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Reconstruction of roads in the Syunik Region is planned for 2021. The road reconstruction will ensure communication between villages, towns, and cities after some sections of the roads had come under the control of Azerbaijan, the Armenian Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructures announces.

Members of the Timurzievs and Sultygov Ingush teips (family clans) requested Ramzan Kadyrov to prove that natives of Ingushetia killed by law enforcers in Grozny were terrorists. Authors of the video appeal insist on the giving-out of the bodies of the killed suspects.

A Lieutenant Colonel of the Nagorno-Karabakh Army ordered soldiers to get into the truck, despite the threat of a drone attack; as a result 18 soldiers were killed and one was wounded, the Armenian General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) has informed.

The demarcation process of the Armenian-Azerbaijani border will start only after the establishment of diplomatic relations; now, only the two countries' actual control zones are defined. This was stated by the Armenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) after the protests held by residents of the Syunik Region of Armenia.

Armed attacks in Chechnya are held amid glorification of rioters like Abdullakh Anzorov, dissatisfaction with the local authorities and the expansion of a new network associated with the "Islamic State" (IS), a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court, analysts believe.

Russian peacemakers fail to properly perform their functions of monitoring the observance of the ceasefire regime; therefore, Armenian militaries penetrate into the territories controlled by Azerbaijan. This is the opinion of Telman Abilov, the head of the NGO "Military Lawyers", and Ali Kerimli, the leader of the Popular Front Party of Azerbaijan (PFPA).

At the monument in Elista, residents of Kalmykia have commemorated those who perished during the Stalinist deportation. The authorities have actually ignored the date by failing to offer a programme of events, and also failed to ensure the sanitary and epidemiological safety in the territory of the memorial, activists report.

Families of perished military servicemen receive practically same compensations, but families of those who perished in armed hostilities are entitled to additional payments, the "Mother's Right" Foundation has reported in its comment on the death of Russian peacemakers in Karabakh.

The killings of Ramzan Kadyrov's critics abroad, the attack on journalist Elena Milashina and advocate Marina Dubrovina in Grozny, and the public torture of Salman Tepsurkaev have become prime examples of the Chechen law enforcers' impunity, human rights defenders state.

For the first time in Chechnya, an architectural facility is named after one of the Ramzan Kadyrov's children. This contradicts the Chechen culture and resembles the traditions of medieval monarchies, Caucasian experts note.

People are alarmed by a banner with a map of Azerbaijan placed on the road from Goris to Kapan. Local residents fear for their safety, the Ombudsman of Armenia claims. He intends to address international institutions. Residents of the Syunik Region poured paint onto the banner.

In the capital of Chechnya, despite a recent attack on policemen, traffic is open on all streets, and all institution and transport services are provided as usual, Ramzan Kadyrov announces. The leader of Chechnya promised to name the Koran Museum after killed policeman Magomed Djabrailov.

Employees of the Karabakh Emergency Service have removed the bodies of more than 1100 casualties from the conflict zone. Rescuers were forced to interrupt their work, since the Azerbaijani party did not allow searches in the Gadrut District.

The opening of the sports complex named after Akhmat Kadyrov in the village of Bachi-Yurt reminds of the realities of North Korea, social network commentators have pointed out, noting that the minor son of the head of Chechnya has no significant sporting achievements.

The report about acts of torture of prisoners of war (POWs) during the autumn aggravation of the Karabakh conflict is intended to inform the international community about the war crimes committed against Azerbaijani military servicemen, said Akhmed Abbasbeili, the head of the NGO named "Development of Society and Civil Relations".

In Dagestan and Chechnya, Islamic exorcists are expelling genies out of local residents and visitors and fight sorcerers who bedevil local residents. This was reported by Vladimir Sevrinovsky, a journalist, who published a study on clinics of Islamic medicine.

The Azerbaijani General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) is seeking an inquiry into the war crimes committed against Azerbaijani militaries and civilians during the hostilities in Nagorno-Karabakh. The International Criminal Court in The Hague has accepted the Azerbaijan's application.

After the definition of the Armenian and Azerbaijani positions, the roads in the Syunik Region of Armenia became unsafe; local residents should be allowed to carry weapons in case of possible incidents, the heads of dwelling settlements have stated.

The leaders of the Ingush protest movement, accused of creating an extremist community, have committed no crimes – they are prosecuted for their high authority among people, Sergey Davidis and Lev Ponomaryov, rights defenders, have stated.

The Tbilisi townspeople, who lost their jobs due to restrictions amid coronavirus, have nothing to feed their families, the NGO "United Youth of Georgia" has stated.