Russian peacekeepers stand guard at a checkpoint at the demined Lachin Corridor, as the road traffic via the mountain pass that links Armenia and Stepanakert resumed, the self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Russian peacekeeping troops deployed to the mountain enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh on November 10 as part of a ceasefire deal designed to end six weeks of heavy fighting between Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces.