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December 21, 2020 16:57

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 14-20, 2020

  Return of refugees, three days of mourning for the deceased, and the beginning of the exchange of prisoners of war in the Karabakh conflict zone; two armed incidents in Chechnya; round-the-clock protest action in Tskhinvali, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of December 14-20, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

December 21, 2020 15:28

• In Syunik Region, protest action leads to clashes with police

  The police are trying to unblock the motorway in the Syunik Region of Armenia, which was blocked by local residents on the eve of the arrival of the Armenian Prime Minister. Nikol Pashinyan himself, who has already left for the Syunik Region, voiced his willingness for dialogue with the protesters.

December 21, 2020 15:07

• On December 14-20, 2020, three persons killed in armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of December 14-20, 2020, three persons fell victim to the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus. No wounded were reported. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from other open sources.

December 21, 2020 11:39

• Tskhinvali protesters set up impromptu memorial to Inal Djabiev

  Local officials have met with the participants of the protest action held in central Tskhinvali by relatives and friends of Inal Djabiev, who died during interrogation at the South-Ossetian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA), and urged them to leave the central square so as not to freeze. The protesters installed a photo of Djabiev and lit candles in his memory.

December 21, 2020 11:22

• Six Armenian soldiers return home from Azerbaijan controlled territories

  Six Armenian soldiers who had fought in Nagorno-Karabakh and stayed in the territories that came under Azerbaijan's control after the end of hostilities have returned home. Araik Arutyunyan, President of Nagorno-Karabakh, has made a respective statement.

December 21, 2020 11:11

• Demonstrative feudists' reconciliation held in Nozhai-Yurt District of Chechnya

  The "Grozny" ChGTRK (Chechen State TV and Radio Company) has shown a report about how relatives of a resident of the village of Gordali, who died in a road accident, had pardoned the driver who killed him. Instagram users pointed to the archaic nature of the blood feud custom.

December 21, 2020 10:59

• Azerbaijan treats resolutions of Dutch Parliament on Karabakh as biased

  The Parliament of the Netherlands has openly demonstrated its anti-Azerbaijani and anti-Turkic position and is inciting enmity by its 11 resolutions on Nagorno-Karabakh, the Azerbaijani Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has stated.

December 20, 2020 11:53

• Advocate reports serious deterioration of Sadygov's health

  Afghan Sadygov, an Azeri journalist, who is kept at the SIZO (pre-trial prison), rejects intravenous injections of nutrients; his health condition is very grave, said Zibeida Sadygova, an advocate, citing the wife of Afghan Sadygov.

December 20, 2020 11:51

• Veterans of Karabakh conflict come out to protest in Yerevan

  The protesters tried to block the passage of the mourning march in memory of the victims of the Karabakh conflict, headed by Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, into the territory of the pantheon.

December 20, 2020 11:49

• South-Ossetian MPs demand results of inquiry into Djabiev's death

  The Prosecutor's Office should bring to justice those responsible for the death of Inal Djabiev, regardless of their positions, the MPs have stated.

December 20, 2020 00:03

• Orientalists find the question asked by Chechen journalist to Putin inconvenient for Kadyrov

  The question of the journalist, Madina Musaeva, about Kadyrov's role in Russia's interrelations with the Middle East, put to Vladimir Putin, was not agreed upon, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, said after Putin's press conference. The wording of the question has compromised Kadyrov in Putin's eyes, who had to look for an evasive answer, Orientalists have noted.

December 19, 2020 23:56

• Two residents of Chechnya publicly repent for addressing a witch

  After talking to a theologian, two young men from Chechnya repented of having turned to a sorceress in Dagestan for help. Some Instagram treat public reprimanding of offenders as unethical.

December 19, 2020 19:11

• Defendant in Tskaev's case ignores questions of victims' advocate

  Azamat Tsugkiev, an operative agent, failed to explain the discrepancies in his testimony and in the excerpt from the hospital, where Vladimir Tskaev, a Vladikavkaz resident, was taken. During interrogation in court, Tsugkiev referred to the Russian Constitution in order not to answer the questions of the advocate of Tskaev's widow.

December 19, 2020 19:07

• Belgian House of Representatives urged to respect Karabakh people's right to self-determination

  In its resolution, the lower house of the Belgian Parliament has called on the parties to the Karabakh conflict to negotiate a peace agreement that respects the borders of Nagorno-Karabakh and the right of its people to self-determination.

December 19, 2020 18:49

• Amid ECtHR process, convicts for attack on Nalchik are under law enforcers' pressure

  Law enforcers are forcing the convicts in the case of the attack on Nalchik to drop their claims against Russia at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), their advocate has stated. The organization "Legal Initiative", which represents the interests of victims of torture, was also attacked.

December 19, 2020 13:15

• Chechen investigators come into conflict with Russia's position in Umarov's case

  In Chechnya, investigators treat the testimonies of relatives of the missing Movsar Umarov that he had been held by law enforcers as trustworthy. The investigators' position contradicts the statements of the Russia' representative at the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), rights defenders assert.

December 19, 2020 12:55

• Russian officer dies in Nagorno-Karabakh

  A Russian officer was killed during demining operations near Shushi. The accident in the zone of recent hostilities occurred on December 17.

December 19, 2020 01:04

• Experts call errors in identification of killed militants typical for Chechnya

  The law enforcement bodies often too early declare as militants the people they killed, human rights defenders claim. The Chechen law enforcement bodies have enough technical means to avoid identification errors, like in case of Kazbek Baidulaev, notes Reserve FSB Colonel Gennady Gudkov.

December 18, 2020 23:53

• Azerbaijan announces closure of land border with Russia

  Movement across the land border with Russia will resume no earlier than March 1 due to an increase in the number of coronavirus infection cases in both countries and due to the strict quarantine in Azerbaijan, the Azerbaijani Embassy in Russia announces.

December 18, 2020 21:20

• In Chechnya, number of armed incidents within less than a year reaches level of 2019

  In Chechnya, after two December shootouts with law enforcers, the number of armed incidents in the republic has reached four since the early 2020, like throughout the year of 2019. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.