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November 10, 2020 11:33

• Yerevan protesters break into government and parliament buildings

  Residents of Yerevan, protesting against the conclusion of peace with Azerbaijan, have broken into the building of the Armenian Government and demanded the resignation of Premier Nikol Pashinyan.

November 10, 2020 11:22

• President of Nagorno-Karabakh agrees to end conflict

  Araik Arutyunyan has agreed to end the war, explaining this by the desire to avoid numerous casualties and complete loss of Nagorno-Karabakh.

November 10, 2020 11:10

• Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia sign ceasefire in Karabakh conflict zone

  The ceasefire in the Karabakh conflict zone comes into force today, November 10; the respective declaration was signed by Presidents of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Russia. The parties have also agreed on the deployment of Russian peacemakers in the region.

November 10, 2020 08:11

• Azerbaijani MFA apologizes to Russia for downed helicopter

  Near the Nakhichevan section of the Azerbaijani-Armenian border, a Russian military helicopter was shot down by mistake, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has informed. Baku has apologized to the Russian party.

November 10, 2020 00:00

• Three protesters detained in Tbilisi

  The protest rally outside the Georgian parliament continues, despite the curfew imposed because of coronavirus. Three protesters who tried to bring firewood were detained by law enforcers.

November 09, 2020 22:39

• Russian helicopter shot down in Armenia

  A Mi-24 helicopter, which was escorting a motor convoy of the Russian military base through the territory of Armenia, was shot down from an anti-aircraft missile system near the border with the Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Russia reported.

November 09, 2020 22:11

• Ingush soldier killed at a military airfield near Voronezh

  Soldier Mikail Aktaliev from the village of Ekazhevo located in the Nazran District of Ingushetia was among the three soldiers killed at a military airfield near Voronezh. A colleague of the killed soldiers who had escaped from a military unit was detained on suspicion of killing them.

November 09, 2020 21:45

• Nagorno-Karabakh authorities admit loss of control over Shushi

  The Defence Army has lost control over the city of Shushi, and the Azerbaijani troops are on the outskirts of Stepanakert, reports Vagram Pogosyan, the press secretary of the President of Nagorno-Karabakh.

November 09, 2020 17:19

• Police: 27 people injured at protest in Tbilisi

  In Georgia, during a rally held in front of the building of the Central Election Commission (CEC), 10 protesters, 14 law enforcers, and three journalists were injured, the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) of Georgia reported. The Human Rights Education and Monitoring Centre demanded from the authorities to stop using water cannons against participants of peaceful protests.

November 09, 2020 17:03

• Number of killed Nagorno-Karabakh soldiers rises to 1221

  Today, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh has released a list with the names of more 44 killed military personnel.

November 09, 2020 16:48

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of November 2-8, 2020

  Advance of the Azerbaijani troops in Karabakh; opposition protests after the parliamentary elections in Georgia; detention of natives of Northern Caucasus after a terror act in Vienna, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 2-8, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

November 09, 2020 13:48

• Rescuers state night and morning shelling of Stepanakert

  At night, Stepanakert came under missile fire; other dwelling settlements of Nagorno-Karabakh were relatively calm, the Emergency Service of Nagorno-Karabakh has reported. In the morning, shelling of Stepanakert resumed, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has informed.

November 09, 2020 13:26

• Resident of Dagestan convicted of preparing terror act in temple

  A court in Rostov-on-Don has sentenced Anvar Kasumov, a resident of Dagestan, who, according to the prosecution, was going to attach an improvised explosive device (IED) to a quadrocopter and blow up the police post guarding the Temple of the Kazan Icon of the God's Mother of in Kaspiysk, to 16 years in prison.

November 09, 2020 11:47

• Two people suffer in Tbilisi when protest was dispersed with water cannons

  Policemen met the protesters demanding to cancel the results of the parliamentary elections when they approached the CEC building in Tbilisi with jets from water cannons. As a result, at least two people were injured.

November 09, 2020 11:32

• Aggressive youth disrupt action in support of freedom of speech in Astrakhan

  Four Astrakhan residents have held a series of solo pickets in support of the freedom of speech. A group of young people were outraged by the content of some of the posters, in particular, by the flags of France and the photo of Emmanuel Macron. They insulted the picketers and tore up posters, motivating their attacks by the fact that the French president showed disrespect for Islam.

November 09, 2020 11:16

• On November 2-8, no victims of armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were registered

  During the week of November 2-8, 2020, no events related to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were recorded; there were no casualties or wounded people. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

November 09, 2020 11:04

• Analysts clarify value of Shushi in war for Nagorno-Karabakh

  The control over the city of Shushi, the capture of which was announced by President of Azerbaijan on November 8, plays a key role in the war for Nagorno-Karabakh due to its proximity to Stepanakert and the ability to manage transport communications, experts have explained.

November 08, 2020 12:04

• PR experts treat Kadyrov family's spending for promotion on Instagram as moderate

  The 2.4 million roubles for promoting six accounts of Ramzan Kadyrov's family members on the Instagram is a relatively low cost, not enough to get into top bloggers, PR experts believe. In general, Kadyrov invests greater money into the image of his children, said Ruslan Kutaev, President of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations.

November 08, 2020 11:57

• Teenager dies under shelling in Azerbaijan

  The Barda District came under missile and artillery fire from the Armenian side; a 16-year-old resident of the village of Yeni Eiridja was killed, the Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has informed.

November 08, 2020 11:50

• Spectators appreciate interest in people's culture in films of Circassian Film Festival

  The short film "Splinters of Heritage" by a repatriate from Syria, Uschab Makhush, was recognized as the best film of the Circassian Film Festival. Asker Sokht, a Circassian activist, saw in this film the idea of "returning to the home hearth". Festival films are able to awaken interest in the Circassians' culture, spectators believe.