News

Armenian and Russian border guards are being stationed in a disputed area near the village of Shurnukh, where Azerbaijani militaries have set up their post, Melikset Pogosyan, the governor of the Syunik Region has stated. According to his story, the Armenian party is fully controlling the situation.

An Azerbaijani construction company has presented a project for a five-star hotel complex "Karabakh Victory" to be built in Shusha. Authorities decided to create a seismic station in the city.

An Azerbaijani military post has appeared in the village of Shurnukh in the Syunik Region of Armenia; and residents of a part of the village were ordered to move out by January 5, Akop Arshakyan, the village head, said.

Journalism remains a service to the society, insists Nadezhda Azhgikhina, whose collection "Honest Word" includes interviews with Russian and foreign journalists, including those who wrote about the Caucasus. The author spoke about a new genre invented by Elvira Goryukhina while travelling to hot spots.

Relatives of the deceased policeman, Magomed Djabrailov, have no reason to declare a blood feud, since both attackers were killed, Ruslan Kutaev, the president of the Assembly of Caucasian Nations, has stated. The teip of the surviving policeman has announced only a quarrel, which cannot be treated as a blood feud, Zaurbek Sadakhanov, a lawyer, has noted.

Relatives of the Timurziev brothers killed in Grozny decided to come from Ingushetia to Chechnya when "emotions subside," Sarazhdin Sultygov, a member of the Ingush teip, has informed. The Council of Teips of Ingushetia has suggested that the Sultygov and Timurziev teips settle the conflict with relatives of Chechen law enforcers in accordance with the Sharia law.

All the prisoners of war (POWs) must be immediately returned to their homeland without any conditions, Arman Tatoyan, the Armenian Ombudsperson, has stated. In his opinion, the words of Azerbaijani President, Ilham Aliev, about the fate of the captured Armenian militaries contradict the essence of the peace treaty.

Seven Armenian military servicemen were found dead in the vicinity of the cities of Martuni and Fizuli. The number of bodies found in battlefields has reached 1145, the State Emergency Service of Nagorno-Karabakh has informed.

The total number of residents, who have returned to Nagorno-Karabakh with the support of Russian peacemakers, has exceeded 47,000, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

Six people perished and eight others were wounded last year as a result of explosions of mines in Azerbaijan and in the conflict zone, the Azerbaijani demining agency ANAMA has informed.

CCTV (Closed Circuit Television) cameras in Grozny captured the murder of the policeman, Magomed Djabrailov, and the wounding of his colleague, as well as the death of both attackers, the "Grozny" TV Channel has informed.

Members of the Chechen teip (family clan) Ersno, to whom the policeman wounded in Grozny belongs, have announced that they are in a quarrel with the Timurziev and Sultygov teips from Ingushetia. The Ramzan Kadyrov's teip, Beno, has voiced out threats against these Ingush teips.

People's Artists of Azerbaijan have recorded music videos in the city of Shusha. The video records captured sights of the city damaged and survived during the shelling attacks.

A citizen of Azerbaijan illegally entered the non-demined territory of the Fizuli District and was blown up by a mine. He lost both his legs in the explosion.

The quarantine conditions do not allow for crowded feasts, but some residents of Baku have found a way to bypass the restrictions and invite their relatives and friends. The holiday is overshadowed not only by the drop in incomes and the complicated epidemiological situation, but also by the grief over the thousands of deceased soldiers.

The "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization, banned in Russia by the court, has claimed responsibility for the attack on law enforcers committed in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, as a result of which one policeman perished and another one was wounded.

Despite the New Year celebrations, the Djabiev family spent their 29th day of protest action in Tskhinvali. Social network users have expressed their support and once again demanded to punish those responsible for Inal Djabiev's death.

Relatives of Magomed Djabrailov the policeman, who was killed in Grozny, have announced a blood feud to relatives of the two natives of Ingushetia, about which they had been warned earlier by Magomed Daudov, Speaker of the Chechen Parliament.

Instagram users have suggested that the resignations of Oleg Gagloev, the office manager of the South-Ossetian government, and Gulnara Kozaeva, the children's ombudsperson, have been caused by their support of the demands of Inal Djabiev's relatives. Social network users have also criticized the installation of a New Year tree in the square, where the protest action continues for 28 days.

The court granted a claim lodged by Madina Lolokhoeva and allowed to give out to her the body of her husband Aslangirei Gadaborshev, who was killed by law enforcers, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reported. Meanwhile, the court dismissed a similar claim lodged by the mother of killed Ibragim Lolokhoev.