After the break of the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station dam, more than 1,800 buildings were flooded. Tons of machine oil could have gotten into the Dnieper. Experts speak of a humanitarian and environmental catastrophe.

On June 7, 2001, unidentified persons from grenade launchers fired at the checkpoint "Kazbek" of the VOVD of the Nozhai-Yurtovsky district. There is no information about victims.

One region of the North Caucasus Federal District was in the top 10 environmental rating of the Russian Federation.

Due to the risk of international sanctions, banks in Armenia, as well as Kazakhstan, began to block payments from Russian legal entities for the supply of foreign electronics. We are talking about products that are prohibited from being imported into the Russian Federation: servers, microcircuits, processors, telecom equipment.

A court in Makhachkala fined local resident Ibragim Parkuev 2,000 rubles for walking out with a poster "Happy Birthday Alexei" on June 4. Also on that day in Derbent, security forces detained activist Mukhammed Dzhambulatov, who went out to a solo picket.

The peoples of the North Caucasus will gain independence, one by one, through a common struggle. This was stated by the head of the Council of United Circassia Kenan Kaplan.

The co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) on monitoring Azerbaijan during their visit to Baku met with representatives of independent media resources and human rights activists. Participants pointed to restrictions on freedom of the press and information.

The day before, the Polish authorities extradited, at the request of the Russian Federation, ex-employee of the Dagestan FSB Emran Navruzbekov. After that, the connection with him disappeared. This was reported by his wife, who received political asylum with her children in Poland.

In the context of the closure of European borders and the rise in price of foreign tourism, the republics of the North Caucasus are in the TOP-5 for booking rooms for the summer. This was reported by the Association of Tour Operators of Russia (ATOR).

Azerbaijan and Armenia are on the threshold of peace for the first time since the restoration of their independence. This was announced by Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, speaking in Austria at a special meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council.