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December 15, 2020 16:59

• Over 500 refugees return to Nagorno-Karabakh over past 24 hours

  The Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported that 566 refugees had been brought to Stepanakert by buses from Yerevan, accompanied by patrols of Russian peacemakers and military policemen.

December 15, 2020 10:53

• Armenian reservists disappear in Gadrut District

  Six Armenian reservists have suffered during the shootout near the villages of Khtsaberd and Khin Takher; ten others have been presumably taken prisoners of war (POWs), Stepanakert has stated.

December 15, 2020 10:50

• 44 POWs returned to Armenia

  During the Yerevan-Baku exchange of prisoners of war (POWs), 44 of them have been returned to Armenia, but some of Armenian ones remain in Azerbaijan, the Karabakh authorities have informed.

December 15, 2020 09:54

• Rights defenders put Gadjiev on list of repressed journalists

  In 2020, Russia is one of the leaders in the number of imprisoned journalists, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, an editor of the "Chernovik" (Draft) portal among them, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has reported.

December 15, 2020 09:48

• Arrest of Ingush activist, Ali Khamkhoev, in Magas protest case upheld

  Ali Khamkhoev, a resident of Ingushetia, suspected of using violence against a state official at a rally in Magas, will remain under arrest until January 25, 2021.

December 15, 2020 09:24

• Analysts explain incident in Gadrut District by parties' unclear agreements

  Azerbaijani militaries should retreat to their initial positions after their offensive in the vicinity of the Karabakh villages of Khtsaberd and Khin Takher, Russian analysts believe. The incident in the Gadrut District was caused by the parties' unclear agreements; while the Russia's position should be tougher, the experts have stated.

December 15, 2020 09:14

• Four Azerbaijani militaries arrested for crimes committed in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Two junior warrant officers of the Azerbaijani Army have been accused of mocking the bodies of their enemies; and two soldiers – of desecrating graves, the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Azerbaijan has reported.

December 14, 2020 23:58

• Mother of notorious blogger Malika Djikaeva apologizes to Ramzan Kadyrov

  The mother of Malika Djikaeva, an Instagram blogger from North Ossetia, requested Ramzan Kadyrov to help free her daughter from arrest in Chechnya and apologized for her shocking videos on social networks.

December 14, 2020 23:50

• Armenian villages of Khtsaberd and Khin Takher stay without residents

  Residents left the villages of Khtsaberd and Khin Takher during the hostilities. The Armenian forces stay in the Khtsaberd village, while in the Khin Takher village, Russian peacekeepers and Azerbaijani soldiers stay and negotiate.

December 14, 2020 23:48

• Nikol Pashinyan calls reports about his resignation a fake

  Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan called false the messages reporting that his family members had already left the country. He refused to leave his post ahead of schedule.

December 14, 2020 21:13

• Chechen law enforcers get suspended sentences for illegal detention of Dagestani resident

  In Gudermes, a court found Bekkhan Abdurashidov and Aslan Dukaev, former fighters of the National Guard of Russia, guilty of illegally detaining Alexei Kardashov, a resident of Dagestan, who disappeared after the detention. Each of the law enforcers was sentenced to 3.5 years of suspended imprisonment, and human rights defenders consider the above sentence to be too lenient.

December 14, 2020 20:58

• Nikol Pashinyan announces three-day mourning for deceased in Nagorno-Karabakh

  On December 19, on the fortieth day after the end of the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh, a three-day mourning for the deceased will begin in Armenia, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announces.

December 14, 2020 20:33

• Three persons fell victim to landmine explosion in Agdam District

  A landmine explosion occurred in the Agdam District of Azerbaijan. As a result, a civilian was killed, and two more persons, including a military man, were injured.

December 14, 2020 17:08

• Peacemakers report on checkpoint strengthening in Lachin Corridor

  The checkpoints in the Lachin Corridor are equipped with protection against gunfire and shrapnel, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed. The situation in the Gadrut District after the recent clash is calm, said Rustam Muradov, the commander of the peacemaking contingent.

December 14, 2020 17:01

• Armenian activists demand to restart OSCE Minsk Group

  Armenian authorities should be more proactive in seeking the restart of negotiations on Nagorno-Karabakh within the OSCE Minsk Group, protesters in Yerevan have claimed. Azerbaijan insists that the conflict has already been settled by military means.

December 14, 2020 16:00

• Week in the Caucasus: review of main events of December 7-13, 2020

  Return of refugees, violation of the truce and statement by human rights defenders about war crimes in the Karabakh conflict zone; explosion committed by a suicide bomber in Karachay-Cherkessia; military parade in Baku; opposition boycott on the first day of the Georgian parliament's work, – see the review of these and other events in the Caucasus during the week of December 7-13, 2020, prepared by the "Caucasian Knot".

December 14, 2020 11:43

• On December 7-13, seven persons fell victim to armed conflict in Northern Caucasus

  During the week of December 7-13, 2020, during the armed conflict in Northern Caucasus, seven persons suffered: one was killed and six were wounded. These are the results of the calculations run by the "Caucasian Knot" based on its own materials and information from open sources.

December 14, 2020 11:35

• Less than half of pupils return to classes in Nagorno-Karabakh

  Some schools in Nagorno-Karabakh have resumed the educational process; 11,580 pupils have returned to their desks. The rest of the schools will start working since early 2021, after the damages caused by the hostilities have been eliminated, the Ministry of Education has announced.

December 14, 2020 11:30

• Incident in Gadrut District shows truce fragility

  After the ceasefire violation in the Gadrut District, similar incidents are not ruled out in other territories of Nagorno-Karabakh, including in the Lachin Corridor controlled by Russian peacemakers, Armenian analysts have suggested, noting that Russia should react harder in such cases.

December 14, 2020 11:23

• Six people detained at protest action in Batumi

  The protesters who tried to enter the building of the Adjara Government were detained after a clash with law enforcers, during which one policeman suffered.