This photograph, taken on December 27, 2022, shows Armenian protestors marching to a Russian peacekeepers' checkpoint outside Stepanakert. - Azerbaijani activists who have blocked the sole road connecting Karabakh with Armenia rejected on December 26 Yerevan's accusations of provoking a humanitarian crisis in the enclave. But locals in Karabakh interviewed by AFP decried the dire consequences of the blockade, which they say is aimed at chasing ethnic Armenians from the region. (Photo by Ani BALAYAN / AFP)