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Today, in France, several people have attacked a column of protesters calling on the French authorities to recognize the independence of Nagorno-Karabakh. One of the activists got a head injury.

The Department for Chechnya of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) has refused to initiate a case on the kidnapping of Salman Tepsurkaev, the moderator of the "1Adat" Telegram Channel, stating that there was no crime, the Committee against Torture (CaT) has reported today.

Azerbaijani militaries have shelled the city of Shushi and nearby villages; authorities are studying the damage and the number of victims, the Emergency Service of Nagorno-Karabakh has reported.

The positions of Azerbaijani troops in the Terter District are shelled by artillery; and at night, attacks were also delivered on dwelling settlements in the Karabakh conflict zone, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported.

Tehran has held talks with Baku and Yerevan and offered to act as a mediator in resolving the aggravation in Nagorno-Karabakh.

On October 31, ten best works of young filmmakers from eight countries will be posted on the "Circassian Film Festival" YouTube Channel. Short films are dedicated to the Circassians' history and culture. An important precondition for participating in the contest is the use of the Adyg (Circassian) language.

The camp organized near the village of Kullar still accommodates 335 residents of Azerbaijan; 99 other people live in a spontaneous camp. The next dispatch of Azerbaijanis home did not take place; while it became cold to spend nights in tents that are unfit with heating means, the administration of the Derbent District has informed.

As a result of the shootout in the Chechen village of Achkhoi-Martan, five men were wounded; two of them later died in hospital, investigators have reported. The SOBR (rapid deployment special police detachment) fighters who took part in the shootout were called by the café staff to calm down the OMON (riot police) fighters who were rowing there, the "Baza" Telegram Channel has informed.

Four residents of the village of Garayusifli of the Barda District, including a child, have perished; 13 others more were wounded in a shelling, the Azerbaijani Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) and Khikmet Gadjiev, an assistant to the president, have reported.

The Azerbaijani troops destroyed a car in which Djalal Arutyunyan, Defence Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh, was travelling, sources reported. The president of the unrecognized republic announced that Djalal Arutyunyan had been injured. The Defence Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh is replaced.

Turkish military personnel and militants from Syria and Pakistan arrive in the Karabakh conflict zone, states Rafael Vardanyan, the director of the Investigating Committee of Armenia. The Armenian military personnel stay in Nagorno-Karabakh thanks to the supply of Russian weapons, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliev claims in turn.

The French president's decision to create "enlightened Islam" in the country and his refusal to condemn the cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad provoked sharp criticism from the authorities of Chechnya. Ramzan Kadyrov accused Emmanuel Macron of fomenting extremist ideas, and Chechen Mufti Salakh Mezhiev declared the French president "the terrorist number one."

The Armenian troops attacked the positions of the Azerbaijani armed forces in the southern direction of the border in response to a shelling attack on border guards, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenia reported.

The detentions of Adam Dotmerzaev and Musa Ashakhanov during their trip to Rostov-on-Don continued the trend of detention of fellow countrymen by Chechen law enforcers beyond the republic, despite the practice of interaction with the regional law enforcement bodies.

An employee of the "Rosgvardia" (Russian National Guard) and another man have perished in a shootout that occurred among law enforcers in the Chechen village of Achkhoi-Martan, a law enforcement source has stated today.

This night, the positions of Azerbaijani troops and border villages located in the Karabakh conflict zone were shelled with various weapons, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has stated today. Armenia has reported the artillery shelling of the positions of the Defence Army of Nagorno-Karabakh.

The police have detained Bezhan Gunava, the leader of the "Georgian Choice" Party, and two of his associates, who on October 26 went out to a protest action against the use of undeclared money at the elections to the Georgian Parliament.

In mid-November, Georgia expects a significant increase in the number of coronavirus infections; and new hospital beds will be needed, epidemiologists assert. Experts blame authorities for the failure of the healthcare system.

Baku has offered Armenia to exchange prisoners of war and expressed its readiness to transfer the civilians who failed to leave the combat zone, as well as unilaterally hand over the bodies of the dead.

Badri Esebua took part in the attack on the "Bank of Georgia" branch in the city of Zugdidi and taking hostages, the Georgian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) has reported. The suspect was an employee of the Georgian Ministry of Defence (MoD), journalists have found out. Relatives have not seen Esebua since the attack on the bank, but they rule out his involvement in the hostage-taking.