Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev has called on Armenia not to waste time on the path to signing a peace treaty.
The attack on police officers in Chechnya was supervised by a Ukrainian citizen through subordinates in Turkey. In light of the incident, preventive measures against extremism and terrorism have been strengthened in the republic. This was announced by the head of the region, Ramzan Kadyrov.
A military airfield in Mozdok was attacked by drones, local residents report. The head of North Ossetia reported the downing of 15 UAVs.
In the Southern District Military Court, Crimean Tatars Abdulmedzhit Seytumerov, Ametkhan Umerov, Eldar Yakubov, Ruslan Asanov, Remzi Nimetulayev and Seidamet Mustafayev asked questions to a hidden prosecution witness. However, according to lawyer Emil Kurbedinov, he answered with routine memorized phrases.
A hearing was held in the Supreme Court of Dagestan on the criminal case of the kidnapping, rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl from Kaspiysk, Kalimat Omarova. The trial has been going on for seven years. The prosecutor requested a life sentence for the accused, Magomed Mirzalibagandov. The defendant admitted his guilt.
A court in the city of Maisky (Kabardino-Balkaria) fined local resident Timur Stolnikov 15 thousand rubles. He was found guilty under the article on discrediting the Russian army.
The Baku Court of Appeal upheld the 10-year sentence for activist Bakhtiyar Hajiyev. The defense is preparing a cassation appeal to the Supreme Court of Azerbaijan.
The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for Chechnya has opened a criminal case over the attempted murder of law enforcement officers. This concerns yesterday's attack on a traffic police post in Achkhoy-Martan.
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.