Ingushetia
Ukraine sentences Ingushetia Head Kalimatov in absentia to 8 years in prison
Ingushetia Head Makhmud-Ali Kalimatov was convicted of financing Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine.
Nate Ostiller
Nate joined OC Media as an editor after a year at The Kyiv Independent, where he covered Ukraine, Russia, and the South Caucasus. He has a background in grant writing and reporting on post-Soviet geopolitics, with a focus on conflict-sensitive journalism and human rights.
Armenia
EU delivers visa liberalisation plan to Armenia
Armenian Interior Minister Arpine Sargsyan said it was a ‘historic step’ on the path to securing visa-free access to the EU.
Daghestan
Daghestani villagers appeal to Putin to cancel results of local elections
Members of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party won a majority of seats in local elections in Daghestan in September.
Armenia–Azerbaijan Relations
Aliyev says Azerbaijanis must return to historical lands ‘not with tanks, but in cars’
President Ilham Aliyev also said that the return of Azerbaijanis to modern-day Armenia should not ‘intimidate the people or state of Armenia’.
Georgia
Pregnant teenage drug smuggler from UK released from Georgian prison in $185,000 plea deal
The parents of 19-year-old Bella Culley paid a ₾500,000 ($185,000) fine as part of the plea deal that resulted in her release.
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan’s STAR refinery in Turkey reportedly begins phasing out Russian crude oil
The move comes after Western states increased their sanctions on Russian oil.
