Reports of the fighting on the contact line of Azerbaijani and Armenian forces on the border of Armenia and Nakhchivan are untrue, according to comments on this topic in social networks. In particular, users of the network, with reference to the local population informed about the fighting on the border Sadarak, and Shahbuz Julfa district of Nakhchivan. The same sources claimed that Armenians seized the Lakatag height and hold it.
In turn, the press service of the Defense Ministry said that the situation at the Nakhchivan direction is stable and is under control of the Azerbaijani Armed Forces. At the same time, local residents reported Turan correspondent, that intense gunfire was heard in the area of height Lyakyatag last night and early this morning. "Shooting from machine guns lasted more than two hours," said one of the locals. Note that the report of the Ministry of Defense writes nothing about skirmishes on the front line. -03B-
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Judoist Zelim Kotsoyev has brought Azerbaijan its second gold medal at the Olympic Games in Paris. He won the Games in the 100kg weight category, defeating Georgian representative Ilia Sulamanidze in the final.
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The condition of the arrested Fazil Gasimov, who has been on hunger strike for the 49th day in a medical facility of the Penitentiary Service for the 49th day, remains critical, his lawyer Rovshana Rahimova told Turan after visiting Gasimov on August 1.
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On August 1, the largest prisoner exchange in the history of relations between Moscow and Washington took place at Ankara airport: 24 people took part in it at once. The Russian side transfers 16 people to the American side (this group includes US citizens, dual citizens and Russians.) The Americans handed over 8 people to Russia (all of them are citizens of the Russian Federation).
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On September 1, 1,489 people applied to the district election commissions to nominate candidates for deputies in the early elections to the Milli Majlis. Of these, 481 candidates have already been registered, the head of this structure, Mazahir Panahov, said at today's meeting of the CEC. According to him, 958 of the nominated candidates are non-party, 531 have a party affiliation.
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