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For three weeks in a row, law enforcers have conducted no raids in the vicinity of the "Tangim" Mosque located in Omarov Street in Makhachkala, believers report. A source from the mosque told about the strict observance of coronavirus prevention measures during prayers.

The total number of bodies of those who perished in the battlefield in the conflict zone taken out by rescuers has reached 1197, the rescuers of Nagorno-Karabakh have informed.

Because of Abkhazian authorities' refusal from the help offered by Georgia, the nature of the resort region has suffered significantly from the fire. The Abkhazia's emergency services lack sufficient resources to efficiently combat the large-scale forest fires, social network users assert.

This year, it is planned to start the construction of a railway from Fizuli to Shusha, the Azerbaijani President, Ilham Aliev, has stated.

Peacemakers have escorted another bus column with refugees from Yerevan to Stepanakert, making the total number of returnees to Nagorno-Karabakh exceeding 48,000, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

The "My Step" faction, headed by Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, has lost another MP: Sofia Ovsepyan has stated that she will continue working as an independent MP.

The protesters in the Pankisi Gorge have urged MPs to mitigate the punishment for the locals convicted of aiding Chataev's terrorist grouping.

Social network users have called on to support the mother of Inal Djabiev, who died after being interrogated by the police; the mother has been holding a protest action in a square of Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, for more than five weeks, demanding to punish those responsible for her son's death.

The twelve families evicted from their houses located in the eastern part of the village of Shurnukh on the demand of Azerbaijan will receive new houses, the Armenian government has assured.

The Imam of the mosque located in the dwelling settlement of Tarki (a part of Makhachkala) has announced the decision of local Alims (Muslim experts) to evict the family of the suspect in the commission of a murder from the settlement. The reanimation of community traditions has sparked both delight and criticism from Internet users.

Today, in Yerevan, a protest action has been held in front of the Ministry of Justice building (MoJ). The protestors claim it is unacceptable to conclude any agreements with Azerbaijan until the provisions of the peace agreement on the exchange of prisoners of war have been fulfilled.

In Tbilisi, about a dozen activists went to a protest action near a house of Giorgi Rurua, a co-owner of the "Mtavari Arkhi" TV Company. The protesters demanded to release political prisoners and conduct political reforms.

Today, Fuad Guseinov, the deputy chairman of the Azerbaijan State Committee for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), has announced that forced migrants must agree to return to Nagorno-Karabakh, otherwise they will be deprived of their status.

In Yerevan, several dozen parents of Armenian conscripts went to a protest action with the demand to transfer their sons' place of service from Nagorno-Karabakh to Armenia.

A 19-year-old local resident has been detained on suspicion of killing MMA fighter Kerim Khairullaev during a mass fight at a gathering in the Makhachkala village of Tarki, the Investigating Department for Dagestan of the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports.

Akraman Tovbulatov, a policeman, said that he had received two knife wounds during the attack committed by Timurziev brothers, but he is recovering; it follows from a video clip released by Chingiz Akhmadov, Director of the "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Broadcasting Company).

Djokhar Tsarnaev, an ethnic Chechen, convicted under the Boston terror act case, has demanded USD 250,000 for the fact that the prison staff did not allow him to take shower and confiscated his cap and bandana.

Amid a wide public campaign to support the families of the perished and wounded military servicemen, residents of Azerbaijan complain about coercion by employers to donate to the YAŞAT (Give Life) Foundation. A member of the Foundation's Board of Trustees said that such methods are illegal and recommended going to court.

The administration of the Tavush Region of Armenia has refuted the information that several villages and part of the road would be transferred under Azerbaijan's control, the "News-Armenia" reported in the evening on January 7.

Azerbaijanis Shakhbaz Guliev and Dilgam Askerov, who had been imprisoned in Nagorno-Karabakh for six years, as well as the released prisoner of war (POW) Amin Musaev, reported about beatings and deprivation of food in captivity.