Georgia
Georgia proposes expansion of party ban after opposition forms alliance
The suggestion came a week after nine of Georgia’s most prominent opposition parties formed an alliance aimed at ending Georgian Dream’s rule.
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Daily Brief
Tuesday, 10 March 2026
Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has left for France, where he will participate in the Nuclear Energy Summit in Paris on Tuesday, and on Wednesday, will deliver a speech at the European Parliament. * On Monday, Pashinyan congratulated Iran’s newly elected Supreme Leader Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei. * Armenia conveyed another Security Council meeting since the beginning of the Iran war on 28 February, and discussed ‘the situation in the region’. Azerbaijan * Approximately 30 tonnes of
Abkhazia–Russia Relations
The carrot and the stick — the reality behind Russia’s attitudes towards Abkhazia
Russian grants appears to be little more than PR exercises, while pressure continues to mount against Abkhazia’s opposition figures.
Daily Brief
Monday, 9 March 2026
Armenia * Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan has spoken with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan about the Iran conflict. According to the Armenian readout, they ‘discussed the ongoing developments in the Middle East, expressing concern over the continuous escalation of the situation’. On the same day, Defence Minister Suren Papikyan spoke with his Georgian counterpart Irakli Chikovani. * A man has been arrested in Armenia after throwing a Molotov cocktail at the National Security Serv
Abkhazia
Abkhazia hands over Russian national who organised Navalny memorial to FSB
Valentin Karpin had gone missing in Abkhazia before being located in an FSB detention centre in Russia’s Sochi.
Daily Brief
Friday, 6 March 2026
Regional * Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has expressed concern over the drone attack on Nakhchivan Airport and conveyed solidarity with Azerbaijan during a phone call with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev. Similarly, Georgia’s Foreign Ministry reported a phone conversation between Minister Maka Botchorishvili and her Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov. Information about the calls was also released by the Azerbaijani side, with the difference that the Azerbaijani versions exp
