News

November 08, 2020 00:16

• Azerbaijan claims shelling in conflict zone

  Militaries of Nagorno-Karabakh are shelling in several front directions; and last night, they struck artillery attacks on the positions of Azerbaijani troops and frontline villages, the country's MoD has stated.

November 07, 2020 23:59

• Azeri analysts see problem of humanitarian corridors in conflict zone

  The Azerbaijani Army seeks to cut the communications linking Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia; and vehicles moving towards Nagorno-Karabakh can be treated as military targets, experts from Baku have stated.

November 07, 2020 11:36

• Nagorno-Karabakh reports 206 civilian victims

  As a result of shelling of peaceful settlements, the death toll rose to 49; 157 other civilians were wounded, Artak Beglaryan, the Ombudsperson of Nagorno-Karabakh, has stated. Unan Tadevosyan, an employee of the Nagorno-Karabakh's Emergency Service, has added that Stepanakert was shelled from cluster missiles; houses were destroyed there.

November 07, 2020 11:31

• Criminal case against blackmailer initiated after inquiry by Dagestani blogger

  At least 15 groups were found on the Internet that post photos and videos of Dagestani girls without their consent and then blackmail them, the blogger, Dibir Dibirov, has stated. He handed over the results of his investigation to the police; and a criminal case was initiated under the article "violation of privacy" against a Khasavyurt resident.

November 07, 2020 02:33

• Ingush activist Batygov released after court verdict

  The court has sentenced the Ingush activist, Maksharip Batygov, to 11 months in prison, but considered this term fully served during his stay at the SIZO (pre-trial prison) and under house arrest. Batygov admitted his guilt in part, his advocate has explained.

November 07, 2020 02:30

• Resident of Ingushetia convicted of damaging clan tower in Beyni

  After finding a resident of Ingushetia guilty of destroying the masonry of a historic tower in the village of Beyni, a court has sentenced him to compulsory labour. In the same Djeirakh District, a medieval crypt collapsed after being damaged by vandals.

November 06, 2020 23:52

• Control over Shushi mentioned as Baku's immediate target

  After the statements of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia about the desire of the Azerbaijani army to establish control over the city of Shushi by the Flag Day, a video with an Azerbaijani tricolour on the minaret appeared on social networks. The mosque does not resemble any one located in Shushi.

November 06, 2020 23:50

• Baku and Yerevan interpret Iran's assessment of Karabakh conflict in different way

  Azerbaijan considered the statement voiced by Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as an expression of support. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Azerbaijan has inaccurately translated the Ali Khamenei's statement so that they sound more complimentary, says Vardan Voskanyan, an expert on Iran.

November 06, 2020 23:49

• Putin's statement about situation in France does not become Kadyrov's trump card

  Following Ramzan Kadyrov, in his speech, Vladimir Putin has condemned those who in France offend the feelings of believers under the guise of freedom of speech. The speech of the Russian President will not enhance the authority of the leader of Chechnya among Muslims in Russia or in the Arab countries, Caucasian experts suggest.

November 06, 2020 21:58

• Azerbaijan reports about mortar attacks on border with Armenia

  Today, the positions of the Azerbaijani troops on the border with Armenia have been shelled from mortar launchers and artillery, and the fighting continues in the Karabakh conflict zone, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reported.

November 06, 2020 15:45

• Oppositionists detained in Georgia released

  A court in Tbilisi has ruled to release all the activists detained at protest actions against the results of parliamentary elections.

November 06, 2020 15:38

• Convicted Guliev and Askerov removed from Karabakh conflict zone

  The Azerbaijani citizens, Shakhbaz Guliev and Dilgam Askerov, convicted in Nagorno-Karabakh, have been transported from the prison in Shushi to Armenia.

November 06, 2020 11:50

• Three people died during shelling of Stepanakert and Shushi

  At night, Stepanakert and Shushi came under missile fire; at least three people were killed, the Emergency Service of Nagorno-Karabakh has informed.

November 06, 2020 11:47

• Defence asks court in Baku to acquit journalist Aslanov

  The defence of Polad Aslanov, the editor-in-chief of two Azerbaijani Internet editions, accused of high treason, has found his guilt unproved.

November 06, 2020 11:40

• Azerbaijani villagers tell about consequences of new shelling

  On Thursday, villages in the frontline Azerbaijani districts came under fire again; houses were damaged, local residents have informed, noting that they continue harvesting crops in such conditions.

November 06, 2020 11:32

• Chechen law enforcers scold traffic rules violators

  Law enforcers have spread a video of a so-called "prophylactic conversation" of employees of the State Traffic Inspectorate of Chechnya and an official of the Chechen Spiritual Administration of Muslims (SAM, or Muftiate) with the local residents who had violated traffic rules.

November 05, 2020 23:10

• Director of Chechen TV Company joins campaign against Emmanuel Macron

  Chingiz Akhmadov, the director of the "Grozny" TV Company, joined the campaign supported by Russian President Vladimir Putin and condemned the position of migrants from Chechnya in connection with the publication in France of cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad.

November 05, 2020 23:03

• Number of North-Caucasian natives detained in Vienna increases

  After a terror act in Vienna, at least 15 people were detained, including an ethnic Chechen, who came to the police to file a complaint about a door broken by special forces fighters.

November 05, 2020 22:59

• CPJ condemns verdict to Afghan Sadygov

  The authorities of Azerbaijan should release Afghan Sadygov, the head of the "Azel.tv" website, and stop prosecuting journalists, the Committee to Protect Journalists says.

November 05, 2020 20:08

• In Azerbaijan, number of killed civilians rises to 92

  Niftali Pashaev, a resident of Barda, who was injured in a missile attack, has died, the General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan reports.