Georgia
Kobakhidze floats criminalising refusal to recognise government legitimacy
There are few details about what the proposed law would look like in practice.
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Daily Brief
Thursday, 5 February 2026
Armenia * A team from the US engineering consulting firm AECOM has visited Armenia ‘to initiate work on a survey of the TRIPP site’, the US Embassy in Armenia announced on Thursday. The Embassy further noted that the team ‘will provide technical assessments and recommendations for rail and other infrastructure development’. * Armenian authorities have announced that the proposed text of the new Armenian Constitution will be made public in March. * Armenian Parliamentary Speaker Alen Simonyan
Daily Brief
Wednesday, 4 February 2026
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
Abkhazia
Abkhazia launches investigation after alleged police assault at traffic stop
One of the officers involved has already been suspended.
Daily Brief
Tuesday, 3 February 2026
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
Georgia
Georgian Dream denies senior figures worked for NGOs, despite CVs and video showing otherwise
It comes less than a week after the government unveiled amendments that would bar former employees of non-governmental organisations from politics.
