During the construction of 49% of apartment buildings in Dagestan, various technological violations and the use of low-quality materials take place. At the same time, the cost of a square meter of housing can reach 200 thousand rubles, said the chairman of the Guild of Builders of the North Caucasus Federal District, Ali Shakhbanov.
More than 80 human rights defenders, activists, and cultural figures from Adygea, Dagestan, Kabardino-Balkaria, and Karachay-Cherkessia have sent an appeal to the President of the Russian Federation. They are asking not to adopt the law "On Repatriation to the Russian Federation", since it requires knowledge of the Russian language for potential repatriates from foreign countries to Russia and infringes on their rights.
Circassian activist and blogger Hasan Matuev has been detained in Istanbul. He faces extradition to Russia, as he is on the federal wanted list. Matuev is included in the list of extremists and terrorists of Rosfinmonitoring.
Turkish law enforcement officers have detained Islam Seinaroev, the former manager of the Ingush branch of the Russian Social Fund. He is accused of organizing the theft of 2 billion rubles. One of the main defendants in the case is the former head of the federal postal service of Ingushetia, Magomed-Bashir Kalimatov, the elder brother of the head of the republic, Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov.
Azeri MP Azer Badamov was denied entry to the Russian Federation. The incident occurred at the Moscow airport, where Badamov was detained and not allowed on a flight to Astrakhan. He was later returned to Baku.
The Tbilisi City Court has remanded 11 people detained at the protests in custody: Andro Chichinadze, Onise Tskhadadze, Guram Mirtskhulava, Jano Archaya, Luka Jabua, Ruslan Sivakov, Revaz Kiknadze, Giorgi Terashvili, Valery Tetrashvili, Sergei Kukharchuk and Irakli Kerashvili. The case has entered the merits stage.
68 years ago, the first train with Karachays who returned to their native land from deportation arrived at the railway station of the Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Region.
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.