Armenia
Pashinyan’s Civil Contract wins by a landslide in Etchmiadzin council vote
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan saw the elections as part of his competition with the Church leadership.
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Daily Brief
Monday, 17 November 2025
Regional * Tajik citizen and ethnic Ossetian Alan Gatsoev has reportedly been spending the last five months living in no-man’s land between Russia and Georgia after being denied entry to both countries. North Ossetia’s Interior Ministry has claimed he was working illegally in Russia, but that the decision to deny entry was temporary. Armenia * US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Allison Hooker arrived in Armenia on Monday for talks aimed at advancing President Donald Trump’s
Armenia
Pashinyan says ‘no country’ except Russia wanted to sell weapons to Armenia before 2022
Pashinyan said that much of the $8 billion debt was taken on because Armenia urgently needed weapons.
Trump Route
Armenia proposes 49 or 99-year lease for Trump Route infrastructure
There are still a number of outstanding details about the project that have yet to be clarified.
Daily Brief
Friday, 14 November 2025
Regional * Aliya Ozdamirova, a 33-year-old woman who escaped from Chechnya, was deceived or forcibly taken from Georgia to Russia and was then likely killed in Chechnya, according to human rights defenders from the NC SOS Crisis Group. Ozdamirova was buried on Wednesday. * The Russian government has simplified procedures for obtaining or renewing a passport for individuals from Abkhazia or South Ossetia who have dual citizenship with Russia. Under the new rules, there is no need to travel bac
Armenia
Armenian opposition podcast hosts detained after criminal complaint by parliamentary speaker
Alen Simonyan blames them for insulting him during one of the latest episodes.
