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Opinion | Khabib Nurmagomedov — the next head of Daghestan?

If the champion fighter chooses to enter politics, Chechnya Head Ramzan Kadyrov will doubtless be a rival.

Opinion | Khabib Nurmagomedov — the next head of Daghestan?

By Leonid Krasnov

If the champion fighter chooses to enter politics, Chechnya Head Ramzan Kadyrov will doubtless be a rival.

22/11/2021

Opinion | The far-reaching reasons for the Batumi tragedy

The collapse of a residential building in Batumi that took the lives of nine people, including three children, shook Georgia.

Opinion | The far-reaching reasons for the Batumi tragedy

By Irakli Zhvania

The collapse of a residential building in Batumi that took the lives of nine people, including three children, shook Georgia.

19/11/2021

Opinion | The ignored, the unwanted, and the unforgiven

Victory Day was a showcase for the new dominant state narrative in Azerbaijan, but recent border violence has revealed its limits. 

Opinion | The ignored, the unwanted, and the unforgiven

By Bahruz Samadov

Victory Day was a showcase for the new dominant state narrative in Azerbaijan, but recent border violence has revealed its limits. 

5/11/2021

Opinion | Back to the ‘no war, no peace’ limbo

The Second Nagorno-Karabakh transformed Armenians from victors into the vanquished and so revealed 30 years of illusion and hypocrisy.

Opinion | Back to the ‘no war, no peace’ limbo

By Arpi Bekaryan

The Second Nagorno-Karabakh transformed Armenians from victors into the vanquished and so revealed 30 years of illusion and hypocrisy.

21/10/2021

Opinion | The enduring lies of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

Already the Azerbaijani state is hard at work manufacturing a new public memory of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. 

Opinion | The enduring lies of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict

By Giyas Ibrahimov

Already the Azerbaijani state is hard at work manufacturing a new public memory of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. 

11/10/2021

Opinion | Azerbaijan’s eco-nationalism is not up to the task

A Sheikh’s posh poaching trip earlier this year caused a scandal but ultimately changed nothing.

Opinion | Azerbaijan’s eco-nationalism is not up to the task

By Hamida Giyasbayli

A Sheikh’s posh poaching trip earlier this year caused a scandal but ultimately changed nothing.

27/09/2021

Opinion | Taking stock one year after the war 

OC Media’s Armenia and Azerbaijan correspondents give personal reflections on the anniversary of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. 

Opinion | Taking stock one year after the war 

By Ismi Aghayev

OC Media’s Armenia and Azerbaijan correspondents give personal reflections on the anniversary of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. 

9/07/2021

Opinion | Will Georgia follow Poland in the global right-wing revolution?

Blaming Russia alone for the anti-Pride pogrom misses key domestic factors — the same ones that fuelled the likes of Orbán, Kaczyński, and Trump. 

Opinion | Will Georgia follow Poland in the global right-wing revolution?

By Dominik K Cagara

Blaming Russia alone for the anti-Pride pogrom misses key domestic factors — the same ones that fuelled the likes of Orbán, Kaczyński, and Trump. 

23/06/2021

Opinion | Making love is a burden in Azerbaijan

The Azerbaijani government has failed in its duty to protect the privacy of its citizens. 

Opinion | Making love is a burden in Azerbaijan

By Zhala Bayramova

The Azerbaijani government has failed in its duty to protect the privacy of its citizens. 

11/06/2021

Opinion | How Azerbaijan’s media ignores anti-queer violence

The media’s silence in the face of a surge of anti-queer violence is nothing less than complicity with it. 

Opinion | How Azerbaijan’s media ignores anti-queer violence

By Vahid Aliyev

The media’s silence in the face of a surge of anti-queer violence is nothing less than complicity with it. 

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