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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.

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".