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December 01, 2020 21:40

• Azerbaijani President announces new Lachin corridor

  Within the next three years, the Azerbaijani authorities intend to build a new road between Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia instead of the Lachin corridor, as well as to create a transport corridor between the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic and Azerbaijan.

December 01, 2020 15:26

• Picketers in support of Dagestani journalist Gadjiev note increased support

  On November 30, four pickets in support of journalist, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, were accompanied by more active support than before, said Idris Yusupov, a picketer.

December 01, 2020 15:21

• Azerbaijani authorities begin setting up posts in Lachin District

  In the Lachin District, which has today come under Azerbaijan's control, they began setting up commandant posts. The peacemakers have cleared the section the Lachin Corridor connecting Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia of unexploded ordnances.

December 01, 2020 11:16

• Azerbaijan takes control of Lachin after 28 years

  On December 1, the Lachin District came under the control of Azerbaijani troops, with the exception of a five-kilometre-wide corridor that ensures Nagorno-Karabakh's communication with Armenia. According to Baku, the district suffered a huge damage over the years while it remained outside the control of Azerbaijani authorities.

December 01, 2020 11:10

• Armenia: rights defenders reproach authorities for indifference to POWs' exchange

  The Armenian authorities are making insufficient efforts to return the prisoners of war (POWs), Nina Karapetyants believes. Results in POWs exchange can be achieved through a direct dialogue of the parties in conflict, Arthur Sakunts has noted. POWs can be used to solve some issues, for example, territorial ones, Artak Kirakosyan is sure.

December 01, 2020 11:05

• Mufti scolds Grozny women for wearing niqabs

  The "Grozny" TV Channel has shown a story about the "educational conversation" of the Chechen Mufti and the girls who had worn niqabs. After the talk, the girls took off their dark bandages covering faces.

December 01, 2020 10:55

• Berdzor residents leave their homes amid uncertainty

  The Karabakh authorities have no information on the status of the city of Berdzor (Lachin) in the context of the December 1 planned transfer of the Lachin District to Azerbaijan, but townspeople have already left the city, considering it unsafe for living.

December 01, 2020 10:48

• Parents of Armenian conscripts achieve week-long vacations for their sons

  Armenian authorities have approved the granting of vacations to the regular soldiers who took part in hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh, their parents have informed. Also, lists of soldiers in need of medical treatment will be compiled.

November 30, 2020 23:51

• Activists request France and Russia to help in returning Armenian prisoners of war

  In Yerevan, participants of the "March of Unity" requested the French Ambassador to influence Azerbaijan, where soldiers and civilians are being held captive. Armenian President Armen Sarkisyan has appealed to Vladimir Putin with a request for such mediation.

November 30, 2020 23:48

• Armenians of Lachin District mark their leaving by setting fire to houses

  In anticipation of the transfer of the Lachin District to Azerbaijan, scheduled for December 1, the Armenian population leaves their houses and sets them on fire.

November 30, 2020 21:51

• Pashinyan discloses details of talks with Putin on Nagorno-Karabakh

  Before signing the statement to end the war in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Russian President agreed with the arguments of the Armenian Prime Minister, who ruled out the possibility of surrendering the city of Shushi to Azerbaijan, Nikol Pashinyan himself claimed.

November 30, 2020 21:49

• Conscripts' parents complain about conditions of army service in Nagorno-Karabakh

  In Yerevan, protesters claim that participants of the autumn fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh have to sleep on the floor in schools. According to the activists, the soldiers should be demobilized ahead of schedule and returned to Armenia. The protestors demanded from the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) to confirm the compliance with the ceasefire in the conflict zone.

November 30, 2020 15:24

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 23-29, 2020

  Return of refugees to Nagorno-Karabakh; demining of territories in the Karabakh conflict zone; coronavirus infection spread statistics in Caucasus; attempt by the Armenian opposition to create conditions for declaring no confidence in Prime Minister Pashinyan; arrest of a top-ranking police officer from Dagestan in a case on a terror act in Moscow, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 23-29, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

November 30, 2020 14:04

• Russian militaries report road demining in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Since the start of the peacemaking mission, sappers have cleared more than 24 hectares of ammunition and at least eight kilometres of roads in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

November 30, 2020 13:47

• Yerevan marchers urge Russia to help in solving POWs' problem

  In Armenia, over a thousand activists have marched to the Russian Embassy in Yerevan to convey a request to the Ambassador to intervene in the process of transferring prisoners of war (POWs) and handing over the bodies of the perished soldiers. The Prime Minister of Armenia has called on political parties to unite in order to speed up the return of Armenian POWs from Azerbaijan.

November 30, 2020 11:29

• On November 23-29, no victims of the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were recorded

  During the week of November 23-29, 2020, no events related to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were recorded; there were no casualties or wounded persons. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.

November 30, 2020 11:22

• Elders stand up for Ingush activists

  Ingush elders have turned to Russian President Vladimir Putin asking to release the activists accused of organizing riots in Magas in 2019.

November 30, 2020 11:17

• Batumi protesters demand to cancel lockdown

  The severe restrictions introduced in Georgia due to coronavirus have deprived many people of their earnings; they have nothing to feed their families, participants in the protest action in Batumi have claimed.

November 29, 2020 12:05

• Armenian conscripts' parents demand to withdraw troops from Karabakh

  Regular soldiers should be returned from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia; otherwise they may become victims of acts of sabotage or be captured, protesters in Yerevan have stated. The Armenian Defence Minister has ruled out the troop withdrawal, but promised to send soldiers to vacations.

November 29, 2020 11:48

• Law enforcers conduct searches near right defenders' in Karabulak

  Law enforcers have cordoned off an area in the city of Karabulak, where the office of the human rights organization "Mashr" is located, and searched several houses, sources have reported. The operation was accompanied by interruptions of mobile internet throughout Ingushetia.