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November 19, 2020 10:14

• Armenian pilgrims say farewell to monastery in Karvachar District

  Believers are gathering at the Dadivank Monastery located in the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh that passes under Azerbaijan's control. Pilgrims fear that they will no longer be able to visit the monastery. The Abbot and the brethren decided not to leave Dadivank.

November 18, 2020 23:59

• Peacekeepers: over 1700 refugees return to Nagorno-Karabakh

  Over 24 hours, 648 refugees arrived in Stepanakert from Armenia, and in total, 1709 people returned to the city. The Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has deployed seven more peacekeeping observer posts in Nagorno-Karabakh than planned, the Russian MoD reports.

November 18, 2020 23:55

• Entrepreneur retracts his statement on Marvel comics after meeting with Chechen minister

  In Kurchaloi, the spokesman for the children's centre called inappropriate the replacement of images of US comic book characters with photographs of Ramzan Kadyrov and "real heroes." At the same time, in a conversation with Akhmed Dudaev, Chechen Minister of Information, the spokesman for the children's centre said that he did not refuse to comply with the Chechen leader's instructions.

November 18, 2020 20:18

• Journalists question official version of terror act in Kaspiysk in 1996

  The terror act committed in 1996 in Kaspiysk was an extraordinary event, but later terror acts in Russia forced residents to become accustomed to such news, Dagestani journalists suggest. They doubt the official version that the terror act committed in a house where families of border guards lived was connected with the blocking of smuggling channels.

November 18, 2020 20:08

• Russian authorities retroactively approve sending peacekeepers to Karabakh

  Today, a week after Russian peacekeepers had been sent to Nagorno-Karabakh, members of the Russian Federation Council have adopted a resolution on their consent to the above sending.

November 18, 2020 18:00

• For KBR scientist, scientific studies turn into criminal prosecution

  Khusein Karagulov, a scientist from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), was accused of making medicinal drugs without authorities' permit. Karagulov, who is researching the healing mud of the Tambukan Lake, has stated that officials are fulfilling someone's order and would not listen to arguments in his defence.

November 18, 2020 17:48

• Three activists detained at a protest action in Batumi

  Law enforcers have detained Djelal Kikava, an oppositionist, for disobeying the police, as well as two other protesters in Batumi; one of them was hospitalized.

November 18, 2020 17:43

• Azerbaijani rights defenders treat verdict to journalist Aslanov as absurd

  Authorities are often accusing journalists, including of espionage for Iran, but such charges look implausible, Namizad Safarov, the coordinator of the Centre against Repressions and Torture, said in his comment to Polad Aslanov's verdict.

November 18, 2020 11:28

• ECtHR unusually promptly responds to complaint about Tepsurkaev's kidnapping

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has communicated the complaint filed by human rights defenders in the interests of Salman Tepsurkaev, a native of Chechnya, kidnapped in Gelendjik. It has become record fast, the "Committee against Torture" (CaT) has noted.

November 18, 2020 11:20

• Karvachar residents express fears of desecrating relatives' graves

  The townspeople leaving Karvachar are forced to dig up the remains of their relatives for fear that their graves may be desecrated after the city comes under Azerbaijan's control. Refugees burn down their houses and slaughter the livestock.

November 18, 2020 11:12

• Nagorno-Karabakh residents are in no hurry to return home due to uncertainty

  Shops began to open in Stepanakert; the 80% of the city receives electricity and gas, the Mayor of the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh has informed. However, not all refugees are ready to return, as they are worried about their safety and do not know how to restore their houses and households affected by shelling.

November 18, 2020 11:09

• Investigation into deaths of Armenian soldiers highlights fierce fighting at Djebrail

  The statement of the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) about arrests during the inquiry into violations of the conditions of military service in Nagorno-Karabakh was made a month after the release of the video of the battles near Djebrail (Djrakan).

November 18, 2020 11:02

• Red Cross announces exchange of bodies of 200 Nagorno-Karabakh casualties

  Under the mediation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), the parties of the Karabakh conflict have already received 200 bodies of those who perished during the hostilities. The Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has drafted a map for searching for the dead and missing military servicemen.

November 17, 2020 22:48

• Armenian President calls for early parliamentary elections

  Against the background of the political crisis after the truce agreement with Azerbaijan, the government of Armenia should prepare for early parliamentary elections, and power should be transferred to the government of "national accord," Armenian President Armen Sargsyan announces.

November 17, 2020 22:41

• Karabakh residents question guarantees of safe passage through Lachin

  Today, the road through the Lachin corridor has been officially opened for civilian vehicles, but assurances from the authorities concerning the safety of the new route did not convince residents of Nagorno-Karabakh.

November 17, 2020 22:39

• Experts negatively assess postponement of withdrawal of troops from Kelbajar District

  Armenia delays the withdrawal of troops from the Kelbajar District, with a hope for a change in the situation, and if the expectations are followed by a change in the schedule for the withdrawal of troops from the Adam and Lachin District, the peace agreement will be in jeopardy, Azerbaijani military experts suggest.

November 17, 2020 21:54

• 14 Azerbaijani oppositionists placed under house arrest

  In Baku, a court changed the pre-trial restriction measure for 21 out of 37 defendants in a criminal case on an unsanctioned march. The detainees were released from custody and placed under house arrest. The number of the released defendants includes 12 members of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan and two members of the movement "Muslim Unity".

November 17, 2020 21:43

• Social network users criticize Kadyrov's statement about Marvel characters

  Ramzan Kadyrov demanded to replace images of comic book characters on the walls of the children's centre in Kurchaloi with photographs of "real heroes." Some social network users considered the position of the leader of Chechnya to be too strict.

November 17, 2020 17:14

• Refugees from Stepanakert treat neighbourhood with Azerbaijan-controlled Shushi as dangerous

  The authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh urge their citizens to return to their homeland. Refugees answered that they decided to return to their homes in Stepanakert, but did not consider living in the city safe after the transfer of the neighbouring city of Shushi to Azerbaijan.

November 17, 2020 17:10

• Armenia turns to ECtHR about people missing in conflict zone

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) should demand from Azerbaijani authorities to ensure the right to life of the ten civilians who disappeared on the Goris-Shushi road and refrain from ill-treatment of them, the Armenia's representative to the ECtHR has stated.