Russian peacekeepers stand guard during a rally urging to unblock the so-called Lachin corridor, the only supply road leading from Armenia to the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh which has been blocked by crowds from neighboring Azerbaijan from December 12 to protest what they claim is illegal mining, in Stepanakert, Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijan. As a result of the blockade, the mountainous region of some 120,000 people is running short of food, medicines and fuel.