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A resident of the village of Aknakhbyur, Askeran District, has perished, and six others were wounded as a result of shelling from the Azerbaijani side, the office of the Ombudsperson of Nagorno-Karabakh has stated.

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh posted a video in which a prisoner of war identified himself as a mercenary trained in Turkey. A native of the Syrian city of Hama has been taken captive, reports Shushan Stepanyan, the press secretary for the Ministry of Defence of Armenia. The Azerbaijani authorities have not commented on the above report, but the Azerbaijani General Prosecutor has accused Armenia of using mercenaries from Georgia, France, the United States, and Belarus.

Law enforcers seized mobile phones from relatives of 14 residents of Chechnya, sentenced for involvement in the ranks of militants and registered Telegram accounts to those phone numbers. Human rights defenders do not exclude that this is preparation for fabricating criminal cases against mobile phone owners.

Ksenia Sobchak will suffer the fate of Samuel Paty if she does not delete her posts about cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad, an author of an anonymous message writes.

A court pronounced a decision to detain residents of the Lesken District, who, according to the police's version, created an extremist community and used force against those who did not share their views.

Four sisters from a family of Chechen refugees living in Azerbaijan have posted videos asking for help, because their parents restrict their education and medical treatment and try to force them to marry. After trying to escape from the house, the sisters fear for their lives.

At shelling of the Azerbaijani city of Barda, cluster bombs were used, the international Amnesty International (AI) announced its conclusions on October 29, calling on the parties to the Karabakh conflict to stop using prohibited ammunition.

Today, the positions of Azerbaijani troops in four districts have been fired from artillery weapons; at night the fire in the Karabakh conflict zone was conducted, among other weapons, from missile launchers, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

Two civilians were wounded in missile attacks on Stepanakert; two others were wounded during the shelling of the village of Sgnakh. Besides, one rescuer was killed, and five others were wounded during shelling, Artak Beglaryan, the Ombudsperson of Nagorno-Karabakh has stated.

Ilham Aliev's statement about the readiness to use Turkish F-16 fighters in case of foreign intervention in the Karabakh conflict has been provoked by Turkey, the Russian political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe. In their opinion, Istanbul is demonstratively supporting Baku.

Today, a memory action of victims of the 1992 Ossetian-Ingush conflict took place at the memorial cemetery in Nazran. Residents of Ingushetia told the "Caucasian Knot" how they helped refugees from North Ossetia on the "road of life."

The court has sentenced the ex-husband of Gulli Kazanbieva to 13 months in colony, finding him guilty of causing intentional harm to one's health, a threat of murder and illegal entry into one's housing. Kazanbieva is pleased with the verdict; and her lawyer sees no reason to appeal against it, taking into account the practice in Dagestan, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" has informed

Flora Ziyadova died when a shell hit her house. This is the 91st civilian death in Azerbaijan since the start of the aggravation of the Karabakh conflict, the Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has counted.

The leadership of Chechnya has placed an order, on the website of state purchases, for the manufacture from gold and precious stones of orders and medals named after Akhmat Kadyrov worth 10.2 million roubles. This is at least the third tender for such awards since December 2019.

Since the escalation of the Karabakh conflict, 90 civilians from Azerbaijani cities, towns and villages have been killed in shelling attacks, and 392 others have been wounded, the General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan reports. The Azerbaijani government requested the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to indicate to Armenia to stop shell and missile attacks and withdraw armed forces from Nagorno-Karabakh.

Russian TV presenter Ksenia Sobchak received threats of violence after she noted that the leader of Chechnya was using medieval concepts in his dispute with Emmanuel Macron about freedom of speech.

The bodies of the killed military personnel have been transported through the humanitarian corridor in the direction of Gazakh-Tovuz, and two residents of Armenia have also been sent through Georgia, an assistant to the President of Azerbaijan reports today. Armenia has also announced its willingness to give out the bodies of the killed Azerbaijani soldiers.

In Tskhinvali, the Russian military personnel have set up a mobile hospital for patients diagnosed with COVID-19, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) reports. While explaining the need for a mobile hospital, the chief resuscitator of South Ossetia has noted that the republic's hospitals were facing shortage of beds because of the rapid increase in the number of people infected with coronavirus.

The Azerbaijani troops used "Smerch" heavy multiple missile launchers to shell the city of Martakert, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Nagorno-Karabakh reported. The number of the Defence Army soldiers killed during the hostilities has reached 1025.

Azerbaijani militaries have shelled an outskirt of Stepanakert; two persons were wounded. The city of Shushi and surrounding villages were also shelled, the Nagorno-Karabakh authorities have stated.