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Friday, 31 October 2025

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Regional * Azerbaijani presidential aide Hikmat Hajiyev has said that the ‘Zangezur corridor’ — the controversial Azerbaijani name for the already agreed upon Trump Route (TRIPP) — was ‘nearing completion’ near the Armenia–Azerbaijan border. Armenia * Armenia’s Health Minister Anahit Avanesyan said the draft law introducing a universal health insurance system will be submitted to the Cabinet in the coming days. Speaking at parliamentary hearings on the 2026 budget, she described the minist

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Thursday, 30 October 2025

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Regional * Yesterday, a meeting was held between Rovshan Najaf, president of the Azerbaijan state-run oil company (SOCAR) and Aleksey Miller, deputy chair of the board of directors of Russian energy giant Gazprom. The sides discussed possible areas of cooperation. Armenia * Armenia’s government will allocate ֏3.6 billion ($9.5 million) to support airlines launching new routes to Yerevan’s Zvartnots and Gyumri’s Shirak airports. Airlines based at either airport will receive ֏20,000 ($52) pe

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Wednesday, 29 October 2025

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Regional * Azerbaijan has appointed a new lawyer to represent former Nagorno-Karabakh State Minister Ruben Vardanyan, who remains imprisoned in Baku on what his defence describes as fabricated charges. During the latest hearing at the Baku Military Court, presided over by Judge Zeynal Aghayev, the court approved Vardanyan’s request to dismiss his previous attorney, Avraham Berman, citing dissatisfaction with the trial process. The court then appointed Emil Babishov, a member of Azerbaijan’s Ba

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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

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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