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Daily Brief

Wednesday, 4 February 2026

by OC Media

•3 min read

Regional * Armenian authorities have named the suspects in the murder of Chechen woman Aishat Baimuradova, who was found dead in Yerevan in October 2025. The suspects are Russian citizens Karina Iminova and Said-Khamzat Baisarov, who acted on the instructions of ‘a person not yet identified’. Their names had previously been mentioned by human rights defenders. * Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev met this morning in Abu Dhabi. The details of the meet

A police patrol car in Sukhumi (Sukhum). Photo: RFE/RL.

Abkhazia

Abkhazia launches investigation after alleged police assault at traffic stop

by OC Media

•2 min read

One of the officers involved has already been suspended.

Daily Brief

Tuesday, 3 February 2026

by OC Media

•4 min read

Regional * Armenian Parliamentary Speaker Alen Simonyan has expressed readiness to help human rights defenders with resolving legal formalities in organising the funeral of Aishat Baimuradova, a native of Chechnya who was killed in Yerevan. He also assured that Armenian law enforcement agencies are searching for Baimuradova’s killers. Armenia * Russia’s Foreign Ministry has, for the third time since the beginning of the year, criticised Armenia–EU relations. In its latest comments, the min