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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.

Law enforcers have detained 28 protesters in Yerevan for disobeying, the Armenian Police has informed. The number of detainees exceeds the official figures, activists assert.

After fixing the demarcation line between the two countries, some houses, pastures and fields in the villages of Vorotan and Shurnukh in the Syunik Region of Armenia have occurred in the territory of Azerbaijan.

The promises of the Acting Head of Dagestan to support Murtazali and Patimat Gasanguseinov are not enough. The authorities of Dagestan should start an investigation so that those responsible for the death of their sons are found and prosecuted, Instagram users insist.

Russian militaries have escorted a convoy of buses with 540 refugees from Yerevan to Stepanakert. The total number of residents who have returned to Nagorno-Karabakh with the support of peacemakers has reached 44,600, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

On December 24, the Luxembourg Parliament unanimously adopted a resolution on Nagorno-Karabakh, Tigran Balayan, the Armenian Ambassador to the Netherlands and concurrently to Luxembourg, wrote in his Facebook page.

They often try to impose religious norms on believers in the Caucasus, the experts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" in connection with the case of the so-called "Sharia patrols" in the village of Anzorei.

The Sumgait Court of Appeal (CoA) has dismissed the defence's motion urging to transfer the journalist, Afghan Sadygov, who has been on his protest hunger strike for 55 days, under house arrest. Sadygov's health condition is critical, said his wife.

The Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, has offered the Parliament to hold early elections in 2021 to test the level of confidence in the current authorities.

Journalist Anna Politkovskaya survived a poisoning during her trip to Beslan, and two years later she was shot dead. Versions about poisoning were also put forward after the deaths of Kabardino-Balkarian human rights defender Timur Kuashev and Dagestani activist Mukhamed Gamzatov.

Today, Sergey Melikov, the acting leader of Dagestan, has met Murtazali Gasanguseinov and his spouse Patimat Gasanguseinova and offered them material support. Murtazali Gasanguseinov noted that he did not succeed in seeking an appointment with the former leader of the republic.

Protests with the demand of the Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's resignation continue in Yerevan. Protesters are blocking the streets.