Friday, 24 January 2025

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Daily Brief

Thursday, 23 January 2025

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Regional * South Ossetian authorities have released two Georgian citizens — Aleksi Mamulia, 53, and Vano Japiashvili, 51 — into Georgian custody. According to the South Ossetian State Security Committee, the pair entered South Ossetia accidentally and showed repentance, which is why no criminal charges were presented against them. Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has left for Switzerland to participate in the Davos World Economic Forum. * Kyrgyzstan’s Foreign Minister, Zheenbek Ku

Daily Brief

Wednesday, 22 January 2025

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Regional * Konstantin Zatulin, the first Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs and Relations with Compatriots, has called the trial of the former Nagorno-Karabakh leaders a ‘show’, and ‘an act of personal revenge on the part of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’. Zatulin stated that ‘the shadow of the tragedy’ in Nagorno-Karabakh and its leaders ‘also falls on us in Russia, which was deceived by its peacekeeping operation’, adding that the Armenian Prime Minister

Daily Brief

Tuesday, 21 January 2025

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Regional * The family of Vladikavkaz businessperson Oleg Gusov, who reportedly died after drinking Jermuk mineral water, has filed a lawsuit for ₽1.5 billion ($15 million) against the Armenian manufacturer, as well as its representative and distributors in Russia. Armenia’s Economic Ministry told Armenpress that Armenia presented to Russian the relevant proof that the Jermuk mineral water ‘meets the requirements’ and that the lifted restrictions against Jermuk Group CJSC in Russia ‘proves that

Daily Brief

Monday, 20 January 2025

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Regional * Georgian-born MMA fighter Merab Dvalishvili and Daghestani-fighter Islam Makhachaev won their respective matches on Sunday night at UFC 311. Dvalishvili bested Umar Nurmagomedov, from Daghestan, for the title of bantamweight champion. After Makhachaev’s competitor for the title of lightweight champion, Arman Tsarukyan from Armenia, dropped out due to injury at the last minute, he was replaced by Renato Moicano. * Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Eastern Europe and Central A