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The official COVID-19 death statistics fails to explain the dramatic increase in mortality in Russia, says the "Mediazona" study released on November 23. The authors have put Chechnya and North Ossetia in the top ten Russian regions notable for the least transparent statistics of coronavirus deaths.

Near the village of Madagiz, an Azerbaijani soldier was killed in a mine explosion, while a Russian peacekeeper and four employees of the Ministry for Emergencies (MfE) of Nagorno-Karabakh were injured.

In 2010, the chief of the Kizlyar ROVD (District Interior Division) in Dagestan helped a female suicide bomber get to Moscow and commit an explosion in the metro, the Investigating Committee of the Russian Federation (ICRF) reports.

Politician Gegam Manukyan and his fellow party member Garik Avetisyan have begun an indefinite hunger strike in front of the Armenian government building. The oppositionists call the "sole" signing of the ceasefire agreement as the reason for demanding the resignation of Nikol Pashinyan.

According to a number of social networks users, the stories of three women from Dagestan, who had to sever the ties with their relatives and friends and leave the Muslim community, speak of the process of the society's archaization. The film "The Women who Took Their Hijabs Off" mix up local customs and family problems with Islam, critics argue.

In Batumi, about 20 residents of the village of Keda spent the night in front of the government building during an indefinite protest against the results of the parliamentary elections.

Russian singers Timati, GeeGun, and Egor Kreed have promised to present a Rolls-Royce car to one of those users who will follow some Instagram accounts, including accounts of five members of the Ramzan Kadyrov's family.

The experts of the anti-mine centre and special equipment delivered to the Yerevan Airport will be sent to Stepanakert for the demining work, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed.

Residents of Kutaisi and Lentekhi and oppositional politicians have joined Namakhvani villagers, who keep protesting for almost a month against the construction of a hydroelectric power plant (HPP) on the Rioni River.

During the week from November 16 to November 22, 2020, no information was received about any casualties and wounded people 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 other open sources.

The activists of the NGO "Alternative", detained during a rally near the regional election commission (REC) in Batumi, refuse to plead guilty. After being released from the police, they have joined the endless protest action near the building of the Adjara Government.

In five days, 25,000 people, who had earlier left their homes, returned to Nagorno-Karabakh, said Araik Arutyunyan, President of the unrecognized republic.

Russian peacemakers are ensuring safe return of residents of Nagorno-Karabakh from Armenia; about 7000 people have already returned, the Russian Defence Minister has stated.

A Georgian citizen has been detained near the demarcation line with South Ossetia, the Georgian State Security Service (SSS) has informed, treating the actions of South-Ossetian security services as illegal.

Peacemakers' escort of conflicting parties' military columns is justified, since one of the missions of the Russian contingent is to support the ceasefire regime, Telman Abilov, an Azerbaijani expert, believes. Mekhman Aliev, Director of the "Turan" News Agency, has added that movements of Armenian troops are also taking place under peacemakers' supervision.

The court, while considering the case of Georgy Guev, a native of North Ossetia, accused of financing terrorism, has supported the prosecution since the very first session, the advocate asserts.

Based on the decision of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) on violation of the rights of Khusein Tsetiev, a native of Chechnya, the Supreme Court (SC) of Russia has declared illegal all the earlier court judgements on the extension of his arrest. This allows Tsetiev to demand an increase in compensation for his three years of detention, said his advocate.

The historical and cultural monuments located in the territories that have passed under Azerbaijan's control need protection, the authors of the appeal to the Russian president have stated. They believe that the protection of monuments should be entrusted to Russian peacemakers, and then transferred under the protection of the UNESCO.

Seven children returned from Syria have been handed over to relatives in Dagestan and Chechnya; 16 other children are being prepared to be sent to their relatives in Dagestan, the office of the Children's Ombudsperson has informed.

Authorities of Nagorno-Karabakh have appointed scanty payments to refugees, while problems of forced migrants need a comprehensive solution, Arthur Sakunts, a human rights defender, believes. Refugees' support is not organized at the proper level, which indicates a crisis in the ruling system, Nina Karapetyants, his colleague, agrees.