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Daily Brief

Monday, 27 April 2026

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Regional * The South Ossetian Foreign Ministry has claimed that Tamaz Goloev, a 27-year-old resident of Akhalgori, has been detained by Georgia’s State Security Service on fabricated grounds. Goloev was detained last week on espionage charges, reportedly in favour of Russia. Armenia * Armenia celebrated Citizen’s Day on Saturday with a large-scale concert in Yerevan’s Republic Square titled the ‘Voice of Peace’. The event drew attention for its financing, as it was sponsored by Fast Bank,

Daily Brief

Friday, 24 April 2026

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Regional * Today, five freight wagons of wheat will be sent to Armenia via Azerbaijan. Armenia * Today Armenia commemorates the 111th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire, which resulted in the deaths of nearly 1.5 million Armenians. * In his message on the occasion, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that according to Armenian academic literature, the genocide ‘was also a consequence of the practice of drawing the Armenian people into international ma

Daily Brief

Thursday, 23 April 2026

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Regional * Satellite imagery analysis by Hetq indicated that Azerbaijan destroyed Nagorno-Karabakh’s main Armenian church, the Holy Mother of God Cathedral in Stepanakert. Construction of the cathedral began in 2006. * Armenian Defence Minister Suren Papikyan met with his Georgian counterpart Irakli Chikovani as part of his official visit to Georgia yesterday. According to the Armenian readout, they discussed ‘issues related to the process and development prospects of bilateral cooperation in

Aidgylara members Eshsou Kakaliya (left) and MP Kan Kvarchiya (right) discussing the charges pressed against them in Russia over a public dispute with Russian political strategists. Screengrab via Abaza TV.

Abkhazia

Abkhazian Parliament opts not to strip opposition MP Kvarchiya of immunity after protracted standoff

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The effort to oust MP Kan Kvarchiya stemmed from a public dispute involving Russian political strategists apparently illegally working in Abkhazia.

Daily Brief

Wednesday, 22 April 2026

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Regional * Zelimkhan Murtazov, a native of Chechnya who spent around four months in the transit zone of Astana International Airport in Kazakhstan, has been able to fly to Armenia. In Russia, he faced possible prosecution for leaving military service or forced return to the front. Murtazov signed a three-year contract with the Akhmat unit in August 2022 — according to him, under pressure from Chechen security forces, who allegedly threatened to send his younger brothers to war otherwise. * Ar

Daily Brief

Tuesday, 21 April 2026

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Regional * Armenian Parliamentary Speaker Alen Simonyan told Armenian media in Turkey that Turkey’s decision not to open the land border with Armenia, despite having agreed to do so in 2022, had been impacted by ‘Azerbaijan, through its lobbying and influence’. * Today, 16 freight wagons of diesel fuel will be shipped from Azerbaijan to Armenia. * The Foreign Ministry has summoned Belgium and the Netherlands’ ambassadors over resolutions adopted by their parliaments calling for the release o

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