Azerbaijan suspends cooperation with USAID
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said that ‘it is time to stop cooperation’ with the organisation.
Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov said that ‘it is time to stop cooperation’ with the organisation.
Sadigov has been on a hunger strike for around 120 days in his own form of protest.
Thousands of employees walk out of their jobs demanding new and fair parliamentary elections.
Akhmad Zakaev, the head of the Ichkerian government in exile, was found guilty of ‘terrorism’.
OC Media's Robin Fabbro, Mariam Nikuradze, and Shota Kincha sit down and chat about the protests against the Georgian government’s decision to halt EU integration, going on for almost a month now as the holiday season descends on Georgia. Read more: * When EU politicians say one thing, Georgian Dream leaders say another * ‘When we get in the minibus, the fun will start’ — How Georgian police torture detained protesters * Calls for a general strike in Georgia: where are t
The majority of victims were Azerbaijani citizens going to Russia for work.
Georgia’s protests have been marked by their decentralised nature, with social media platforms leading the charge and acting as the lifelines of the pro-EU and anti-government movement.
Following the mass displacement in 2023, Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians have struggled to preserve their identity, dialect, and culture.
Tbilisi’s techno clubs have taken to the frontlines of the anti-government demonstrations, including enacting a mass strike at the risk of their own livelihoods.
Activists deported back to Azerbaijan are at a constant risk of being detained on drug charges or accused of other criminal acts.
Since July, multiple republics in the North Caucasus have been subjected to multiple drone attacks.
EU politicians have taken to issuing their own corrective statements following meetings with Georgian Dream leaders.
The first all-women Chechen March highlights how Chechen women are forced to live at the intersection of Islamophobia and xenophobia.
Increasing investments in renewables may seem like a positive change, battling the climate crisis and diversifying Azerbaijan’s oil-dependent economy. Yet, without a decrease in fossil fuel investments and renewables mostly exported, there may not be a change after all. Azerbaijan, an authoritarian petro-state, is hosting COP29, the global conference to grapple with the climate crisis. The challenge calls for the phase-out of fossil fuels and the tripling (at least) of renewables by 2030.
Despite verbal support for an independent Chechnya, Ukraine has abandoned Chechen fighters who have been fighting on their side against Russia for a decade. Is Russian cultural influence and propaganda the main reason behind this, and if so, what does it mean for Ukraine’s ability to stand against Russian aggression in general? In October 2022, Ukraine’s parliament recognised the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria as an independent state that is ‘temporarily’ occupied by Russia, and condemned ‘t
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