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At a court hearing in a case on the murder of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, German policemen said that they almost missed the defendant during the detention. The court has not yet begun to consider evidence of the alleged involvement of the Russian authorities in the murder of Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, explains Ekkehard Maass, the chairman of the German-Caucasian Society.

In Yerevan, the police disperse protesters who block streets of the city and demand the resignation of Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. The number of 25 detainees includes Ara Sagatelyan, the former chief of the administration of the Armenian parliament.

Successful examples of promoting national heroes are based on copying foreign experience; and the influence of American pop culture in Chechnya will remain strong despite Ramzan Kadyrov's demand to replace Marvel heroes for "real heroes," Orientalists have suggested.

The Azerbaijani Army has taken control over the territory of the Agdam District, the country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated. The transfer of the city of Agdam to Azerbaijani militaries took place under the cover of Russian peacemakers, a local resident said.

During the past 24 hours, 27 buses with refugees arrived in Nagorno-Karabakh from Armenia, accompanied by Russian peacemakers. In total, about 4000 forced migrants have returned to Stepanakert via the Lachin Corridor.

Inal Djabiev, a resident of South Ossetia, whose photo with traces of beatings had caused strong public outrage, died of heart failure amid cancellation of narcotic drug. This is the conclusion made by forensic experts, the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) asserts. Djabiev's widow has refused to accept this conclusion.

Roofs covered with tarpaulins and boarded up windows have become a reality of post-war life for many families in the Agdjabedi, Agdam and Terter Districts of Azerbaijan. The authorities offered premises in administrative buildings and kindergartens for those whose houses were completely destroyed.

False information about the situation at the frontline was one of the reasons for the military defeat; and sending volunteers to the front was not justified, Movses Akopyan, a former head of the General Staff has stated.

Officials are indifferent to those people who lost their homes during the autumn escalation of the Karabakh conflict and do not provide them with any assistance, residents of Stepanakert say. According to the Nagorno-Karabakh government, programmes of assistance are under development now.

The authorities of the Martakert District help residents of the villages, who are to be evacuated by the end of the day, to transport their belongings, but there are not enough vehicles for everyone. In 1992, most of the local residents had to leave their native villages, which came under the control of Azerbaijan.

A court extended for six months the arrests for Ingush activists Akhmed Barakhoev, Musa Malsagov, Bagaudin Khautiev, Barakh Chemurziev, Malsag Uzhakhov, Akhmed Nalgiev, and Zarifa Sautieva, accused of creating an extremist community.

Investigators do not disclose the information in a case on the deaths of Armenian soldiers near Jrakan (Jabrayil), says human rights defender Araik Papikyan. Details of military operations in this direction are also not available for investigation, notes military expert Robert Nazaryan.

The police pushed from the roadway the participants of a rally who were demanding the resignation of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. 24 activists were taken to police stations.

The Russian peacekeepers ensured the safety of a motor convoy with the Azerbaijani military personnel, which left Shusha for the Fizuli District. The construction of the Shusha-Fizuli road through the territories controlled by Baku has just begun.

In Nagorno-Karabakh, Russian militaries have no need of "Grad" multiple launch missile systems (MLMSs), since they are not entitled to conduct any military operations, said retired Colonel, Shair Ramaldanov. "Grads" are outdated systems, but Russia is also transferring to the region other weapons, which were not stipulated by the trilateral agreement, said Azad Isazade, an expert.

In the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic (KBR), after a statement of a regional ethnographer about the plundering of ancient burials by "black diggers" in the vicinity of the village of Atazhukino, a group was set up to investigate the incident.

After September 6, there was no news from Salman Tepsurkaev, the kidnapped Chechen native, his wife Elizaveta asserts. In their turn, human rights defenders believe that the absence of new videos clips on behalf of Tepsurkaev and any news about him speaks in favour of the version of his murder.

The problem of female genital mutilations is hushed up in the Caucasus to a greater extent than in other regions of the world. No criminal punishment will eradicate the problem until a legal background is formed that will allow women to feel safe, the authors of the project on female circumcision for the "AfishaDaily" believe.

Forced migrants are returning to Nagorno-Karabakh from Armenia by the road through Karvachar. The way via the Lachin Corridor is unsafe, since Shushi is under Azerbaijan's control, an Armenian political analyst has noted.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh has published a list of 81 soldiers killed in the conflict zone during the hostilities. The total number of perished soldiers of the Defence Army of Nagorno-Karabakh has made at least 1586.