In Georgia, journalists, civil society activists and opposition members are receiving court summonses en masse over social media posts that the ruling party considers offensive. According to local media, those summoned to court include TV Pirveli hosts Vakho Sanaia, Vika Bukia and Ekaterina Mishveladze, Mtavari correspondent Dea Mamiseshvili, human rights activist Baia Pataraia, activists Mariam Geguchadze and Anna Subeliani, opposition members Elene Khoshtaria, Aleko Elisashvili, Levan Khabeishvili, as well as former president of the National Bank of Georgia Giorgi Kadagidze.

Previously convicted native of Nazran Khadzhibikar Barkinkhoev was captured by the Ukrainian Armed Forces and told how he was forcibly recruited to participate in the "SVO". According to him, he was tortured.

Armenia's ruling elite is convinced that Catholicos of All Armenians Garegin II will soon resign. According to local media, he has no choice but to "submit" to the demands of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, and the clergy must choose a new head of the Armenian Church.

From February to June, the number of political prisoners in Azerbaijan increased from 357 to 375. The Union for Freedom of Political Prisoners in Azerbaijan divided their total number into 12 groups.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has arrived in Budapest on an official visit. This was reported by the Prime Minister's press service.

Deputy Chief of the Main Military-Political Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces Apti Alaudinov partially apologized for the high-profile incident with the insult to the priest. Earlier, representatives of the so-called Orthodox movement "Forty Sorokov" demanded that the Russian military leader be brought to criminal responsibility and removed from his post.

In the regions of the North Caucasus, the ratio of the number of vacancies to the number of unemployed is close to zero. In Ingushetia, there are 128 unemployed people per 1,000 residents - a record for the country. In second place is Dagestan, where 52 out of 1,000 people are unemployed.

The criminal case against the former mayor of Magas, Usman Aushev, has been sent to the Magas District Court. He is charged under two articles - abuse of office and fraud.

On June 9, the leader of the opposition party United National Movement Tina Bokuchava said that her wife, Kote Ioseliani, was kidnapped and forced to record a video apology to the son of the founder of the ruling party, Bidzina Ivanishvili.

The Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry criticized Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky for comparing the Russian-Ukrainian war with the Karabakh conflict. Earlier, he said that "there was such a disputed region between Armenia and Azerbaijan - Karabakh."