On the occasion of the 250th anniversary of US independence, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev sent a congratulatory message to Donald Trump, thanking the American leader for his contribution to advancing the peace agenda in the South Caucasus.

The Georgian company Black Sea Petroleum has announced that, starting in August or September, it will switch exclusively to processing non-Russian oil. The company stated that this move would enable access to more profitable export markets and help dispel suspicions regarding involvement in the circumvention of international sanctions.

The Nalchik Garrison Military Court has sentenced a serviceman named Bizhoev, finding him guilty of two counts of unauthorized absence from duty during the mobilization period. He was sentenced to six years of imprisonment in a general-regime penal colony.

Russia considers the signing of a legally binding non-use-of-force agreement between Georgia, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia to be the primary objective of the Geneva International Discussions. This was stated by Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin.

Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has announced the prevention of a suspected terrorist attack in Pyatigorsk and the detention of a native of a Central Asian country. His name and citizenship have not been disclosed, and the circumstances described by the security agency cannot be independently verified.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. The meeting took place in Tehran, where Pashinyan had arrived to attend the farewell ceremony for Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

A court in Ingushetia has remanded a 27-year-old resident of the Sunzhensky District in custody on suspicion of financing terrorism. At the request of investigators, he has been detained until August 30, 2026.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will visit Russia on July 7. He is listed among the invited speakers at the Innoprom international industrial exhibition, which is taking place in Yekaterinburg.

Imam Arsanov, a 28-year-old native of Chechnya, was detained at Grozny Airport upon his return from Moscow and has been held for over two months at the base of the Akhmat Kadyrov Special Purpose Patrol-Guard Police Regiment. This was reported by the Chechen movement NIYSO and a source for Kavkaz.Realii.

Following the 67th round of the Geneva International Discussions, Moscow and Tbilisi once again issued diametrically opposed statements. The Russian Foreign Ministry urged Georgia to conclude a legally binding non-use-of-force agreement with Abkhazia and South Ossetia, while the Georgian Foreign Ministry stated that Russia continues to deepen cooperation with the authorities of the Tskhinvali region in violation of international law.