
Aliyev says tensions between Azerbaijan and France have been resolved
President Ilham Aliyev pledged it would be a new era of bilateral relations.
President Ilham Aliyev pledged it would be a new era of bilateral relations.
What connection Chechen Head Ramzan Kadyrov has to Soviet veterans remains unclear.
Raids were also conducted on the homes of former security chief Grigol Liluashvili and former Chief Prosecutor Otar Partskhaladze.
The new arrests have brought the official number of detainees in the case to 62.
The operation reportedly involved the unregulated trade of ‘hundreds of millions of lari’.
Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze presented the reform concept on Thursday.
Ramiz Mehdiyev, a longtime confidant of former President Heydar Aliyev, was arrested and charged with treason on Tuesday.
The founder of the Gulagu.net project, Vladimir Osechkin, appears to have been the intended victim.
Petr Yan said he wouldn’t recognise Chechen fighter Khamzat Chimaev as a ‘Russian UFC champion’ because he fights under the UAE flag.
Off camera, Zamid Chalaev admitted that he received each award for killing a specific person.
Armenia * Armenia’s Anti-Corruption Committee has arrested the former mayor of Ijevan, Varuzhan Nersisyan, and his son as part of an ongoing criminal investigation. In a written response to news.am, the committee confirmed that Nersisyan was detained on charges of money laundering and abuse of official authority. According to news.am’s sources, the case concerns the alleged illegal allocation of land in Ijevan. * The EU’s investments in Armenia are expected to reach €2.5 billion ($2.9 billion
After the unfulfilled ‘peaceful revolution’ of 4 October, Georgia’s anti-government movement continues amidst debate, repression, and uncertainty.
The laws were fast-tracked and passed unanimously in a parliament fully controlled by the ruling party.
As a result, Islam Huseynov also faces deportation from Russia.
Bishop Mkrtich Proshyan’s detention marks the third high-ranking arrest as the government cracks down on the church.
Many now face deportation from Russia after new rules shortened the length of stay permitted for foreign drivers.
Georgian Dream and its allies responded to the recommendations with criticism.
After almost a year of plummeting relations, Azerbaijan and Russia seem like they have ended their very public beef. At a meeting in Dushanbe earlier this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin apologised, on camera, to Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev for the deadly Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) plane crash in December 2024 — the incident that had set off the chain of escalating tit-for-tat actions between Moscow and Baku. In a delicately-worded admission of guilt, Putin acknowledged that the
Previously, the Georgian State Security Service (SSG) had suspected the pro-government channel’s 45-minute outage was due to sabotage.
Other contenders reportedly include Indonesia and Pakistan.
Finnish Foreign Minister and OSCE Head Elina Valtonen’s appearance at the Tbilisi protest drew the ruling party’s ire.
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
Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan has emphasised that any change regarding the constitution ‘belongs to’ Armenian citizens.
Mehdiyev served as head of Azerbaijan’s presidential administration from 1995-2019.
The Federal Security Service (FSB) also reported preventing 27 terrorist attacks in the North Caucasus.
They were purchased with funds whose legality could not be confirmed.
The ruling party is expanding its previously announced intentions to ban opposition parties.
At least 10 priests and one bishop have been arrested after police and National Security Service raids.
Alexandru Munteanu’s name appeared in the Panama Papers, which showed apparent links to Georgian Dream founder Bidzina Ivanishvili.
Eight others sustained injuries of varying severity as a result of the accident.