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▪️ Armenia is set to put the head of the country's ancient Apostolic Church and six other clerics on trial on allegations of defying a civil court order.

In the first half of 2026, citizens of Uzbekistan have significantly reduced their trips to Russia for work purposes, according to Podrobno.uz.

The Consulate General of Uzbekistan in Kazan has conducted consular and legal work regarding the situation involving citizens of the republic during a raid by law enforcement agencies in the Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia.

Adilbek Kasimaliyev, Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan and Head of the Presidential Administration, announced in a podcast for the Kabar national news agency that Uzbekistan has the capacity to supply Kyrgyzstan with up to 20,000 tons of fuel per month.

In Kazakhstan's Ile-Balkhash State Nature Reserve, a female Amur tiger named Umit has been released into the wild, marking the first time this predator has returned to the country's wilderness in over seven decades.

A deadly explosion outside an upscale restaurant at Kudrinskaya Square in central Moscow killed at least three people, including the suspected female bomber, authorities said. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin described the incident as a "brutal terrorist attack" and vowed that those responsible would be found and punished.

An explosion rocked the Balzi Rossi restaurant on Kudrinskaya Square in Moscow, located on the ground floor of a residential high-rise building. The incident occurred on August 1 during a private banquet.

Within the framework of the informal consultative meeting, the leaders of Central Asia and Azerbaijan participated in the grand opening ceremony of the new five-star Baku Hotel on the shore of Issyk-Kul. This was reported by the press service of the President of Uzbekistan.

On July 30, a ceremony was held in the Belarusian city of Orsha to mark the departure of the first direct freight train, 'Slavic Caravan', on the Orsha–Tashkent route, as reported by IA 'Dunyo'.

President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev, speaking at the informal Consultative Meeting of Heads of State of Central Asia and Azerbaijan in Issyk-Kul, stated that the region needs to transition to building a sustainable architecture of cooperation.

Ziroat Mirziyoyeva, the First Lady of Uzbekistan, who is accompanying President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on a state visit to Kyrgyzstan, along with First Ladies Aigul Japarova of Kyrgyzstan and Mehriban Aliyeva of Azerbaijan, visited the state health and rehabilitation center 'Altyn Balalyk' in Cholpon-Ata.

An informal consultative meeting of heads of state of Central Asia and Azerbaijan took place in Cholpon-Ata, Kyrgyzstan. Speaking at the event, President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev noted that regional integration is entering a new qualitative stage.