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During the autumn battles in Nagorno-Karabakh, hundreds of Armenian soldiers were missed in action, and about 2400 others were recognized as deceased, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan reported. The Armenian authorities deliberately underestimate the number of losses, opposition leader Mikael Minasyan suggests.

The General Prosecutor's Office of Azerbaijan has updated the information concerning casualties among the civilian population. Since the beginning of the escalation of the conflict, 94 people have been killed and 414 others have suffered.

End of the hostilities in the Karabakh conflict zone; deployment of Russian peacekeepers in Nagorno-Karabakh and departure of local residents to Armenia; protests in Yerevan demanding resignation of Prime Minister; start of negotiations between the authorities and the opposition in Georgia, dissatisfied with the election results; death of a sentenced Rostov journalist in a penal colony, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of November 9-15, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Employers in Northern Caucasus often take away their workers' passports under some plausible pretexts, the "Alternative" anti-slavery movement has stated after a complaint by a resident of Stavropol Territory about forced labour in Ingushetia.

Patimat Ramazanova, 63, from Kizilyurt, has been accused of taking part in a terrorist organization and placed into SIZO (pre-trial prison), despite her health problems, her advocate has stated. Patimat travelled to Syria to help her daughter and three granddaughters with returning to Dagestan, her sister has explained.

In the Karabakh conflict zone, it is necessary to solve large-scale humanitarian problems of the Armenian and Azerbaijani population, Oleg Orlov, a human rights defender, has stated. Help should be provided to both those who lost their homes and those who are returning to the ashes many years later, Valery Borschov, a rights defender, believes.

Arthur Danielyan has been detained in Yerevan together with his associates.

During the week from November 9 to November 15, 2020, no information was received about any casualties and wounded persons in the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.

The Russian military servicemen and equipment, which will be used in the peacemaking mission in the Karabakh conflict zone, have been transported to Yerevan in 20 aircrafts, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

Female genital mutilations are wildness, Instagram users have pointed out when discussing the story of a native of a Dagestani village. They have expressed opposing views on whether this practice speaks of a violation of women's rights in Islam.

The Kazanchetsots Cathedral in Shushi was desecrated after the city was captured by Azerbaijani troops, the Armenian Apostolic Church (AAC) has claimed. The Armenian Ministry of Culture has treated the incident as vandalism and called on international organizations to protect cultural monuments in Nagorno-Karabakh.

The Martakert-Karvachar-Vardenis highway will be closed not on November 15, but later, David Babayan, an adviser to the President of Nagorno-Karabakh, has confirmed. There is no talk of blockade of Nagorno-Karabakh, President Araik Arutyunyan has assured.

Arthur Vanetsyan, a former head of special services, now the leader of the "Fatherland" Party, was detained in connection with an attempt to usurp power and preparation of the assassination of the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, Vanetsyan's defence has stated he is treating it as political persecution.

The militaries of Azerbaijan and Nagorno-Karabakh have collected the bodies of the servicemen who perished in battles near the city of Shusha and have exchanged them, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported today.

Georgian authorities have yielded to the opposition by starting negotiations on the results of the parliamentary elections. However, the talks may get protracted, the political analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

The motor traffic between Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh will remain by the existing road via Lachin and Shusha, but cars there will be accompanied by Russian peacemakers there, analysts from Baku believe.

To build a new road across the Lachin Corridor to ensure communication of Nagorno-Karabakh with Armenia, a preliminary border demarcation is needed, which will depend not so much on maps as on the actions of topographic groups on the ground, the geographers interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe. The delimitation in the Shushi area will be most painful, they have noted.

Almost a third of Stepanakert residents who had left for Armenia during the conflict aggravation have returned back, David Sargsyan, the city Mayor, has informed. The refugees themselves said that they had temporarily settled in Yerevan, but were going to return home.

The Mtskheta District Court has found six minors guilty of killing footballer Giorgi Shakarashvili. All of them have been convicted under several articles of the Criminal Code, with one common one – participation in group violence.

The participation of international structures in resolving the Karabakh crisis is justified, but the world community is behaving passively, Svetlana Gannushkina, a human rights defender, believes. For a long-term peace, guarantees of the preservation of the Armenian enclave in Nagorno-Karabakh are needed, but the international community will not seek concessions from Baku, Oleg Orlov, the head of the board of the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial", is sure.