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Armenia * Armenian lorry drivers have blocked the Bagratashen customs checkpoint after failing to receive a response from the government regarding new Russian migration rules. The drivers are demanding that Yerevan negotiate changes to Moscow’s law limiting foreigners’ stay in Russia to 90 days per year, down from 180, arguing that the restriction should not apply to freight and passenger transport drivers who frequently travel on long-haul routes. * Sixteen people detained during protests in
Regional * Aishat Baimuradova, a Chechen native who fled Russia with the help of human rights activists, has disappeared in Armenia. On 15 October, she met with a friend who has social media followers with close ties to Chechen Head Ramzan Kadyrov, Caucasian Knot reported — she has not been heard from since. Daniil Chebykin, an activist originally from Omsk but now also residing in Armenia, believes Baimuradova may have been returned to her family against her will. ‘Her neighbours contacted th
Regional * Yesterday, the Azerbaijani Defence Ministry reported that joint search and rescue exercises were carried out by Iranian Navy vessels in Azerbaijan’s territorial waters. The ministry said the objective of the joint exercise was to ensure security and cooperation in the Caspian Sea. Armenia * The head of the Aragatsotn Diocese, Bishop Mkrtich Proshyan, has been arrested and placed in pre-trial detention for two months on charges of obstructing electoral rights and coercing people
Regional * The ECHR has ordered Russia to pay €253 million ($295 million) in compensation to more than 29,000 Georgian citizens in the so-called borderisation case. The case concerned a process that began after the August 2008 War, which, as the court noted, involved blocking people from crossing into and from Georgia from South Ossetia and Abkhazia. The ECHR had already determined the violation in April 2025, but it has now announced the amount of compensation. Russia, for its part, has stopp
