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Tuesday, 28 October 2025

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Regional * A South Ossetian parliamentary delegation has participated in the 12 conference of the North Caucasus Parliamentary Association in Arkhyz, Karachay–Cherkessia. The delegation was led by First Deputy Parliamentary Speaker Zita Besayeva; the chair of the parliamentary committee on Foreign Policy and Interparliamentary Relations, Zaza Driayev also participated. * Twenty Russian human rights activists and organisations have appealed to the Armenian authorities, calling for a ‘prompt, t

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Monday, 27 October 2025

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Regional * Chechen human right commissioner Mansur Soltaev has released audio recordings of Aishat Baymuradova, who was found dead in Yerevan. He did not explain how he obtained them. In the published excerpts, she mentions a conflict with an individual over money. Soltaev has accused human rights activists of abducting and killing the woman. * German police have deported to Georgia Zurab Khangoshvili, the brother of former Chechen field commander Zelimkhan Khangoshvili, who was killed in Ber

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Friday, 24 October 2025

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Armenia * Three Gyumri municipality employees have been arrested for threatening employees to organise protests in support of detained Gyumri Mayor Vardan Ghukasyan under threat. The Investigative Committee has reported that the officials allegedly instructed several staff members — under threat of dismissal — to order kindergarten directors to send children home and gather at the municipality to prevent the mayor’s arrest. Following these orders, multiple kindergarten directors reportedly sto

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Thursday, 23 October 2025

by OC Media

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Regional * Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed Nikolai Udovichenko as a special representative for border demarcation with neighbouring CIS countries. Udovichenko will also be responsible for the delimitation and demarcation of Russia’s border with Abkhazia, Georgia, and South Ossetia. Armenia * Yerevan’s Leningradyan Street is set to be renamed after philanthropist Kirk Kerkorian. The proposal will be discussed at the city council’s October 23 session. If adopted, the decision

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Wednesday, 22 October 2025

by Yousef Bardouka

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Regional * The 5th Silk Road 2025 Forum has begun in Tbilisi, with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani Prime Minister Ali Asadov among those participating. The two spoke at the opening panel alongside Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. * Pashinyan said Armenia is ‘ready from today’ to enable transit of cargo trucks between Turkey and Azerbaijan through its territory. Speaking at the forum in Tbilisi, he welcomed Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev’s recent decision

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Tuesday, 21 October 2025

by OC Media

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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

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Monday, 20 October 2025

by OC Media

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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