A jury in the US state of Maryland has brought a new charge against 22-year-old Chechen native Amin Stigall. This time, the man is accused of fraud.

The Moscow police received a statement from two underage girls from Dagestan who were recently attacked by a passerby because they were wearing hijabs. An investigation is underway.

30-year-old Chechen Anzor Dzhukaev disappeared in Thailand more than two and a half months ago. In 2011, he participated in the neutralization of the terrorist Breivik. Representatives of the Chechen diaspora are taking part in the search, the embassies of Russia and Norway, of which he is a citizen, have been notified. Anzor Dzhukaev entered Thailand on March 24 using a Russian passport. Contact with him was lost on June 14. He was last seen on the island of Koh Phangan.

Meanwhile, as the president of the self-proclaimed republic of Abkhazia Aslan Bzhania is outside its borders, the opposition openly declares its intention to remove him from power. Thus, at today's meeting in Sukhumi with the participation of public figures and the united opposition, they announced preparations for a people's assembly, which should "put an end to the president, who, instead of protecting the interests of the Abkhaz people, is setting them up."

A lawsuit against Georgia and Azerbaijan was filed with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The applicant is Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Mukhtarli. The court found his arguments convincing and found violations by both states.

The EU mission in Armenia does not protect the country, but collects intelligence. The fate of the South Caucasus should be determined exclusively by the countries of the region and neighboring partner states. This was stated by the Russian Ambassador to Armenia Sergey Kopyrkin in an interview with the publication "Soyuzniki. CSTO".

Security forces are conducting searches in the homes of Crimean Tatars whose relatives are fighting in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Yesterday, the home of the parents of Ismail Khalikov, who previously held the post of Representative of the Ombudsman for the observance of the rights of residents of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, was subjected to such an inspection.

The Azerbaijani authorities have condemned the French Foreign Ministry for issuing a warning regarding travel to the republic. This statement was made by the press secretary of the Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry, Ayhan Hajizade. He also refuted the arguments presented on the French ministry's website that citizens of the country are detained and persecuted in Azerbaijan.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky supported a new package of sanctions by the National Security and Defense Council against 73 economic entities (airports and air cargo companies) and 74 individuals of the Russian Federation.

Russian President Vladimir Putin submitted three candidates for election to the parliament of Kabardino-Balkaria for consideration.