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The shootout in which law enforcers killed two suspected militants was the first in Chechnya since November 2018.

Fearing renewed shelling, residents of Stepanakert decided not to leave their shelters. Despite the ceasefire agreement in the conflict zone, sounds of missile attacks were heard in the city the whole night on October 11, they complained.

Despite the ceasefire in force, residents of Stepanakert are afraid to leave their bomb shelters for long. Authorities of Armenia and Azerbaijan must conclude a permanent armistice to completely end the fighting in the conflict zone, Stepanakert residents believe.

The problem of Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) must be solved at the negotiating table, Instagram users have pointed out, condemning the victims on both sides of the conflict. Social network users from Chechnya, in spite of the video about sending of Chechens to NK, have stated that their fellow countrymen should not participate in the hostilities.

As a result of shelling on Saturday, there are destructions in the frontline dwelling settlements of Azerbaijan, local residents assert. Despite the decrease in shelling intensity, they don't trust the truce strength.

As a result of shelling of the Agdam District from the Armenian side, a resident of Chemenli village was killed, the Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has reported. The country's Ministry of Defence (MoD) has claimed the repulsed attacks on Gadrut and Djebrail. The Armenian side reported about saboteurs who killed two residents of Gadrut while trying to enter the city.

The ceasefire agreement in Nagorno-Karabakh offers a chance for a settlement, but does not guarantee a complete stop to the fighting, analysts believe.

His fellow party members have linked the detention of Ruslan Amirov, an activist of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA) with his political activities.

Azerbaijani authorities claim that, after the start of the armistice agreement, Armenian militaries have tried to attack in the Agdere-Terter and Fizuli-Djabrail directions. In its turn, the Armenian side accuses Azerbaijan of shelling Gadrut and an offensive in the southern direction of the front.

Nine persons from the Goranboy, Terter, Fizuli and Agdam Districts, which were subjected to intensive shelling, have been hospitalized with wounds, the Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has informed. Villages in the above frontline districts are shelled every day; to hide from shells; villagers have made dugouts, locals have explained.

At the suggestion of Ramzan Kadyrov's entourage, the motto "Akhmat is Power" at the entrance to Grozny, became a republic's brand, but there is no semantic and value content in it, analysts believe.

The heads of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (MFAs) of Azerbaijan and Armenia have agreed on a ceasefire in the Karabakh conflict zone from October 10.

Two Georgian officials have been arrested on charges of using incorrect maps while delimiting the Georgian-Azerbaijani border. Their defence intends to appeal against the arrest; and public organizations have linked their persecution with the upcoming elections.

Under a far-fetched pretext, airline employees prevented the Azerbaijani journalist, Afghan Mukhtarly, from flying from Berlin to Tbilisi. Mukhtarly believes that Georgian authorities are afraid of exposing the circumstances of his kidnapping.

In Chechnya, law enforcers demanded from relatives of Grozny resident Movsar Umarov to stop complaining about his disappearance after the detention, says Musa, a brother of Movsar Umarov. Musa Umarov himself left Chechnya after officials had expressed their dissatisfaction with his claims against an advisor of Ramzan Kadyrov.

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev announced the control of the Azerbaijani troops over the city of Hadrut and eight villages in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Armenian side denies the statements of the Azerbaijani President and claims that the status of Hadrut has not changed.

At the entrance to Grozny, the slogan "Akhmat is Power" on a new arch replaces the Muslim phrase "Allahu Akbar", social networks users note. In Chechnya, so many facilities are named after the Ramzan Kadyrov's father that it is time to rename the republic to Akhmatia, users write in their ironic comments.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Armenia cancelled the accreditation of Ilya Azar, a reporter of the newspaper "Novaya Gazeta", after a report from Shushi and Lachin, which caused a public outcry. This was reported by the journalist himself. The newspaper regarded the Armenian MFA's actions as interference in journalistic activities and interrupted the Ilya Azar's business trip.

The Russian authorities have obligations to Armenia, and they can benefit from statements in support of Azerbaijan as an excuse for non-interference in the Karabakh conflict, political analysts suggest.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has called for an end of hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh in order to exchange casualties' bodies and prisoners of war; he also invited the foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan to come to Moscow for consultations.