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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

The Laval City Council pointed to the right of residents of Nagorno-Karabakh to self-determination and suggested that the Canadian authorities should also recognize the independence of the self-proclaimed republic.

Four Azerbaijani drones have been shot down in the sky over the Gegarkunik Region of Armenia, the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported. In its turn, the Azerbaijani MoD has denied this information, noting that it does not launch drones into the Armenian air space.

The Azerbaijani militaries have resumed shelling attacks on Shushi, while heavy artillery is used against Martuni, the Emergency Service of Nagorno-Karabakh has stated.

Ruslan Mamaev, accused of attacking Tumso Abdurakhmanov in Sweden, had received his assignment from a man from Chechnya, who was arrested in absentia. Mamaev may receive political asylum in Sweden after stating that he had no plans to kill Tumso, the human rights defender has stated.

The family of Ramzan Kadyrov took part in a contest to increase subscribers on social networks, by paying 400,000 roubles for each of the promoted accounts, said Morgenstern, a rap performer.

A total of 291 Azerbaijani citizens awaiting departure to their homeland have been transferred from the temporary accommodation centre (TAC), organized near the village of Kullar, to a children's health camp in Dagestan.

A court in Baku has found Afghan Sadygov, the head of the "Azel.tv" website, guilty of extortion through threats and sentenced him to seven years in prison. The journalist himself has claimed falsification of the criminal case and again went on a hunger strike.

Following the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, and the MMA fighter, Khabib Nurmagomedov, the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, has condemned the "provocateurs" who offend believers under the guise of the freedom of speech.

At night on November 4, a group of saboteurs from Azerbaijan was discovered near the city of Shushi, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reported. The Defence Army of Karabakh announced the partial closure of the Shushi-Berdzor motorway for residents in connection with the search for sabotage groups.

Five prisoners who participated in an attack on Giorgi Rurua, a co-owner of the "Mtavari Arkhi" TV Channel, have been transferred to another penitentiary institution with a tightening of the penal colony regime. The investigation into a criminal case on beating is underway, the Georgian Special Penitentiary Service reports.

Since the beginning of the escalation of the Karabakh conflict, 46 people were killed and 144 others were injured during shelling attacks on cities, towns, and villages in Nagorno-Karabakh, reports Artak Beglaryan, Ombudsman of Nagorno-Karabakh. He associates most of the casualties with cluster bombing.

Military servicemen of Nagorno-Karabakh are shelling five villages in the Terter and Agdjabedi Districts, Azerbaijani authorities have claimed. Nagorno-Karabakh declares victims as a result of the strike on the city of Shushi.

The use of banned phosphorus weapons threatens with condemnation by the international community; the parties to the Karabakh conflict will not dare doing it, experts have stated after mutual accusations from Nagorno-Karabakh and Azerbaijan. They treat the published evidence of using phosphorus shells as inconclusive.