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Daily Brief

Thursday, 13 March 2025

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•4 min read

Regional * A woman from Abkhazia is facing up to six years in prison for allegedly running a scam in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai. According to the investigation, the 38-year-old woman, together with an accomplish from Sochi, approached a resident in the Belorechensky District, promising him ₽100,000 ($1,100) for assisting them to find housing and get mortgage loans from a local credit cooperative. The defendants then provided false information to the pension fund, receiving more than ₽900,000 ($10

Daily Brief

Wednesday, 12 March 2025

by OC Media

•2 min read

Regional * Georgia’s State Security Service (SSG) has reported that the Russian forces detained three Georgian citizens near South Ossetia. According to the security agency, one detainee was released on 11 March, while the other two remain in detention. Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has had a phone call with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berset. According to his office, they discussed ‘issues related to the Armenian–CoE partnership, the reforms being impl

Daily Brief

Tuesday, 11 March 2025

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•3 min read

Armenia * On Monday, the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and India, Ararat Mirzoyan and Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, met in New Delhi and signed two agreements. They signed cooperation agreements between the Sushma Sawaraj Institute of Foreign Service of India’s Foreign Ministry and the Armenian Foreign Ministry’s Diplomatic School. They also signed a memorandum of understanding between health and medical institutions in the two countries. * During his speech at the Indian Council of World Affairs,

Daily Brief

Monday, 10 March 2025

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•4 min read

Regional * On Saturday, Azerbaijani presidential aide Hikmet Hajiyev stated that the ongoing trial of Armenians in Azerbaijan ‘reveal[s] significant facts’ regarding Armenia’s state ‘responsibility for its military aggression and occupation’. Commenting on concerns expressed by Armenia’s leadership, Hajiyev said that the Armenian side launched ‘a new propaganda campaign against the trial, interfering in Azerbaijan’s internal affairs’. Armenia * Kantsasar, an Armenian magazine based in Syri