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November 17, 2021 23:56

• Petition in support of "Memorial" collects over 56,000 signatures

  Within five days, over 56,300 people have signed the petition demanding to prevent the closure of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" and the "International Memorial".

November 17, 2021 23:47

• Seven Azerbaijani militaries perish in border hostilities

  On November 16, seven Azerbaijani servicemen perished in clashes on the Armenian border; other 10 were wounded, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

November 17, 2021 22:54

• Analysts in Yerevan and Baku link border aggravation with delimitation problem

  The aggravation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border demonstrates that the issue of border delimitation has reached a dead end, Robert Nazaryan, an expert, believes. The fighting broke out because the parties tried to improve their positions in the territories that they consider to be theirs; while border delimitation would allow to solve this issue, the analysts Azad Isazade, Telman Abilov, Adalyat Verdiev and Tarlan Eivazov have noted.

November 17, 2021 20:58

• At rally in Yerevan, opposition demands Nikol Pashinyan's resignation

  More than five hundred people have protested at night in front of the government building in Yerevan, demanding the resignation of the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, amid the aggravation of the situation on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border. Two activists were detained.

November 17, 2021 15:47

• Police get interested in third Ingush-Ossetian conflict in 12 days

  In the village of Dachnoe, Prigorodny District, a fight broke out, which became the third conflict since November 4 with the participation of Ossetians and Ingushes. The fighters dropped their mutual claims, but the police will examine the incident, the North-Ossetian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has informed.

November 17, 2021 11:50

• Azerbaijan and Armenia announce truce with Russia's mediation

  The fighting in the area of Azerbaijani-Armenian border has stopped after negotiations of the heads of the Ministries of Defence (MoDs) of the two countries with Sergey Shoigu, the head of the Russian MoD, the latter has informed.

November 17, 2021 11:48

• Analysts outline risks for Ingush leader amid conflict over Fortanga

  The head of Ingushetia has refrained from commenting on the works on the Fortanga River, so as not to enter into an obviously losing conflict with Ramzan Kadyrov, but this position does not add Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov's popularity in the republic, analysts assert, noting that the new round of tensions on the Ingush-Chechen border may partly be associated with the approaching verdict in the trial of the leaders of Ingush protests.

November 17, 2021 10:47

• Armenia requests Russia to intervene in conflict with Azerbaijan

  The Security Council of Armenia called on Russia to intervene in the conflict with Azerbaijan and to protect the border area of Armenia from an attack. The fighting at the border continues, and four Armenian soldiers were wounded, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reports.

November 16, 2021 23:59

• Armenian MoD reports casualties in battles at border

  The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reports casualties on the Armenian side in battles at the border with Azerbaijan. According to the Armenian MoD, 12 Armenian soldiers were taken prisoner.

November 16, 2021 23:56

• Activists consider verdict against Agil Gumbatov politically motivated

  The defence does not agree with the verdict against Agil Gumbatov, a member of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA), and will appeal against the decision of the court. Activists consider the verdict biased and believe that Agil Gumbatov is being prosecuted for criticizing the authorities.

November 16, 2021 23:54

• Resident of Agdam District killed in a mine explosion

  On November 15, Zaur Isa Agaev, a 41-year-old resident of the village of Tezekand in the Agdam District, was blown up by a mine while grazing livestock and died from the injuries he got.

November 16, 2021 23:52

• Georgian singer Burchuladze goes on hunger strike in support of Saakashvili

  Paata Burchuladze, an opera singer, has gone on a hunger strike demanding to transfer Mikhail Saakashvili, a former Georgian president, to a civilian clinic.

November 16, 2021 23:50

• Rights defenders call for release of Azerbaijani activist Rustamov

  The Norwegian Helsinki Committee (NHC) has called on Azerbaijani authorities to immediately release Salekh Rustamov, an activist who is on a long hunger strike from jail.

November 16, 2021 23:48

• Azerbaijan accuses Armenia of attacking border posts

  Two Azerbaijani militaries were wounded in a shootout after an attempt of Armenian soldiers to capture the heights in the Kelbadjar and Lachin Districts, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

November 16, 2021 23:46

• Saakashvili's supporters criticize Georgian Patriarch and president

  In Tbilisi, Saakashvili's supporters have held a protest action despite the police warnings. According to organizers, the action was over 5000 strong. They criticized the Patriarch and president of Georgia, who, in their opinion, disregard the situation with the disgraced former president.

November 16, 2021 21:13

• Non-parliamentary parties urge Armenian authorities to appeal to the UN because of tensions on Azerbaijani border

  Tensions on the Armenian-Azerbaijani border and in Nagorno-Karabakh are growing, which threatens the resumption of hostilities, three non-parliamentary parties have stated in their open letter addressed to the Armenian government. They called on the authorities to immediately contact the UN Security Council with a request to intervene in the situation.

November 16, 2021 14:37

• Dagestani journalist, Magomed Magomedov, released from police

  Law enforcers have set Magomed Magomedov, a deputy editor-in-chief of the "Chernovik" (Draft) weekly, free after three hours of questioning about the picket in support of the journalist Abdulmumin Gadjiev. Magomedov said he would file a complaint against law enforcers.

November 16, 2021 14:23

• Kadyrov's threats to seize land outrages Ingush social media users

  Ramzan Kadyrov's words that he can take away the lands from Ingushetia that had passed to this republic under Djokhar Dudaev are backed up by the Kremlin, Ingush commentators in social networks believe. Many of them have treated the statement of the head of Chechnya as populism.

November 16, 2021 00:39

• Relatives convince activist Salekh Rustamov not to go on a dry hunger strike

  The health state of Russian citizen Salekh Rustamov, who has been on hunger strike for the tenth day in an Azerbaijani prison hospital, is close to critical, his advocate claims. Relatives convinced Salekh Rustamov not to stop drinking water, as he is extremely exhausted.

November 16, 2021 00:31

• On November 8-14, 2021, no one fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of November 8-14, 2021, no killed or wounded in the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the “Caucasian Knot” based on its own materials and information from other open sources.