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Daily Brief

Monday, 6 April 2026

by OC Media

•3 min read

Regional * A court in Georgia has ordered the deportation of Azerbaijani journalist Afgan Sadigov in a late night hearing that lasted mere hours, following his surprise arrest several hours earlier for ‘insulting police’ online. The decision was implemented immediately, with Sadigov reportedly in Baku as of yesterday. The ruling came despite the journalist being under an international protection order blocking his extradition to Azerbaijan over human rights concerns. * The day after Sadigov’s

Moldovan Parliamentary Speaker Igor Grosu. Official photo.

Georgia–Moldova Relations

Moldova’s ruling party declines Tbilisi visit over poor bilateral relations

by OC Media

•2 min read

The visiting delegation was headed by pro-Russian lawmaker Bogdan (Bogdat) Țîrdea and controversial former President Igor Dodon.

Daily Brief

Friday, 3 April 2026

by OC Media

•3 min read

Armenia * Russia’s Veterinary and Phytosanitary department has said that the ‘range and quantity’ of plant and livestock products arriving from Armenia gave them grounds to believe that not all of them originated from Armenia. The agency explained that this led to ‘Russia applying stricter requirements to Armenia’. * Armenian authorities have arrested an employee of Russian–Armenian tycoon Samvel Karapetyan’s Our Way of Preservation of National Values NGO. According to investigators, since Fe

Daily Brief

Thursday, 2 April 2026

by OC Media

•4 min read

Regional * Yesterday, at the International Forum on Transport and Logistics, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Savelyev announced that the capacity of border crossings with Azerbaijan had increased five fold. He said that in 2025, along the North–South corridor were transported over 21 million tonnes of cargo and the corridor decreased average delivery times from 33 to 16 days. * Turkish Vice President Cevdet Yılmaz has stated that the opening of Turkey and Azerbaijan’s borders with Armeni

Georgian police disperse protesters during an anti-government demonstration in Tbilisi in December 2024. Photo: Mariam Nikuradze/OC Media.

Georgian Dream

Explainer | The legislative changes that have shaped Georgia’s authoritarian slide

by OC Media

•27 min read

The sheer number of laws passed in recent months have overwhelmed observers and media outlets alike.

Daily Brief

Wednesday, 1 April 2026

by OC Media

•4 min read

Regional * Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ani Badalyan expressed hope that established peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan ‘will also put an end to fabricated claims and eliminate hate speech’. The statement came in reponse to an Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry statement regarding what they call ‘the Day of Genocide of Azerbaijanis’, referring to the massacres of Azerbaijanis by Armenians during a period of internecine violence in 1918. Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan will

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