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According to the list of the deceased soldiers and officers released by the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence (MoD), 2855 military men killed during the combat actions for Nagorno-Karabakh in the autumn of 2020 were buried. Other fifty military personnel are declared to be missed in action.

Today, the Khimki City Court has arrested oppositionist Alexei Navalny until February 15, his press secretary and advocate report.

Today, Bektemir Salikhov, a member of the Alburikent village community, has come to a picket in the centre of Makhachkala.

The detention under a far-fetched pretext of Alexei Navalny, who was not hiding from anyone, is a political reprisal, and the authorities must immediately release the oppositionist, the Human Rights Centre (HRC) "Memorial" reports today.

More 189 refugees arrived in Stepanakert from Yerevan, being accompanied by Russian peacekeepers. In total, 49,827 people returned to their homes after the end of the combat actions in Nagorno-Karabakh, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) reported.

Return of refugees, post-war victims, new agreement on the Karabakh conflict, and the human rights defenders' demand to investigate war crimes; coronavirus infection spread statistics in Caucasus; verdict in a case on attempted murder of a Chechen blogger in Sweden, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of January 11-17, 2021, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

Today, the MPs from the "My Step" faction have opposed the discussion of the opposition's initiative, which criticizes the ceasefire agreement on Nagorno-Karabakh.

During the last 24 hours, remains of three military servicemen were found in the Karabakh conflict zone; thus, the total number of found bodies has reached 1238, the Karabakh rescuers have informed today.

During the week of January 11-17, 2021, no casualties or victims were recorded during the ongoing 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 other open sources.

Russian authorities should immediately and unconditionally release the opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, who was detained minutes after he arrived at the Moscow's Sheremetyevo Airport from Berlin, the Amnesty International (AI) has stated, declaring Navalny a prisoner of conscience.

Yerevan policemen have detained David Bagdasaryan, an oppositionist, who took part in a motor rally demanding resignation of Nikol Pashinyan, the Prime Minister.

In a TV report, a clergyman has scolded a group of men from the Shali District and a taxi driver who drove them to a sorceress. Some Instagram users have treated this public scolding of the taxi driver as excessive.

Kantemir Balagov, a film director from Kabardino-Balkaria will film at the Hollywood the first episodes of the serial "Some of Us", the producer of the serial has stated, comparing Balagov's creative success with the Cinderella story. In his turn, the young filmmaker called the work on this serial his dream.

Azerbaijani authorities have applied to the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) with a complaint about Armenia's actions during the Karabakh conflict. Baku has accused Yerevan of expelling Azerbaijani population from the region in early 1990s, and of bombing cities in the fall of 2020.

The blocking of the YouTube channels of the "Akhmat" Football Club (FC) and the "Akhmat" MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) Absolute Championship fighting organization is violating the rights of information recipients and is part of a hybrid information war against Ramzan Kadyrov, the Chechen Press Minister has stated.

The Prime Minister of Armenia has met the parents protesting against sending their sons-conscripts to Nagorno-Karabakh. Nikol Pashinyan made no promises and intends to answer questions at the next meeting.

In Tbilisi, supporters of the Georgian opposition have come out to an action against the results of the parliamentary elections. Policemen detained more than ten persons after they tried to block the road, the organizer of the action has informed.

The Mayoralty and communal services of the city of Adler, a Sochi District, were not involved in the destruction of the popular memorial in the place of the dismantled memorial sign "Monument to Russian Soldiers' Feat" in Adler, local authorities assert. The unauthorized demolition of a monument is called vandalism, a lawyer has explained.

People start solving problems on their own when the law is inactive, Instagram users assert. They reacted to the speech of Sergey Melikov, the Acting Head of Dagestan, in connection with the eviction of Ullubiy Amirov's relatives from the Makhachkala dwelling settlement of Tarki. Some commentators note that relatives should not be held responsible for the actions of their family members.

Residents of the Shirak Region of Armenia have come out to a protest action against the country's opposition. In his turn, Vazgen Manukyan, the oppositional candidate for prime minister, asserts that protesters' actions had been paid for by the ruling party.