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October 26, 2020 18:23

• Court arrests two men taken by Chechen law enforcers away from Rostov-on-Don

  Adam Dotmerzaev and Musa Ashakhanov, residents of the Chechen village of Samashki, who, according to human rights defenders, had been detained and tortured by law enforcers in Rostov-on-Don, were arrested for two months on the charge of involvement in the ranks of militants, the Achkhoi-Martan District Court reports.

October 26, 2020 18:11

• Nagorno-Karabakh accuses Azerbaijan of a shelling attack on Martuni

  The Nagorno-Karabakh Service for Emergencies has reported about an air raid on the city of Martuni, while the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan claims that it does not use military aircrafts and abides by the ceasefire.

October 26, 2020 15:40

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 19-25, 2020

  Hostilities in the Karabakh conflict zone; resumption of sending Azerbaijani citizens home from a camp near the Kullar village; killing of well-known Chechen surgeon Salakh Dagaev, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 19-25, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

October 26, 2020 14:02

• Paul Goble: shelling of peaceful cities aggravates Karabakh conflict

  Artillery and missile strikes on Azerbaijani cities are caused by the desire to provoke retaliatory measures by Baku, which will force Moscow to intervene and provide support to Yerevan, but they only strengthened the Azerbaijan's readiness to recapture the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, Paul Goble, a former adviser to the US Secretary of State, told the "Caucasian Knot".

October 26, 2020 13:43

• Azerbaijan and Armenia exchange accusations of ceasefire violations

  This morning, the positions of the Azerbaijani Army in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled in spite of the agreement on a humanitarian truce, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated. In its turn, the Armenian MoD has accused Azerbaijan of shelling.

October 26, 2020 13:29

• On October 19-25, no victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were recorded

  During the week of October 19-25, 2020, no information was received about any casualties or victims in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

October 26, 2020 11:19

• Azerbaijan announces capture of Gubadly

  The Azerbaijani Army has occupied the city of Gubadly, President Ilham Aliev has announced. This statement was preceded by declarations of an armistice.

October 26, 2020 11:04

• Third armistice in Nagorno-Karabakh comes into force

  A new agreement on a humanitarian ceasefire in the Karabakh conflict zone has come into force today at 8:00 a.m. local time. The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, following the President of Nagorno-Karabakh, has promised this time to stick to the ceasefire agreement.

October 26, 2020 10:51

• Native of Chechnya detained in France for placing "Like" to photo of decapitated teacher

  The police have detained and placed in custody a 22-year-old Chechen man as part of an investigation into the crime committed in the city of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, where the school teacher, Samuel Paty, was assassinated. According to French law enforcers, the detainee had put a "Like" to the post with a photo of the beheaded teacher.

October 26, 2020 10:37

• Lawyers see war crime attributes in beheading Armenian soldier

  A group of lawyers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe that the fact of cutting off the head of an Armenian soldier should be proved by international experts within the inquiry into the incident as a war crime.

October 25, 2020 11:49

• Divine services at Shushi Cathedral in Karabakh are held in spite of shelling

  For the first time after the shelling of the Kazanchetsots Cathedral in the city of Shushi, a wedding ceremony was held there; it touched townspeople. The partially destroyed temple remains open to believers, an official of the Armenian Apostolic Church has noted.

October 25, 2020 11:34

• Azerbaijan claims Armenia's direct interference into armed conflict

  The territories occupied by the Azerbaijani militaries were shelled by Armenia, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated. The Armenian command is trying to defend the strategically important Lachin Corridor and provokes return fire in order to involve Russia in the conflict, Telman Abilov, a military expert, believes.

October 25, 2020 11:17

• Despite shelling, residents of Azerbaijani frontline areas stay in their villages

  Villagers of the Terter and Goranboy Districts of Azerbaijan report that they continue their field and garden works, despite the shelling.

October 24, 2020 23:49

• GPO reports death of two residents of Azerbaijan in shelling

  A sixteen-year-old resident of the village of Kyabirli, Terter District, has died today from shelling. Besides, one of those wounded on October 17 in Ganja has died. Since the start of hostilities, The death toll of civilians has reached 65, of those wounded ones has made 298 persons, the Azerbaijan General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has stated.

October 24, 2020 23:44

• MoD of Nagorno-Karabakh counts 118 wounded civilians

  The number of residents of Nagorno-Karabakh wounded during the hostilities has reached 118; more than 10,500 buildings were damaged, Artak Beglaryan, the Ombudsperson of Nagorno-Karabakh, has stated.

October 24, 2020 12:37

• Armenian MFA counts refugees from Nagorno-Karabakh war

  Due to the shelling of dwelling settlements, about 90,000 residents of Nagorno-Karabakh have left their homes, Zograb Mnatsakanyan, the head of the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), has stated.

October 24, 2020 12:18

• Stepanakert residents master medical aid skills in bomb shelters

  Doctors are rendering medical help to civilians around the clock and provide them with medicines, authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh have stated. People who hide in bomb shelters said that because of their worries about their relatives and friends at the front, their health problems have worsened, but they try not to distract doctors from helping the wounded and help each other on their own.

October 24, 2020 12:11

• Some 40 law enforcers raid "Tangim" Mosque

  Law enforcers have checked documents of drivers and passengers of the cars near the Makhachkala "Tangim" Mosque after Friday namaz (prayer).

October 24, 2020 11:30

• Azerbaijan announces control restoration over 13 villages in conflict zone

  Azerbaijani soldiers have entered 13 more villages in the southern part of the Karabakh conflict zone, President Ilham Aliev has announced. Two of these villages are located in the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, Azad Isazade, an expert, has noted.

October 24, 2020 11:27

• Prosecutor asks 17 years in prison for Azerbaijani journalist Polad Aslanov

  The wife and the advocate of Polad Aslanov, the editor-in-chief of the editions "Xeberman.com" and "Press-az.com", have found the prosecutor's demand to sentence him to 17 years in prison unjustified.