Activists arrested for hanging banners in Sukhumi
Two members of the H-ara H-Pitsunda movement were detained for hanging banners with quotes by Abkhazian figures in Sukhumi (Sukhum).
Podcast | The future of Nagorno-Karabakh
The establishment of an Azerbaijani checkpoint at the start of the Lachin Corridor and what it might mean for Nagorno-Karabakh.
Abkhazia’s parliament elects new human rights commissioner
A psychologist with family ties to senior officials was elected over a lawyer working on human rights in Abkhazia.
Podcast | Tumso fakes his death and Shukhuti plays leloburti
Why Tumso Abdurakhmanov faked his death and this Easter’s game of leloburti in western Georgia.
Podcast | Insurgency in the North Caucasus and Azerbaijanis grow weary of conflict
The latest battles between gunmen and the authorities in Ingushetia and Azerbaijani reactions to the border clashes with Armenia.
Former Abkhazian MP ‘beaten by President Bzhaniya’s son’
Tengiz Agrba has been hospitalised after allegedly being attacked by President Aslan Bzhaniya’s son and relatives.
Podcast | Senior Georgian judges sanctioned by US and Russia’s ban on Armenian dairy products
US sanctions on four senior Georgian judges and Russia’s ban on Armenian dairy products.
Russia bans Armenian dairy imports
The decision comes shortly after Russia criticised Armenia’s greenlighting ratification of the ICC treaty.
Activists rally against ‘monster’ building on Sukhumi seafront
The construction of a multi-storey building in a historic quarter of Abkhazia’s capital has prompted pushback from activists and architects.
Podcast | Exclusionary nationalism in Azerbaijan and getting away with sexual harassment in Georgia
The Azerbaijani regime’s exclusion of anti-war critics and Armenians, and the sexual harassment accusations against Shalva Ramishvili.