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August 04, 2022 23:39

• Azerbaijani MFA considers accusations of violation of trilateral agreement hypocritical

  Official Baku reacted to the statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Armenia, which accused Azerbaijan of violating the trilateral ceasefire agreement. The reason for the aggravation of the situation was the failure of the Armenian side to comply with the clause of the agreement on the withdrawal of troops, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Azerbaijan stated.

August 04, 2022 23:30

• Petition for visa regime for Russian citizens in Georgia gains more than 14,000 votes

  Over 14,000 votes were received in the first day by a petition calling on the Georgian authorities to introduce a visa regime for citizens of Russia, as well as Belarus.

August 04, 2022 23:13

• Kremlin reacts to Pashinyan’s statement about functions of Russian peacekeepers

  In response to the Nikol Pashinyan’s proposal to discuss the functions of Russian peacekeepers, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov has said that the Russian side is acting in Nagorno-Karabakh in accordance with the trilateral agreement and expects its compliance also from Armenia and Azerbaijan.

August 04, 2022 18:47

• Military experts call escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh a “knife in back” for Russia

  Russia justifiably accused Azerbaijan of violating the ceasefire in Nagorno-Karabakh and would similarly react to the escalation from the Armenian side, as Russia treats attempts to aggravate the conflict over Nagorno-Karabakh during the special military operation in Ukraine as a “knife in the back”, Russian military experts point out.

August 04, 2022 18:27

• Ashurov’s spouse demands reaction of police and Ombudsperson to provocations in temporary detention facility

  The police did not conduct an examination of a drink, after which Azerbaijani oppositionist Samir Ashurov, who was kept in a temporary detention facility, felt ill, and the Ombudsperson did not provide verification of the reasons for the oppositionist’s deterioration in health, a spouse of the arrested activist states.

August 04, 2022 14:31

• Azerbaijan claims calm border after "Retribution" operation

  After the "Retribution" operation conducted in Nagorno-Karabakh, the situation in the territory where the Russian peacemaking contingent is temporarily stationed, as well as on the border, is relatively calm, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated.

August 04, 2022 13:59

• Russia's MoD accuses Azerbaijan of breaking ceasefire regime

  Twice in two days, the Russia's Ministry of Defence (MoD) laid the blame on Azerbaijan for violating the ceasefire regime in the Karabakh conflict zone.

August 04, 2022 11:07

• CC returns request for transfer "Pitsunda" state dacha to Russia to Abkhaz Parliament

  The materials on the agreement on the transfer of the "Pitsunda" state dacha to Russia have been returned to the MPs, while the Constitutional Court (CC) invited them to state their position on the issue in the appeal. They were given three days to correct the documents.

August 04, 2022 10:53

• Stavropol activists leave Russia after law enforcers' threats

  The spouses Darya Andreeva and Ilya Nikonorov from Georgievsk, fined under the article on discrediting the Russian Army, had to leave Russia due to law enforcers' pressure. The pressure was caused by the spouses' posting leaflets with pacifist statements, Darya Andreeva said.

August 04, 2022 08:50

• Apti Alaudinov awarded title of Hero of Russia

  On August 3, Apti Alaudinov, the Secretary of the Security Council of Chechnya, who in March headed a group of volunteers sent from Chechnya to Ukraine, received the stars of the Hero of Russia and the Hero of the LPR (Lugansk People's Republic).

August 04, 2022 08:41

• Baku threatened to toughen its actions in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Azerbaijan has demanded an immediate removal of Armenian militaries from Nagorno-Karabakh and threatened "even more destructive countermeasures" in case of provocations on the contact line separating the troops. The Nagorno-Karabakh Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has demanded the reaction of the world community to Baku's actions.

August 04, 2022 08:28

• Adoption of Islam by volunteers emphasized Chechnya's role in training special operation fighters

  Forcing to convert to Islam or deciding to convert to Islam for money would be the height of cynicism, the Caucasian scholars interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" have pointed out, not ruling out the fact that volunteers themselves have decided to convert to Islam in Chechnya before departing to Ukraine. In their opinion, such volunteers' initiative has stressed the Chechnya's special role in training fighters for the special military operation.

August 03, 2022 22:23

• Nagorno-Karabakh announces partial mobilization

  Today, after the aggravation of the situation on the line of contact with Azerbaijan, the President of Nagorno-Karabakh has signed a decree on partial mobilization.

August 03, 2022 22:12

• Kadyrov awarded Order of Alexander Nevsky due to his loyalty to Kremlin

  The socio-economic development of Chechnya, which receives multibillion-rouble subsidies, does not look like a serios reason for awarding Ramzan Kadyrov with an order, political analyst Dmitry Oreshkin points out. With that award, the Kremlin encouraged Ramzan Kadyrov for supporting the special military operation in Ukraine, suggests Ruslan Kutaev, a Caucasian expert.

August 03, 2022 21:53

• Nagorno-Karabakh MoD reports about death of a military man

  The Azerbaijani army used unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs) on the line of contact, and as a result, a military man of the Nagorno-Karabakh Defence Army was killed, and there were also wounded militaries, included one in severe condition, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh reported.

August 03, 2022 18:22

• Chechen community of Yugra refuses claims to Ilyaskhanov

  A representative of the Chechen authorities in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra has assured that there are no plans to send Arthur Ilyaskhanov, a native of Dagestan, to Chechnya for the insulting statements voiced by him on behalf of Chechens.

August 03, 2022 18:07

• Opposition accuses Armenian authorities of arbitrariness

  During a protest action in Yerevan, activists stated that the government chaired by Nikol Pashinyan was lobbying the interests of Turkey and Azerbaijan.

August 03, 2022 17:50

• Azerbaijan reports about a soldier perished in Lachin District

  As a result of intense shooting in the direction of the Lachin District, an Azerbaijani soldier was killed, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.

August 03, 2022 13:33

• Stepanakert states Baku's demand to use highway bypassing Lachin Corridor

  Azerbaijan has demanded from Nagorno-Karabakh authorities to organize traffic along the new route bypassing the Lachin Corridor, the president of the unrecognized republic has stated.

August 03, 2022 13:16

• Restrictions on flights to cities of Southern Russia extended by a week

  The restriction regime on sending and receiving flights by the airports of Anapa, Gelendjik, Krasnodar, Rostov-on-Don and Elista has been extended until August 11, the "Rosaviatsiya" (Russian Federal Air Transport Agency) has informed.