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According to the Russia's General Prosecutor's Office (GPO), in January-November, 2021, a total of 268 crimes related to bribe-taking were registered in the Krasnodar Territory. This region took the second place, losing only to Moscow. The top ten most corrupt regions of Russia also include the Stavropol Territory and the Rostov Region.

In 2021, eight air defence systems, 64 guided missile complexes, 10 mortar launchers, more than a hundred grenade launchers and other weapons were found in the territories of Nagorno-Karabakh, which came under Azerbaijan's control as a result of the last autumn war.

Georgian authorities must report about the steps undertaken to release Mamuka Chkhikvadze, who was detained on the South-Ossetian border in December, the protesters have claimed.

In their open letter to the President of Azerbaijan, Eldar Gasanov's advocates have expressed doubts about the fair trial of the case of Gasanov, a former public prosecutor general, and asked Ilham Aliev to intervene in the situation with Gasanov.

At a meeting with the protesting tenants of the shelter for homeless people in Yerevan, officials of the Ministry of Labour and Social Matters refused to solve the problems of the shelter, which they have decided to disband, the protesters have complained.

Today, journalists of the edition "Novoye Delo" (New Clause) and the weekly newspaper “Chernovik” (Rough Draft) have held solo pickets in the centre of Makhachkala. The protestors demand to stop arrests without proof and to release Abdulmumin Gadjiev.

Chechnya marked the Day of Memory of Kunta-Khadji Kishiev with mass religious events.

Mikhail Saakashvili, who was returned to the Rustavi prison, demands to allow independent doctors visit him and to ensure confidentiality of communication with advocates. The former president of Georgia threatens to start a protest, the defence reports today.

During the week of December 27, 2021-January 2, 2022, no killed or wounded in the ongoing armed conflict in Northern Caucasus were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the “Caucasian Knot” based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

New Year celebrations; courts’ decisions in the liquidation of the “Memorials”* NGOs, adoption of a notorious law on the media in Azerbaijan, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of December 27, 2021-January 2, 2022, prepared by the “Caucasian Knot”.

Russian militaries, acting jointly with employees of the charity association, have held a humanitarian action at the children's rehabilitation centre in Stepanakert.

During the combat training, military servicemen will master their skills of setting up and using groupings in operative directions; they will also take part in the all-army contests "ArMI-2022", the press service of the Southern Military District has informed.

An Azerbaijani serviceman was blown up by a mine near the village of Baglypyaiya in the Kelbadjar District; the wounded serviceman Yusif Einiev was hospitalized, the APA News Agency reported on January 2, citing the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD).

For some unknown reason, one of the servicemen opened fire on his colleagues at the Azerbaijani frontier post "Gubadly"; as a result, three persons perished. The shooter threw down his firearm and disappeared; he was put on the wanted list.

Magomed Daudov, the Speaker of the Chechen Parliament, said that he has "turned to special services" about the people who write to Instagram users on his behalf. Some commentators have noted that they were waiting for a public apology from the scammers.

Before the New Year, the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection handed over the keys to 80 new apartments built in the city of Ganja to families of victims and disabled people of the 2020 Karabakh war, the "haqqin.az" has reported citing the Ministry.

The search and detention of Abubakar Yangulbaev, an employee of the "Committee against Torture" (CaT), for interrogation as a witness fit into the framework of a criminal investigation and do not mean that investigators have claims against him, Timofei Shirokov, a lawyer, has explained.

Ramzan Kadyrov has unreasonably ranked himself among human rights defenders by accepting the medal "Honoured Human Rights Defender of the Chechen Republic", social network users have pointed out. Many of them have noted that the Chechen Ombudsperson had encouraged Kadyrov after the mass kidnappings of relatives of critics of the Chechen leadership.

At night on January 1, parents of the Armenian soldiers captured as prisoners of war (POWs) during the Karabakh war held a sit-in picket outside the government building in Yerevan, demanding the release of their sons. There was no authorities' response to their action.

The mass hunger strike demanding the release of the former president of Georgia was stopped after Mikheil (Mikhail) Saakashvili threatened to join his supporters' protest action, the "United National Movement" (UNM) Party has informed.