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About ten people were detained after the end of the opposition rally demanding the resignation of the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent has reported from the venue.

A complete restoration of the territories that have come under Azerbaijan's control may take 5-10 years and will require at least USD 10 billion, according to the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

In Yerevan, organizers of the protests claim that the actions will not stop until Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and his government resign.

567 residents of the villages, who found themselves in the flooding zone after the launch of the Irganai Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP), filed a lawsuit against the inaction of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, as well as the government and the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Dagestan. The villagers request a court to oblige officials to prepare as soon as possible the documents on the payment of compensation, which the villagers have been waiting for 12 years, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports today.

In October, more than 20 people arrived from Abkhazia to Nagorno-Karabakh to participate in the fighting against the Azerbaijani army, the General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan announced.

After the capture of Shushi by the Azerbaijani troops, 25,000 soldiers of the Defence Army could have been cordoned off and killed, said the Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, while explaining the signing of an armistice agreement with Azerbaijan.

In Azerbaijan, some of internally displaced persons are ready to return to their homes in the conflict zone, while others do not want to quit their jobs and their usual way of life.

Leaders of four parties and eight other oppositionists are suspected of disclosing state secrets and organizing a rally while martial law is in force, the National Security Service of Armenia reports.

In Nagorno-Karabakh, 63 out of 67 mosques were completely destroyed; hundreds of historical and cultural monuments were damaged, the Azerbaijani Academy of Sciences reported on November 11.

Azerbaijan has not clarified what will happen to the population of the territories that have passed under its control; therefore, residents of Nagorno-Karabakh rightly fear ethnic cleansings. In its turn, Armenia, where the majority of Karabakh residents move, will not be able to accept and provide housing for all migrants, the Russian researchers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

Elmar Mekhtiev and Djeikhun Namazov, residents of Azerbaijan, have been released from criminal liability in the case of the riots in Kullar, but they must pay a 5000-rouble fine each. After mitigating the charges, Namazov and Mekhtiev have pleaded guilty and compensated the harm caused to victims, their advocate has explained.

Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh strive to leave for Armenia along the road through Karvachar (Kelbadjar), which will close on November 15 under the agreement on transferring the Kelbadjar District to Azerbaijan. Regular buses from Stepanakert to Yerevan are no longer en route.

The persons who detained in Plievo Magomed-Sali Daurbekov, a former Imam of Karabulak, did not introduce themselves and tell to which power structure they belonged, but said that they found several cartridges during the search, said Magomed Daurbekov, an Imam's brother. Magomed-Sali Daurbekov was released after talking to law enforcers, a source has informed.

The presence of Russian peacemakers in the Karabakh conflict zone does not guarantee safety of forced migrants who will return to their villages in accordance with the ceasefire agreement, Azerbaijani analysts believe.

Today, Ilham Aliev has stated that Azerbaijan will seek compensation from Armenia for material damage caused to the Azerbaijani territories during the time they were under the control of Yerevan and the forces of the unrecognized republic. The General Prosecutor of Azerbaijan appealed to the UN in connection with shelling attacks on civilians.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.