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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.

Four prisoners of war (POWs) were transferred to Armenia and two POWs were returned to Azerbaijan, the commander of the Russian peacekeeping contingent reported. The total number of prisoners of war returned to Armenia reached 57, and to Azerbaijan – 14.

A shootout in Grozny has become the second armed incident in Chechnya in 2020 with casualties among law enforcers. Both incidents occurred in the fourth quarter of 2020.

According to the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot", a shootout between law enforcers and suspected militants in Grozny became the third armed incident in Chechnya in December and the fifth armed incident since the early 2020.

The court pronounced a decision to arrest for two months four suspects detained in a case on plotting of an explosion and an attack on law enforcers in Dagestan.

Law enforcers detained opponents of Nikol Pashinyan who came to a protest action in front of the Armenian parliament building, including the leaders of the "Dashnaktsutyun" Party. A quarrel between the protesters with MP Sisak Gabrielyan ended in a fight.

The Armenian side did not violate the ceasefire regime, and the information about new battles near the village of Tog in the Hadrut District of Azerbaijan is false, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of Armenian declares.

Return of refugees, help for people who lost their homes, and search for dead bodies in the Karabakh conflict zone; detention of suspected terrorists in Dagestan and meeting of the region leader with the parents of the killed Gasanguseinov brothers; protest actions with the demand of the Armenian Prime Minister's resignation; approval of the Georgian government composition amid the protests, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of December 21-27, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

During the week of December 21-27, 2020, no information was received about any casualties or wounded persons during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.

One military serviceman was killed, another one was wounded in Nagorno-Karabakh in an attack of a detachment of six people; all the attackers were killed, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

Russian peacemakers have escorted eight convoys of Azerbaijani militaries through the Lachin Corridor and the Shusha-Krasny Bazar-Kadjar highway section, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

Anatoly Bibilov, the president of South Ossetian, has announced an attempt by some politicians to promote themselves on the tragedy of the Inal Djabiev's family.

A court in Baku has arrested in absentia 13 Armenian military servicemen accused of war crimes committed in Azerbaijan.

At the creative party organized by the Ministry of Culture of Chechnya, the wife and two daughters of Ramzan Kadyrov were without medical masks, although the authorities demand to wear them even in cars, Instagram users were outraged.

Azerbaijan will need up to two years to restore the city of Shusha, the analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" believe. The necessary materials and equipment are already being transported along the unfinished road; the infrastructure is being established in the city.

On December 25, law enforcers detained four members of a unit of the "Islamic State", a terrorist organization banned in Russia by the court, who had planned to detonate a bomb in Makhachkala, the Russian FSB (Federal Security Bureau) has reported. According to the FSB, weapons, an explosive device and ammunition were found on the detainees; and their phones contained correspondence with foreign coordinators.

Another consignment of humanitarian aid has been delivered by rescuers from Russia to Nagorno-Karabakh. In particular, it contains about 5000 square meters of glass and almost 70 tons of metal profiles.