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November 03, 2020 22:20

• In Azerbaijan, frontline villagers make dugouts to hide from shelling attacks

  In Azerbaijani villages, no bomb shelters were equipped at a distance from the frontline, and therefore, local residents have to arrange dugout shelters by themselves. Villagers, whose houses have been destroyed in shelling attacks, move to their neighbours' and relatives' places.

November 03, 2020 22:03

• Kadyrov and Mezhiev do not react to terror acts in Vienna

  Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov and Salakh Mezhiev, the republic's Mufti, who were actively commenting on the murder of the teacher in France, did not react to the terror acts in Vienna. The authorities of the European countries cannot cope with the influx of Muslim refugees and do not take into account their religious specifics, political analysts note.

November 03, 2020 21:57

• Natives of Northern Caucasus detained after terror acts in Vienna

  After the terror acts in Vienna, the Austrian authorities detained natives of Northern Caucasus and the Balkan countries, Russian Ambassador to Austria Dmitry Lyubinsky reported.

November 03, 2020 21:43

• Karabakh MoD claims new evidence proving use of phosphorus weapons by Azerbaijan

  The area of forests burned down in Nagorno-Karabakh as a result of shelling attacks by the Azerbaijani troops with incendiary weapons has reached 1815 hectares, the Nagorno-Karabakh Service for Emergencies reports. In turn, the Azerbaijani authorities have accused Nagorno-Karabakh of attacking with similar weapons the forests in the vicinity of the Shusha city.

November 03, 2020 16:23

• UEFA opens case against head of press service of "Karabakh" FC for hate speech

  Nurlan Ibragimov, the head of the press service of the Azerbaijani "Karabakh" Football Club (FC) has published a post in social networks calling for violence against Armenians. The UEFA (Union of European Football Associations) has appointed a disciplinary investigation into this case.

November 03, 2020 16:19

• Social network users treat destruction of menhirs in Northern Caucasus as barbarism

  The destruction of ancient menhirs (tall stones put in vertical position by people in prehistoric times) ruins the memory of the past, Facebook users were outraged after the message of a local historian from the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR) about another toppled menhir.

November 03, 2020 10:33

• Trial of Abdurakhmanov's attempted murder starts with suspect's confession

  The man accused of an attempted murder of Tumso Abdurakhmanov, the well-known Chechen blogger, has partially admitted his guilt, but insists that he had not planned to kill him. The woman accused of aiding the attacker completely denies her guilt, writes the "Dagens Nyheter".

November 03, 2020 10:26

• KChR activists claim authorities' poor attention to deportation victims

  Most of the Karachais, who survived the deportation, are maintained by their children, since their pensions are not enough to live on, said Marika Khubieva, the organizer of the "Contrary" Project. The Karachais, who has lost their parents due to the deportation, should receive benefits and other support, said Ibragim Shamanov, Director of the Scientific-Research Institute of the Karachay-Cherkessian Republic (KChR).

November 03, 2020 10:18

• Camp residents near Kullar to be to transferred to boarding houses

  Some 300 Azerbaijani citizens remain in the camp near Kullar; they will be accommodated in Dagestani boarding houses; and the camp tents will be dismantled with the onset of cold weather. In total, 1200 Azerbaijani citizens willing to return to their homeland have been registered in Dagestan, the operative headquarters under the Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers has informed.

November 03, 2020 09:59

• Azerbaijan claims capture of eight villages in Karabakh conflict zone

  The Azerbaijani Army has occupied eight villages in the Djebrail, Zangilan and Gubadli Districts of Azerbaijan, President Ilham Aliev has stated on the Twitter. The Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has accused Armenia of shelling the city of Gubadli, which is controlled by Azerbaijani militaries.

November 03, 2020 09:44

• Internet users support fight against bullying Dagestani girls in social networks

  Blogger Dibir Dibirov has announced struggle fight against the publics, which had posted photos of women from Dagestan accompanied by offensive comments. Bloggers have to do policemen's work, social network users have noted.

November 02, 2020 23:57

• Azerbaijani residents report damages after shelling attacks

  In the village of Shikharkh, where internally displaced persons (IDPs) live, most apartments have been damaged during shelling attacks. In the city of Terter, houses, shops, and schools have been destroyed, while in the village of Yukhary Giyameddinli, sheep have been killed, local residents report.

November 02, 2020 23:55

• Human rights defenders note Kadyrov's image losses from threats addressed to Russian TV celebrity

  Authors of the threats received by Ksenia Sobchak after her dispute with Ramzan Kadyrov about the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad have damaged the reputation of the leader of Chechnya, human rights defender Igor Kalyapin notes. Ramzan Kadyrov should publicly distance himself from those threats, human rights defender Svetlana Gannushkina believes.

November 02, 2020 18:25

• Azerbaijan reports about a shelling attack on frontline villages

  This morning, villages in the Agdam and Aghjabadi Districts are being shelled with artillery from the direction of Nagorno-Karabakh, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Azerbaijan reports.

November 02, 2020 18:21

• In Georgia, opposition supporters spend night near parliament building after elections

  Today, participants of a protest action against the election outcome, who spent a night in tents set up in front of the parliament building in Tbilisi, have left Rustaveli Avenue.

November 02, 2020 15:15

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of October 26-November 1, 2020

  Third violated ceasefire agreement in the Karabakh conflict zone; coronavirus infection spread statistics in the Caucasus; parliamentary elections in Georgia; public outcry caused by Ramzan Kadyrov's statement about the French president; events in memory of victims of political repressions in Southern Russia, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of October 26-November 1, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

November 02, 2020 14:41

• Azerbaijan treats video with mercenary from Syria as fake

  Baku has treated the Armenia's statement about the capture in Nagorno-Karabakh of a mercenary from Syria fighting for Azerbaijan as falsified. In his turn, Khikmet Gadjiev, an assistant to the President of Azerbaijan, has stated that militants of the Kurdistan Workers' Party are fighting on Armenia's side.

November 02, 2020 14:39

• Pashinyan's request for help highlights Russia's difficult geopolitical position

  The Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's request to help Armenia has forced Kremlin to balance between its allied obligations and the unwillingness to become a party to the Karabakh conflict with the risk of aggravating relations with Turkey, political analysts believe.

November 02, 2020 14:36

• Karachais' rehabilitation process frozen indefinitely

  Authorities fail to enforce the decree on helping the Karachais as a rehabilitated nation; for example, they have failed the gasification of some villages, Kady-Khodji Khalkechev, the head of the Congress of the Karachai People, has stated.

November 02, 2020 11:21

• From October 26 to November 1, no victims were fixed in North-Caucasian armed conflict

  During the week from October 26 to November 1, 2020, no information was received about any casualties or wounded people during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.