The day before, a procession was held in Yerevan in protest against the "surrender" of Karabakh to Azerbaijan, after which the date of the new rally was announced.

On the night of July 21, 2001, in the Zavodskoy district of Grozny, a UAZ car was blown up at a crossroads near a former furniture factory.

Muslims in Moscow protested against law enforcement raids and inspections of mosques during prayers. After Friday prayers, they went to an unsanctioned rally. The police don't interfere.

Against the former military psychologist, an officer from Moscow, Timofey Rudenko, a criminal case was opened to justify terrorism. The reason was his comments in the telegram.

Armenian society is disappointed with the actions of Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh and Moscow's response to Azerbaijani incursions into Armenian territory. This was stated by Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan.

Azerbaijani Ambassador to Ukraine Seymur Mardaliev visited the city of Irpen in the Kyiv region, which suffered during the Russian-Ukrainian war.

Since the beginning of 2023, at least 14 Crimean Tatar and Ukrainian political prisoners have been illegally transferred to Russian prisons. This was reported by the human rights organization "KrymSOS".

Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov commented on the negative public reaction to the words and actions of the Olympic champion, athlete Elena Isinbayeva.

On July 20, 2001, at three o'clock in the city of Urus-Martan, presumably, officers of the military commandant's office, having previously thrown a smoke bomb, broke into the house located at 92, Sportivnaya Street.

The Southern District Military Court satisfied the demands of the prosecution to extend the arrest for another three months to the journalist of the Dagestan newspaper Chernovik Abdulmumin Gadzhiev, as well as Abubakar Rizvanov and Kemal Tambiev.