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The Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (NKR) has reported about intense fire from the Azerbaijani side and movement of Azerbaijani military vehicles on the contact line.

Two residents of Abkhazia will be brought to trial on the charge of a resonant attack on a group of tourists, as a result of which a Russian citizen was killed in the summer of 2017.

Armen Sargsyan, the incumbent President of Armenia, came to the Republic Square in Yerevan to talk to Nikol Pashinyan, the protest leader.

In the Naur District of Chechnya, 63 regular defaulters were disconnected from power supply. During the raids, other 936 customers paid their debts, the "Chechenenergo" reports.

In Armenia, a "velvet revolution" will succeed only in the case of peaceful protests. This was stated by activists from the "Counterstrike" art group, as well as organizers of the protest against the rise in electricity tariffs and the ban on right-hand drive vehicles that were held in the country in the past.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) for South Ossetia reported the detention of four men suspected of attacking a soldier from the Russian military base.

In Damascus, Syrian citizen Ihab Balan, a freelance correspondent of the Chechen State TV and Radio Company (GTRK) "Grozny", was killed by an "intentional shot," reported Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Chechnya.

Residents of Yerevan did not limit themselves to demonstrating solidarity with the activists protesting against the election the former president the Prime Minister of Armenia. Some of them openly joined the protesters.

Law enforcers have killed four alleged militants during the counterterrorist operation (CTO) held the city of Derbent; some people were detained, a source has reported.

A resident of Chechnya, suspected of persuading an Ingush woman to go to Syria to take part in hostilities, has been placed behind bars.

The number of detainees at protest rallies held in Yerevan has reached 166, the Armenian police reports. Policemen have warned that they are ready to use special means against demonstrators for their non-obeying their demands.

Law enforcers have detained a 77-year-old resident of Georgia, who was grazing cattle near the border with South Ossetia.

On Friday, activists opposing the election of Serzh Sargsyan the Prime Minister of Armenia again blocked the streets in Yerevan. The police detained 37 demonstrators, including David Sanasaryan, the leader of the civil initiative "Reject Serzh".

In Yerevan, protests against the election of Serzh Sargsyan the Prime minister will not lead to a change in the status of Nagorno-Karabakh, believe political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot". Russia acts as a guarantor of the Nagorno-Karabakh's status, and protests in Yerevan are not of anti-Russian nature, Gevorg Mirzayan notes.

Investigators have unreasonably refused prosecuting a female resident of Chechnya, who had gone to join Syrian militants, but the prosecutor's office managed to cancel the refusal.

The police would not let oppositionists to approach the building of the Armenia's Govt, where a parliament session was held under Serzh Sargsyan's chairmanship. The protesters called on policemen to lay down their arms; drivers of passing by cars supported them with horns.

Azerbaijan will not benefit from using the political crisis in Armenia to aggravate the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh, since that will lead to unity in the Armenian society and increase the Russian pressure on the parties to the conflict. That opinion was voiced by military experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot".

According to the Armenian police, organizers of the protests against Prime Minister Serzh Sargsyan call on demonstrators to commit unlawful actions in order to provoke clashes with law enforcers.

According to Forbes, Dagestani natives Leonid Mikhelson and Suleiman Kerimov, as well as Vagit Alekperov and Gennady Timchenko, natives of Southern Caucasus, entered the top 20 of the richest Russian businessmen in Russia in 2018.

In Yerevan, several people attacked Tirair Muradyan, a journalist of the "Union of Informed Citizens", when he photographed them. Tirair Muradyan was hospitalized with bruises.