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During the negotiations in Moscow, the presidents of Russia and Azerbaijan and the Prime Minister of Armenia decided to create a working group to solve the problems of the economy and infrastructure of Nagorno-Karabakh. Ilham Aliev has said that the Karabakh conflict is in the past, while Nikol Pashinyan has called on for resolving the issue concerning the status of Nagorno-Karabakh.

Investigators do not disclose any results of their work, and the General Prosecutor's Office has not appointed a new forensic examination in a case on the death of Inal Djabiev, his widow Oksana Sotieva says. MPs of South Ossetia supported the protest action organized by relatives of Inal Djabiev, and the republic's budget has not yet been adopted, the funding of public institutions has been cut.

A future mosque in the village of Olympiyskiy in Grozny will be named after Ramzan Kadyrov, although he did not voice such a wish, the authorities of Chechnya report. Users of a pro-government Instagram public account, including Chechen officials, expressed their approval of the initiative.

Policemen have detained several protesters who tried to prevent Nikol Pashinyan from flying to Moscow to participate in negotiations on Nagorno-Karabakh. Oppositionists have unblocked the road after learning that Nikol Pashinyan, the Premier, had reached the airport.

During the week of January 4-10, 2021, it became known about three casualties of 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.

Rizvan Ibragimov, a writer, who was persecuted in Chechnya on charges of extremism after he was criticized by republic's authorities, has passed away.

Residents of the village of Nrnadzor cannot use about 200 hectares of gardens and pastures due to the proximity of Azerbaijani militaries, Armen Tatoyan, the Armenian Ombudsperson, has stated.

Nikol Pashinyan cannot represent Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh at the meeting in Moscow; any decision that infringes on their interests will be recognized as illegitimate. This was stated by Vazgen Manukyan, a candidate from the oppositional "Salvation Committee" for the post of Prime Minister.

The teip (family clan) of Timurziev-Sultygov must stop criticizing Ramzan Kadyrov in Ingushetia, otherwise Chechen authorities will have to stop it, Magomed Daudov and Adam Delimkhanov said at a meeting on the occasion of reconciliation of the blood feudists in Grozny.

The explanations of the Armenian Ministry of Defence (MoD) about the need to send conscripts (regular soldiers) to Nagorno-Karabakh failed to convince soldiers' parents; they have announced new rallies.

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.