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The coming days will show whether pilgrims will be able to get to Mecca this year, the Russian Hajj Mission announces.

At least ten people were injured in a conflict involving natives of Chechnya, the Prosecutor's Office of the French city of Dijon reported.

Cars cannot be seized from violators of wedding rules, there are fines for this, social network users have noted in response to an order of the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, to punish participants of long wedding corteges. Other users believe that strict measures are a must; otherwise the coronavirus epidemic will not end soon.

During the week of June 8-14, 2020, no events related to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were recorded, as well as no casualties and victims. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.

The cars of violators of restrictions on holding wedding ceremonies will be seized and sold with transfer of funds to the medical sphere, while violators will be sent as volunteers to hospitals, the head of Chechnya has stated. However, he announced the third phase of quarantine mitigation since June 20.

The armed attack by militants of Shamil Basaev on Budyonnovsk committed 25 years ago should have ended with the liquidation of the field commander, even at the cost of lives of most hostages, the law enforcers who took part in the operation believe. In his turn, Alexander Cherkasov, a rights defender, remarks that the release of most of the hostages as a result of negotiations is the only successful peacemaking effort since the start of the first Chechen campaign.

The messages in the WhatsApp about the death of Abushaikh Vismuradov, a former head of the Grozny Police are accompanied by a video with beating of an elderly man.

On suspicion of involvement in the attack on the Chechen blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, Imran Khaskhanov has been arrested in absentia in Sweden, the city court of Gävle has informed. Khaskhanov is a Russian citizen, the "Vayfond" Association has added.

The authorities of Dagestan have ignored the statements of Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament on the border demarcation, despite the sharp tone of his statements. The inaction of the republic's leaders results in increased tensions in the society and gives rise to protest moods, the Dagestani journalists interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

In Chechnya, employees of budgetary organizations are forced to participate in subbotniks organized by the authorities despite the self-isolation regime. Local report that they are forced to work at 35-degree heat, in medical masks and gloves.

Collective Friday namazes (prayers) in Chechnya were held with a small number of believers; the number of them in mosques was limited due to the safe distance rule. Law enforcers monitored the observance of sanitary standards by believers, residents of the republic told the "Caucasian Knot".

Muslim countries have no widespread practice of helping needy bridegrooms with the purchase of ransom for a bride used in Chechnya, note Caucasus experts.

Instagram users claim there is no extremism in the actions of Aitakhadji Khalimov, a resident of Kaliningrad, who posted videos about the war in Chechnya. Users of the social network note that the state-run TV Channel also showed similar videos.