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The Azerbaijani authorities have returned to the Armenian party the civilians who were captured during the Karabakh conflict, Tigran Avinyan, the Armenian Deputy Prime Minister, has informed.

The city of Berdzor has enough jobs that had existed before the transfer of the Lachin Corridor under the control of Russian peacemakers, but for townspeople to return, security guarantees are needed. The exodus of Armenians from Berdzor increases the risks of travelling along the Lachin Corridor, residents of Stepanakert have noted.

Some members of the Chinkhoi teip (family clan), to which Abdullakh Anzorov, who was shot by French police after killing the teacher Samuel Paty, belonged, were not allowed to his funeral in the village of Shalazhi. The authorities explained the closure of the village by the coronavirus pandemic.

The Dutch MPs have unanimously adopted a resolution on urgently ensuring the security of the population of Nagorno-Karabakh and defining the status of the unrecognized republic.

In Berdzor, policemen do not wear their service uniforms and weapons and cannot ensure security of the local population, townspeople assert; they demand security guarantees and resumption of work of schools and a kindergarten.

In Moscow, a court dismissed a collective lawsuit filed by residents of Dagestan who found themselves in the flooding zone after the Irganai Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) had been commissioned. Marina Agaltsova, who represents the plaintiffs' interests, has announced the intention to appeal against the court decision.

Today, the Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia has announced a plan to start negotiations on the demarcation of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border with the mediation of Russia by the end of 2020.

The French police detained five Chechen natives from among acquaintances of Abdullakh Anzorov, who beheaded teacher Samuel Paty for showing cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, a source reported.

Kuban advocates sent a complaint to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and attached to it a photo of bruises and cuts on the body of Dmitry Baksheev, who was sentenced for murder and who died in a prison hospital. Investigators refuse to institute a case on the Dmitry Baksheev's death.

Yakub Belkhoroev, a former head of the Ingush branch of the Social Insurance Fund, accused of embezzling 19 million roubles, is checked for involvement in the murder of Ibragim Eldjarkiev, the head of the Centre "E" in Ingushetia, and other terror acts, Rostislav Rassokhov, Deputy Head of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF), has informed.

Russian peacemakers have escorted over 36,000 refugees from Armenia to Nagorno-Karabakh, including 1136 over the past 24 hours, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

The losses of both parties during the aggravation of the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh are approximately equal, the total death toll will be approximately 10,300, the blogger of the "Caucasian Knot" has counted. Military observers have agreed with these estimates.

Kadyrov disowned Anzorov after the latter had murdered the French teacher, but then allowed to bury him into the family cemetery in Chechnya, trying to please the moods of some Muslims, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

Azerbaijan has confirmed the list of prisoners of war (POWs), but Armenia s receiving more and more information about those in captivity, said Artak Beglaryan, the Ombudsperson of Nagorno-Karabakh.

The transfer of foreign militants and the delivery of weapons to the war zone in Nagorno-Karabakh raise questions about Turkey's role in the Karabakh conflict, Philip Thomas Reeker, the acting assistant to the US Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, has stated.

Wearing a niqab, which was sharply criticized by the Mufti of Chechnya, is undesirable in Russia because it attracts attention and contributes to Islamophobia, the Moscow Imams interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe.

In their address to the leader of the region, MPs of South Ossetia claimed that Uruzmag Djagaev, General Prosecutor of South Ossetia, must resign, since there was no progress in the investigation into a case on the death of Inal Djabiev.

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan must resign in order to prevent clashes and avoid shocks and tragic consequences after Nagorno-Karabakh had lost most of its territory, Catholicos Garegin II says.

Today, Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary for the President of Russia, has commented on a report prepared and broadcasted by the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Broadcasting Company), in which the murderer of a French teacher appeared as a God-fearing young man. The Russian President's press secretary has said that state-run TV channels highlight different points of view, but it is not acceptable to justify the crime committed by Abdullah Anzorov.

In Yerevan, supporters of the opposition came to protest actions, and activists block streets in different parts of the city. In a TV appeal, Ishkhan Sagatelyan, a member of the "Dashnaktsutyun" Party, stated that Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan must resign.