Azerbaijanis Storm Parliament Demanding Chief of Staff's Resignation

Editor Taron Hovhannisyan of Karabakh Records wrote on his Facebook page, "The rally in Baku, which the authorities are using to support their thesis that 'the people want war,' seems to be getting out of control. First, I would like to mention that according to our observations, the organization of the rally has been at least encouraged at the state level.

According to preliminary reports, the protesters are demanding the resignation of the Chief of Staff and have stormed the parliament building. There was a live broadcast, but the connection was briefly interrupted.

— Update 03:59: Special police units removed protesters from the parliament building with batons, and water cannons are also aggressively dispersing the crowd.

I will post a video in the comments where you can see how the crowd is drowning out the representative of the Ministry of Defense, who is speaking from the podium. Some are shouting, 'Don't tell us fairytales.'

This situation could develop in various ways, so let us be very attentive. 1. In any case, the authorities are working to benefit from such rallies. Therefore, many events may be the consequence of their provocations. 2. Nonetheless, such significant losses do not go without consequences, and therefore the crowd may become extremely uncontrollable, as it may be now, and direct the wave of protest against state institutions. In the second scenario, such developments would be extremely dangerous for the Azerbaijani leadership, so in both cases: 1. as they planned; 2. to maintain their positions, if the red line is crossed, they may escalate the situation further and definitely spread misinformation with greater intensity.

Accordingly, I request you all to be very attentive to any circulating information.