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November 11, 2020 23:14

• In Yerevan, rally participants put forward an ultimatum to Nikol Pashinyan

  During the rally, oppositionists demanded from Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to resign by the end of the day.

November 11, 2020 22:59

• Rally for Nikol Pashinyan's resignation turns into a large-scale march

  The Cabinet of Ministers must resign and thus the agreement with Azerbaijan will remain unfulfilled, organizers of a rally in Yerevan claim. The police detained 129 activists.

November 11, 2020 19:09

• In Ingushetia, police detain former imam, sources report

  In Plievo, law enforcers conducted a search at home of Magomed-Sali Daurbekov, the former imam of Karabulak, and he was detained, a source reports today. A video with law enforcers leaving the street in Plievo was posted on the Internet.

November 11, 2020 18:44

• In Yerevan, rally begins despite mass detentions

  In Yerevan, law enforcers began detentions on Freedom Square even before activists started a rally with the demand of the Nikol Pashinyan's resignation. Dozens of people, including Gagik Tsarukyan, the leader of the "Prosperous Armenia" Party, were detained by the police.

November 11, 2020 15:19

• Mufti of Chechnya approves ban on Muslims' interfaith marriages

  The conclusion of the Russian Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM) on the inadmissibility of interfaith marriages is in line with Muslim traditions, Salakh Mezhiev, the Mufti of Chechnya, has stated after the publication of the conclusion of theologians that Muslims should not marry adherents of other religions.

November 11, 2020 14:59

• Babayan quits post of Security Council Secretary of Nagorno-Karabakh

  In protest against the signing of the peace agreement with Azerbaijan, Samvel Babayan has resigned from the post of Security Council Secretary of Nagorno-Karabakh and renounced the title of "Hero of Artsakh".

November 11, 2020 11:45

• Six night rioters detained in Yerevan

  On the fact of the riots that occurred after the signing of an agreement between Pashinyan, Aliev and Putin, six persons have been detained, including two of them – for beating up the Parliament Speaker, Ararat Mirzoyan. The protest action in front of the parliament building lasted for the whole day; and today, November 11, 17 parties plan to hold a joint rally.

November 11, 2020 11:31

• Promotion of Kadyrov family's Instagram accounts is part of his political strategy

  The promotion of the accounts of Kadyrov and his family members on the Instagram has to do with his political ambitions and the desire to increase his popularity, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

November 11, 2020 11:19

• Nagorno-Karabakh MPs demand president's resignation

  The political leadership failed to ensure people's safety during hostilities; and the ceasefire agreement has questioned the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh; therefore, Araik Arutyunyan must step down as president, the four factions of parliamentary parties have stated.

November 11, 2020 08:30

• Pashinyan treats agreement on Nagorno-Karabakh as catastrophe

  The return to Azerbaijan of the five districts adjacent to Nagorno-Karabakh by the agreement would be a more profitable option for Armenia, but the society was not ready for such a step, the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, has stated.

November 11, 2020 08:19

• Ingush activist denies incitement charges at Magas rally

  Magomed Khamkhoev, a participant in the rally in Magas, accused of inciting unrests, has refused to plead guilty at trial. His defence insists that the secret witness, on whose testimonies the charges are based, should be personally present at trial.

November 10, 2020 23:22

• Truce prevents Azerbaijan from developing its military success

  A ceasefire agreement did not allow the Azerbaijani army to establish control over all of Nagorno-Karabakh and gave the Armenian side the opportunity to retain part of the territories, Russian political analysts and military experts note. The Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" welcomed the introduction of Russian peacekeepers into the Karabakh conflict zone, but called the UN intervention a condition for stabilization of the situation.

November 10, 2020 23:02

• Court reduces compensation for Chechen resident's death in penal colony

  In Grozny, a court obliged the Federal Penitentiary Service (known as FSIN) to pay two million roubles of compensation to relatives of prisoner Sultan Israilov, who died after torture at the Chelyabinsk penitentiary colony No. 2. The Sultan Israilov's parents, who filed a claim for fifteen million roubles of compensation, are satisfied with the court's verdict, their lawyer reports today.

November 10, 2020 21:03

• Karabakh on the map: What Azerbaijan gains after war

November 10, 2020 18:16

• Kremlin rules out presence of Turkish peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh

  The Azerbaijani President's idea of a joint peacekeeping mission of the Turkish and Russian military personnel has not been agreed with the other parties to the agreement to end the fighting in the Karabakh conflict zone, the press secretary of the Russian President states.

November 10, 2020 17:56

• NAC reports prevention of 15 terror act in Northern Caucasus

  Since the early 2020, 15 terror acts have been prevented in the North-Caucasian Federal District (NCFD), and 23 units of international terrorist organizations have been liquidated, the chairman of the National Antiterrorist Committee reported.

November 10, 2020 17:40

• Baku residents take to streets to celebrate end of war

  The news about the cessation of the hostilities in the Karabakh conflict zone made residents of Baku happy. They held spontaneous processions and rallies with flags of Azerbaijan. Meanwhile, some of them were alarmed by the Russia's peacekeeping operation in Nagorno-Karabakh.

November 10, 2020 13:44

• Aliev's words about Turkish peacemakers contradict Kremlin's position

  The statement by the President of Azerbaijan about a joint peacemaking mission of Russian and Turkish militaries in the Karabakh conflict zone was not included into the document signed by Aliev, Putin and Pashinyan on the cessation of hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh. In his today's statement, Vladimir Putin also focused on the fact that a Russian peacemaking contingent is being deployed in the conflict zone.

November 10, 2020 13:01

• Russia starts deploying peacemakers in Nagorno-Karabakh

  The first aircrafts with Russian soldiers have flown to Nagorno-Karabakh; the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has started deploying its peacemaking contingent there.

November 10, 2020 12:36

• Radio Liberty journalists attacked in Yerevan

  Several dozen people who attacked the Yerevan office of Radio Liberty tried to damage the equipment and beat up the staff of the radio station.