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October 31, 2020 16:52

• Azerbaijan reports new shelling

  Today, the positions of Azerbaijani troops deployed in three districts are shelled by artillery; at night the fire in the Karabakh conflict zone was delivered, among other weapons, from missile launchers, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

October 31, 2020 16:36

• Kadyrov demands apologies from Zhirinovsky

  Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the leader of the Liberal-Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), has condemned Ramzan Kadyrov's statements about the French President, Emmanuel Macron, for his refusal to condemn caricatures on Prophet Muhammad. The head of Chechnya has demanded from LDPR leader to apologize for his words and not interfere in religious matters.

October 31, 2020 12:39

• Rights defenders criticize Ingush authorities for unresolved migrants' problems

  About 150 families of forced migrants from North Ossetia live in Ingushetia in difficult conditions; but instead of providing them with new housing, authorities are making attempts to evict them from emergency barracks, human rights defenders assert.

October 31, 2020 12:23

• Armenia and Azerbaijan exchange accusations of ecological terror

  The Azerbaijani militaries have used phosphorus ammunition to set fire to forests, where civilians of Nagorno-Karabakh are hiding from shelling, the Ombudsperson of Armenia has stated. After the shelling by the Armenian party, forests in the Goranboy District have caught fire, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

October 31, 2020 11:57

• Baku and Yerevan agree not to shell civilians

  At their meeting in Geneva, the heads of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFAs) of Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed not to attack peaceful settlements in the Karabakh conflict zone.

October 31, 2020 11:42

• Volgograd victims of political repressions treat state support as negligible

  On October 30, the annual rally in memory of the victims of political repression in Volgograd was replaced by a symbolic laying of flowers. Pensions and benefits are not enough for a decent living, the descendants of those repressed, interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot", assert.

October 31, 2020 08:39

• Russian TV personality reproaches Nurmagomedov for aggressive statements about French President

  Dagestani MMA fighter Khabib Nurmagomedov wished the French President humiliation for insulting the feelings of Muslims. These words can be perceived by his fans as a call for violence, the Russian TV presenter, Ksenia Sobchak, has pointed out to the fighter.

October 31, 2020 08:25

• Seven residents of Karabakh village suffer from shelling

  A resident of the village of Aknakhbyur, Askeran District, has perished, and six others were wounded as a result of shelling from the Azerbaijani side, the office of the Ombudsperson of Nagorno-Karabakh has stated.

October 31, 2020 01:09

• Armenian MoD calls prisoner of war a Syrian mercenary

  The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh posted a video in which a prisoner of war identified himself as a mercenary trained in Turkey. A native of the Syrian city of Hama has been taken captive, reports Shushan Stepanyan, the press secretary for the Ministry of Defence of Armenia. The Azerbaijani authorities have not commented on the above report, but the Azerbaijani General Prosecutor has accused Armenia of using mercenaries from Georgia, France, the United States, and Belarus.

October 31, 2020 00:08

• HRC "Memorial" warns of fabricated evidence against relatives of sentenced Kurchaloi residents

  Law enforcers seized mobile phones from relatives of 14 residents of Chechnya, sentenced for involvement in the ranks of militants and registered Telegram accounts to those phone numbers. Human rights defenders do not exclude that this is preparation for fabricating criminal cases against mobile phone owners.

October 30, 2020 23:51

• Russian TV personality shows messages with a threat of murder for her dispute with Kadyrov

  Ksenia Sobchak will suffer the fate of Samuel Paty if she does not delete her posts about cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, an author of an anonymous message writes.

October 30, 2020 19:05

• Ten residents of Kabardino-Balkaria arrested on suspicion of extremism

  A court pronounced a decision to detain residents of the Lesken District, who, according to the police's version, created an extremist community and used force against those who did not share their views.

October 30, 2020 18:49

• In Baku, sisters from a Chechen refugee family ask for protection from domestic violence

  Four sisters from a family of Chechen refugees living in Azerbaijan have posted videos asking for help, because their parents restrict their education and medical treatment and try to force them to marry. After trying to escape from the house, the sisters fear for their lives.

October 30, 2020 14:15

• AI opposes the use of cluster bombs in Karabakh conflict

  At shelling of the Azerbaijani city of Barda, cluster bombs were used, the international Amnesty International (AI) announced its conclusions on October 29, calling on the parties to the Karabakh conflict to stop using prohibited ammunition.

October 30, 2020 14:03

• Azerbaijan reports artillery shelling in four districts

  Today, the positions of Azerbaijani troops in four districts have been fired from artillery weapons; at night the fire in the Karabakh conflict zone was conducted, among other weapons, from missile launchers, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

October 30, 2020 13:34

• Ten people fall victim to shelling of Nagorno-Karabakh

  Two civilians were wounded in missile attacks on Stepanakert; two others were wounded during the shelling of the village of Sgnakh. Besides, one rescuer was killed, and five others were wounded during shelling, Artak Beglaryan, the Ombudsperson of Nagorno-Karabakh has stated.

October 30, 2020 11:31

• Aliev's threat to use F-16 draws Russian political analysts' attention

  Ilham Aliev's statement about the readiness to use Turkish F-16 fighters in case of foreign intervention in the Karabakh conflict has been provoked by Turkey, the Russian political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe. In their opinion, Istanbul is demonstratively supporting Baku.

October 30, 2020 11:18

• Ingushetia commemorates victims of Ossetian-Ingush conflict

  Today, a memory action of victims of the 1992 Ossetian-Ingush conflict took place at the memorial cemetery in Nazran. Residents of Ingushetia told the "Caucasian Knot" how they helped refugees from North Ossetia on the "road of life."

October 30, 2020 08:58

• Resident of Dagestan receives real prison term for domestic violence

  The court has sentenced the ex-husband of Gulli Kazanbieva to 13 months in colony, finding him guilty of causing intentional harm to one's health, a threat of murder and illegal entry into one's housing. Kazanbieva is pleased with the verdict; and her lawyer sees no reason to appeal against it, taking into account the practice in Dagestan, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has informed

October 30, 2020 08:45

• Woman from Goranboy District dies in Azerbaijan under shelling

  Flora Ziyadova died when a shell hit her house. This is the 91st civilian death in Azerbaijan since the start of the aggravation of the Karabakh conflict, the Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has counted.