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January 06, 2021 15:34

• Azerbaijan reveals number of captured Nagorno-Karabakh residents

  Five Nagorno-Karabakh militaries and two civilians are being held captive in Azerbaijan, while the unrecognized republic keeps two Azerbaijani civilians, said Ismail Akhundov, the head of the Commission on Prisoners' Affairs.

January 06, 2021 15:22

• Azerbaijani sappers find 27 phosphorus shells

  At the positions of Karabakh militaries in the Agdam District, 528 ordnances, including 27 shells with white phosphorus, were found and neutralized, the Azerbaijani Demining Agency has informed.

January 06, 2021 11:17

• Air flights of law enforcers from Grozev's investigation coincide with hunt for Doku Umarov

  The special intelligence agents, whom journalists have linked to the attempt on Alexei Navalny, had flown to Northern Caucasus before the poisoning of the militant leader, Doku Umarov, in 2013, and in 2017, during the preparations of his remains for transportation, the materials of Khristo Grozev, a Bellingcat's investigator, assert.

January 06, 2021 11:05

• Shurnukh village head reports talks with Azerbaijani border guards

  The Armenian and Azerbaijani parties are coordinating the location of border posts in the village of Shurnukh; the issue of creating a neutral zone is still open, said Akop Arshakyan, the head of the village.

January 06, 2021 10:52

• On Christmas Eve, Stepanakert townspeople pray for war victims

  On the eve of the Orthodox Christmas, liturgies were held in two operating churches in Stepanakert. Believers prayed for the wounded, killed and missing military servicemen during the Karabakh conflict aggravation.

January 06, 2021 08:36

• President of Azerbaijan declared Shusha to be cultural capital

  Ilham Aliev, Azerbaijani President, has ordered to return the city of Shusha to its historical appearance, restore mosques and return the Days of Vagif's Poetry and the "Khary Bulbul" Festival back to the city.

January 06, 2021 08:23

• "Novaya Gazeta" reports death of those detained after October CTO in Grozny

  The bodies of the owner of the house, in which alleged militants were killed on October 13, 2020, in Grozny, his pregnant wife and brother, were handed over to their relatives about a month after their detention, the "Novaya Gazeta" writes.

January 05, 2021 22:56

• Ingush Council of Teips expresses condolences to family of policeman killed in Chechnya

  The Ingush Council of Teips (family clans) expressed the condolences to relatives of Chechen policeman Magomed Djabrailov, who was killed in Grozny. It was also noted that the incident was being used to stir up ethnic hatred. The above statement was made after the threats voiced by Chechen MP Magomed Khanbiev against Sarazhdin Sultygov, a member of the Ingush teip.

January 05, 2021 22:43

• President Aliev announces construction of international airport near Shusha

  An international airport in Fizuli will reduce the travel time to Shusha for foreign tourists, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev announces. According to him, the take-off runway is to be constructed this year.

January 05, 2021 22:30

• Tskaev's widow expresses her indignation at Bibilov's criticism of protest in Tskhinvali

  A widow of Vladimir Tskaev, who died after an interrogation at the Vladikavkaz ROVD (District Interior Division), wait for an apology from the President of South Ossetia for his statement about a mother of a Vladikavkaz citizen. Anatoly Bibilov compared the stories of Vladimir Tskaev and Inal Djabiev and condemned the behaviour of the latter's mother.

January 05, 2021 18:56

• Blogger Litvin joins promotion of Kadyrov's associates on Instagram

  Mikhail Litvin, a popular Instagram blogger, announced a luxury SUV as a prize by inviting his followers to subscribe to the users he indicated, including relatives and close associates of Ramzan Kadyrov.

January 05, 2021 18:36

• Relatives of soldiers missed in action come to protest action in Yerevan

  Today, in Yerevan, several dozen residents have come to a protest action in front of the government building. They demand from the authorities to report the information concerning the soldiers missed in action in Nagorno-Karabakh.

January 05, 2021 14:45

• Armenia presents new death toll in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Employees of the forensic medical examination service have conducted examinations of the bodies or remains of 3360 military servicemen, who perished in Nagorno-Karabakh. Also, more than 2500 forensic genetic examinations have been conducted, Arsen Torosyan, the Armenian Minister of Public Health, wrote on December 4 in his Facebook page.

January 05, 2021 14:34

• Social network users dispute about reconciliation prospects of Timurzievs and Djabrailovs

  Relatives of the Timurziev brothers should have immediately express their condolences to the family of the deceased policeman, and not voice their doubts out in the video message, some Instagram users believe. Other commentators treat families' reconciliation as a must, since relatives should not respond for actions of members of their teips (family clans).

January 05, 2021 11:34

• Nine families remain in Shurnukh after eviction

  Temporary housing has been provided to nine families who were forced to leave their homes in the village of Shurnukh after the transfer of part thereof to Azerbaijan. The owners of three more houses left for their relatives. Some of the villagers set fire to their houses before leaving.

January 05, 2021 11:17

• Over the past 24 hours, more than 180 refugees return to Stepanakert

  Busses have brought 188 more refugees from Yerevan to Stepanakert; making the total number of returnees 47,475, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) informed on January 4.

January 05, 2021 11:03

• Georgian rights defenders criticize amnesty of convicts for domestic violence

  An MP from the ruling "Georgian Dream" Party has offered to extend the mass amnesty that is being prepared in Georgia on those convicted for domestic violence. In their turn, human rights defenders believe that the amnesty for this category of convicts may create a dangerous precedent for the society and encourage the commission of such crimes.

January 05, 2021 08:36

• Mufti criticizes transfer of mosque building in Rostov-on-Don to school

  The decision of the Mayoralty to hand the building of the cathedral mosque of Rostov-on-Don over to the jazz school is treated as unfair by Muslims who are outraged by this, Mukhammed Bikmaev, the head of the Muftiate of the Rostov Region, has stated.

January 05, 2021 08:24

• Seven persons hold series of pickets demanding Gadjiev's release

  Seven activists have held a series of solo pickets demanding the release of the Dagestani journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, accused of financing terrorism. From January 10 on, the law obliges activists to change their usual format of actions.

January 04, 2021 23:02

• Armenian families leave 12 houses in eastern Shurnukh

  In the village of Shurnukh, people left 12 houses in the eastern part of the village, claimed by Azerbaijan. An owner of one of the above houses was allowed to stay, but he refused to live 100 metres from the border, the local Armenian authorities reported.