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Friday, 14 November 2025

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Regional * Aliya Ozdamirova, a 33-year-old woman who escaped from Chechnya, was deceived or forcibly taken from Georgia to Russia and was then likely killed in Chechnya, according to human rights defenders from the NC SOS Crisis Group. Ozdamirova was buried on Wednesday. * The Russian government has simplified procedures for obtaining or renewing a passport for individuals from Abkhazia or South Ossetia who have dual citizenship with Russia. Under the new rules, there is no need to travel bac

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Thursday, 13 November 2025

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Armenia * Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has denied claims that Yerevan plans to stop purchasing Russian wheat in favour of Ukrainian supplies, calling such suggestions ‘absurd’. Speaking to reporters in parliament on Wednesday, Pashinyan reaffirmed that Armenia remains committed to buying Russian wheat, rejecting allegations published by Russian state media that Yerevan intended to use EU funds to purchase more expensive Ukrainian grain. * Armenia’s Food Safety Inspectorate has cond

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Wednesday, 12 November 2025

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Regional * The Turkish Ministry of Defence has confirmed the deaths of 20 military personnel who were on board the military cargo plane that crashed yesterday near the Georgia–Azerbaijan border. On Wednesday, the ministry released the names of the victims. The governments of Georgia, Azerbaijan, and other countries around the world have extended their condolences to Ankara. * Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said the government is working ‘every day’ to secure the release of Armenian p

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Tuesday, 11 November 2025

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Armenia * Economy Minister Gevorg Papoyan met with his Saudi counterpart Faisal Alibrahim in Riyadh to discuss prospects for expanding trade and investment cooperation, the ministry said in a statement. The ministers discussed opportunities in technology, energy, agriculture, and tourism, with the Saudi side expressing readiness to sign a memorandum of cooperation and related agreements to enhance bilateral economic ties. * An Armenian court has authorised the exhumation of Poghos Poghosyan,

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Monday, 10 November 2025

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Regional * Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has announced that documents related to Nagorno-Karabakh negotiations will be made public before the end of the year. Responding to recent statements made by former presidents Robert Kocharyan and Serzh Sargsyan, Pashinyan said their remarks reaffirm that ‘the Karabakh issue was a rope in the hands of certain forces to tie the Republic of Armenia to the nearest tree.’ Azerbaijan * Afiaddin Mammadov, the imprisoned chair of the Workers Tabl

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Friday, 7 November 2025

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Regional * US President Donald Trump said he was ‘sincerely honoured’ that the new route between Azerbaijan and Armenia had been named after him. Speaking at the C5+1 summit, Trump said the project aims to boost trade through the Caspian Sea and promote development across Central Asia, calling it a ‘road to international peace’. Armenia * The Interior Ministry has published an outline of the EU–Armenia Visa Liberalisation Action Plan, officially handed over to Yerevan on 5 November. The pl

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Thursday, 6 November 2025

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Regional * Sergei Shoigu, Secretary of the Russian Security Council, has praised the ‘resilience’ of the Georgian authorities, claiming they managed to ‘resist destructive actions aimed at destabilising the situation during the elections’. * Shoigu further noted that ‘the situation in the South Caucasus has become stable’, while emphasising Russia’s role in the Armenia–Azerbaijan peace process. ‘A great contribution was made by the participating countries. Of course, I mean Russia, because so