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December 11, 2020 12:12

• Orientalists dispute about Turkey's bonuses from supporting Azerbaijan in Karabakh

  Favourable terms of oil and gas supplies are the Turkey's main economic bonuses for supporting Azerbaijan in the Karabakh conflict. However, Turkey's political benefits are no less weighty than economic ones, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

December 11, 2020 08:47

• Daudov and Chechen law enforcers fall under British sanctions

  British authorities have imposed sanctions on Magomed Daudov, Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, two high-ranking officials of the republic's Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and the "Terek" special forces unit, whom London considers to be involved in the persecution of the LGBT community.

December 11, 2020 08:33

• Authorities treat reopening schools in Berdzor and two villages as premature

  It will make sense to resume the work of schools and a kindergarten for the children of Berdzor, Agavno and Sus only after local residents' return to these dwelling settlements, the Nagorno-Karabakh's Ministry of Education has stated.

December 11, 2020 08:22

• US imposed sanctions on five persons from Kadyrov's retinue

  The US authorities have included five individuals and six legal entities associated with the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, into the Magnitsky list, namely, Vakhit Usmaev, the deputy chairman of the Chechen government, the Akhmat Kadyrov Foundation and two sports clubs named "Akhmat".

December 10, 2020 22:19

• Court dismisses Gasanguseinov's complaint against investigators

  Murtazali Gasanguseinov did not achieve in court the cancellation of the fourth investigators' refusal to prosecute the law enforcer, who reported about the killing of two Dagestani shepherds.

December 10, 2020 22:02

• In Tskhinvali, law enforcers unblock streets near protest venue

  The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of South Ossetia has lifted the restrictions on the movement in the centre of Tskhinvali, where a protest action continues for the seventh day with the demand to punish the persons responsible for the death of detained Inal Djabiev.

December 10, 2020 21:46

• President of Turkey attends military parade in Baku

  Today, Ilham Aliev and Recep Tayyip Erdogan have watched a parade to celebrate the victory in the Patriotic War, timed to coincide with the end of the military campaign in Nagorno-Karabakh. Turkish military personnel have also taken part in the victory parade. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), which played an important role during the battles, and captured military equipment of the armies of Karabakh and Armenia have been demonstrated during the parade.

December 10, 2020 18:04

• Internet users criticize authorities for energy shortages in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh are experiencing problems because of the shortage of infrastructure facilities. Among other problems, the people are cut off from the electricity supply and Internet access. Internet users criticize the regional authorities for inaction amid the humanitarian crisis.

December 10, 2020 17:48

• 29 activists detained at a protest action in Yerevan

  29 people have been taken to police stations from a protest action held in front of the Armenian government building, the police report.

December 10, 2020 14:28

• Opposition supporters come out to protest in Yerevan

  Several hundred activists are holding a protest action in front of the parliament building in Yerevan, demanding the resignation of the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan.

December 10, 2020 14:08

• Almost 650 people returned to Stepanakert during last 24 hours

  Accompanied by Russian peacemakers, 649 refugees returned to Stepanakert from Yerevan over the past 24 hours. According to the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD), a special hotline received 400 reports about missing local residents.

December 10, 2020 11:22

• Azerbaijan hands three POWs over to Armenia

  The Azerbaijani authorities have returned to the Armenian party the civilians who were captured during the Karabakh conflict, Tigran Avinyan, the Armenian Deputy Prime Minister, has informed.

December 10, 2020 11:01

• Karabakh residents treat security guarantees for Berdzor townspeople as insufficient

  The city of Berdzor has enough jobs that had existed before the transfer of the Lachin Corridor under the control of Russian peacemakers, but for townspeople to return, security guarantees are needed. The exodus of Armenians from Berdzor increases the risks of travelling along the Lachin Corridor, residents of Stepanakert have noted.

December 10, 2020 10:48

• Under epidemic pretext, authorities limit scale of Anzorov's funeral

  Some members of the Chinkhoi teip (family clan), to which Abdullakh Anzorov, who was shot by French police after killing the teacher Samuel Paty, belonged, were not allowed to his funeral in the village of Shalazhi. The authorities explained the closure of the village by the coronavirus pandemic.

December 10, 2020 08:46

• Parliament of the Netherlands adopts resolution in support of Nagorno-Karabakh

  The Dutch MPs have unanimously adopted a resolution on urgently ensuring the security of the population of Nagorno-Karabakh and defining the status of the unrecognized republic.

December 10, 2020 08:37

• Berdzor residents express distrust of local policemen

  In Berdzor, policemen do not wear their service uniforms and weapons and cannot ensure security of the local population, townspeople assert; they demand security guarantees and resumption of work of schools and a kindergarten.

December 09, 2020 23:22

• Moscow court dismisses lawsuit filed by 567 residents of Dagestan

  In Moscow, a court dismissed a collective lawsuit filed by residents of Dagestan who found themselves in the flooding zone after the Irganai Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) had been commissioned. Marina Agaltsova, who represents the plaintiffs' interests, has announced the intention to appeal against the court decision.

December 09, 2020 22:58

• Armenian authorities announce terms for start of negotiations on border with Azerbaijan

  Today, the Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia has announced a plan to start negotiations on the demarcation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border with the mediation of Russia by the end of 2020.

December 09, 2020 18:42

• In France, police detain five Chechens in case on teacher Samuel Paty's murder

  The French police detained five Chechen natives from among acquaintances of Abdullakh Anzorov, who beheaded teacher Samuel Paty for showing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, a source reported.

December 09, 2020 18:28

• Advocates report to ECtHR about signs of beatings on Dmitry Baksheev's body

  Kuban advocates sent a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and attached to it a photo of bruises and cuts on the body of Dmitry Baksheev, who was sentenced for murder and who died in a prison hospital. Investigators refuse to institute a case on the Dmitry Baksheev's death.