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On Tuesday, 250 citizens of Azerbaijan were taken home from Dagestan, and about 500 others still wait for their turn and stay at a tent camp arranged in the village of Kullar. The Moscow Diaspora of Azerbaijanis called on the authorities to include more people in groups to be sent home from the tent camp once a week.

The "Grozny" TV Channel released a humorous video about Ramzan Kadyrov breaking into the White House with machine guns. The video continued a series of statements voiced by the authorities of Chechnya concerning the US sanctions imposed against the leader of the republic. Some Instagram users found the video to be funny, while others made fun of its authors. Blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov mentioned "clowning" as a specific feature of the Chechen authorities' policy.

Managers of budget-funded institutions are forcing, under a threat of dismissal, their employees to get registered in social networks and post their photos with the hashtag "#MySemyaKRA" (We are the family of Kadyrov, Ramzan Akhmatovich) in support of Ramzan Kadyrov, who occurred under US sanctions.

After Ramzan Kadyrov's statement on tightening control over the observance of sanitary standards, officials threatened entrepreneurs with fines during their inspections of shops, cafés and marketplaces. At the same time, actions in support of the regional leader are held in the republic, at which the restrictions imposed by the authorities are not always observed.

There are few local tourists in Georgian hotels; most of them don't use the services of tour operators; therefore, the industry is on the brink of bankruptcy, the businessmen interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

After the protest action in Baku, Mekhti Ibragim, a son of Mamed Ibragim, a member of the Presidium of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), was arrested for three months on charges of spreading the coronavirus infection. The oppositionist treats the accusation as far-fetched and links the persecution of his son with his father's political activities.

For the sixth day, the ambulance is evading a call to Abu Meduev, an elder of the Beno-Yurt village in the Nadterechny District of Chechnya, whose health has deteriorated, his son Sultan has stated. He attributes the situation to the fact that he himself was diagnosed with coronavirus; and medics avoid contact with his family.

After the verdict to North-Ossetian journalist Alan Mamiev, who was fined for a post about the coronavirus infection, lawyers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have noted that the number of administrative cases on fake news has grown significantly amid the coronavirus pandemic.

The reports, which caused panic among local residents that quarantine has been introduced in the Urus-Martan District due to coronavirus, were recorded back in spring, and now re-published, officials have explained. The police began searching for the authors of the posts; and Instagram users demand to punish distributors of fakes.

The police have set up three posts in the area of the Makhachkala "Tangim" Mosque and stopped men with beards after their Friday namaz (prayer), the parishioners have informed.

Residents of Dagestan travel to Chechnya by buses, while taxi drivers agree to bring people only to the border, where residents of other regions must present a certificate stating that they are not sick with coronavirus. In recent days, policemen are no longer demanding such certificates from all passengers; therefore, the queues on the border have decreased, drivers inform.