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October 07, 2020 18:36

• Exact location where video was filmed about sending Chechens to Karabakh found

  The video clip about the Chechens sent to the war in Nagorno-Karabakh was actually filmed in the Crimea, as evidenced by the bridge caught in the clip.

October 07, 2020 11:51

• Stepanakert residents report regular missile attacks

  Because of frequent missile attacks, Stepanakert townspeople are afraid to leave their shelters for a long time; there are interruptions in communications and power supply in the city. As a result of the shelling, 23 civilians were killed, more than 90 others were wounded, the Nagorno-Karabakh Ombudsperson has stated.

October 07, 2020 11:45

• Parties to Karabakh conflict show different attitude to losses reports

  Azerbaijan does not publish the names of its military servicemen perished during the aggravation of the Karabakh conflict, as it suffers great losses, but the society is ready for them, Pavel Felgengauer, a military expert, believes. The data on losses among Azerbaijani militaries is not published in order not to corrupt the nation's morale, Alexander Perendjiev, another expert, has noted.

October 07, 2020 11:29

• Azerbaijan: frontline villagers stay at home despite shelling

  Women, children and the elderly have left a number of Azerbaijani villages located in the frontline area, but other villagers would not leave their homes and households for a long time, Avaz Gasanov, an activist, has informed. There are children and women among shelling victims.

October 07, 2020 11:25

• Mother of Chechen Movsar Umarov achieves initiation of murder case

  A criminal murder case has been opened at the demand of the mother of Movsar Umarov, a missing Grozny resident after the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has drawn attention to his disappearance.

October 06, 2020 23:56

• Social network users note authenticity of video about Chechens sent to Nagorno-Karabakh

  A video about natives of Chechnya being sent to the Karabakh conflict zone is fake, some Instagram users believe. Meanwhile, in their comments, other network users argue for the authenticity of the video.

October 06, 2020 23:54

• In Azerbaijan, number of casualties in shelling attacks reaches 27

  Since the beginning of the conflict escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh, 141 residents of Azerbaijan have been injured and 376 houses have been destroyed, the General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan reports. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia denied information about shelling attacks on Azerbaijani villages and cities.

October 06, 2020 23:52

• Russia declares Nagorno-Karabakh a point of attraction for militants

  Russia sees a threat to its security in the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh, since the region attracts militants from international terrorist groupings to Southern Caucasus, the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service claims. Russian and Iranian Foreign Ministers urged parties to the conflict to cease fire.

October 06, 2020 23:50

• ECtHR awards compensation to Chechen resident in police torture case

  The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) awarded 33,800 euros in compensation to Mikhail Vladovsky, a resident of Chechnya, in a case on his torture by the police, the ECtHR reported.

October 06, 2020 23:48

• In Chechnya, police conduct raids while Ramzan Kadyrov violates mask regime

  In Chechnya, the police are conducting raids requesting personnel of shops and catering facilities to wear protective masks, while Ramzan Kadyrov and his associates ignore the mask regime, local residents note.

October 06, 2020 18:22

• Russia, USA and France call for ceasefire in Karabakh

  The parties to the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh must immediately stop shelling civilian objects, the countries-co-chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group have stated. In his turn, Ilham Aliev, President of Azerbaijan, has warned that truce is possible only on the conditions of Azerbaijan.

October 06, 2020 18:19

• Karabakh President treats situation in conflict zone as calm

  All the bodies of power in Nagorno-Karabakh are working normally, despite shelling from Azerbaijan; and the night on the frontline has passed relatively calmly, Araik Arutyunyan, Karabakh President, has stated.

October 06, 2020 11:30

• Military experts treat shelling of cities as attempt to provoke panic in Azerbaijan

  The shelling of major Azerbaijani cities, Ganja, Mingachevir and other district centres, located far from Nagorno-Karabakh, cannot seriously harm the country's military potential. The shelling is aimed at creating panic among local residents, Baku analysts assert.

October 06, 2020 11:28

• Rights defenders treat complaints to PO about smartphone checks as useless

  Residents of Chechnya continue complaining about checks of their smartphones by law enforcers, the authors of the 1Adat Telegram Channel and blogger, Tumso Abdurakhmanov, have reported. Complaints about law enforcers' illegal actions sent to the Prosecutor's Office (PO) can be fraught with repressions, human rights defenders, Dmitry Piskunov and Svetlana Gannushkina, believe.

October 06, 2020 11:26

• Shelling of Azerbaijani frontline villages intensified

  The shelling of Azerbaijani dwelling settlements continues; the cities of Ganja, Terter, Barda, Beylagan and Goradiz got under fire, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported. According to the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Azerbaijan, the death toll of civilians rose to 26; the number of wounded civilians has reached 127.

October 06, 2020 11:25

• Commentators treat smartphone checks of residents of Chechnya as intimidation

  Law enforcers check smartphones of passers-by in Chechnya in order to intimidate Chechens, who are beginning to realize that Russian laws fail to work in the republic, social network users assert.

October 06, 2020 11:22

• After explosions, Stepanakert townspeople hide in basements

  On Monday (October 5), two explosions were heard in Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorno-Karabakh; local residents are hiding in basements.

October 06, 2020 10:30

• Kadyrov defiantly ignores criticism in connection with his refusal to wear mask

  At the solemn opening of a new dwelling settlement in Grozny, the head of Chechnya and his entourage were without medical masks; the fact was noticed by local residents. Even those who have recovered and even those vaccinated against coronavirus, should wear masks, Zarema Alborti, a doctor, believes.

October 06, 2020 10:23

• Baku analysts treat video about Chechens and Karabakh war as fake

  Azerbaijani journalists were unable to identify the area in the video about the possible participation of Chechens in the battles for Nagorno-Karabakh. Azerbaijan has a strong army; it needs no Chechens' help, Ramzan Mollaev, the head of the local Council of Refugees from Chechnya, is sure.

October 05, 2020 23:55

• Number of civilian casualties in Nagorno-Karabakh rises to 18

  During the aggravation of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, 18 civilians were killed, including a child, and about 80 people were injured.