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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
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 Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has denied claims that Yerevan plans to stop purchasing Russian wheat in favour of Ukrainian supplies, calling such suggestions ‘absurd’. Speaking to reporters in parliament on Wednesday, Pashinyan reaffirmed that Armenia remains committed to buying Russian wheat, rejecting allegations published by Russian state media that Yerevan intended to use EU funds to purchase more expensive Ukrainian grain. * Armenia’s Food Safety Inspectorate has cond
Regional * The Turkish Ministry of Defence has confirmed the deaths of 20 military personnel who were on board the military cargo plane that crashed yesterday near the Georgia–Azerbaijan border. On Wednesday, the ministry released the names of the victims. The governments of Georgia, Azerbaijan, and other countries around the world have extended their condolences to Ankara. * Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said the government is working ‘every day’ to secure the release of Armenian p
