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Friday, 21 November 2025

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Regional * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has said Armenia expects the US to help secure the release of the 23 Armenian prisoners held in Azerbaijan, recalling US President Donald Trump’s public pledge during their August 8 White House meeting to personally ask Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to free the ‘23 Christians’. Pashinyan told reporters that he raised the issue with visiting US Under Secretary of State Allison Hooker in Yerevan on Monday, asking for information on Washington’s effo

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Thursday, 20 November 2025

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Armenia * Armenia will receive 10 Toyota vehicles as a donation from the US State Department under its export control and border security assistance programme. The 2025 Toyota Fortuner, Toyota Prado, and Toyota Hiace vehicles — valued at more than $500,000 – will be transferred to Armenia’s National Security Service, where they will be used by its Border Troops. The government is set to approve the donation at today’s cabinet session. * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said Armenia recognises o

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Wednesday, 19 November 2025

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Regional * The Washington Post has reported that Russia and Europe are pressuring Baku to detain and extradite Yaroslav Mikhailov, a Russian citizen residing in Azerbaijan who is suspected of setting fire to cargo planes in Europe in 2024. According to officials he coordinated the operation and then fled to Azerbaijan using a fake passport. Armenia * Armenian businessman Samvel Karapetyan, accused of attempting to seize power and committing large-scale economic crimes, will remain in pre-t

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Tuesday, 18 November 2025

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Armenia * Armenia and the UAE are preparing to sign a defence cooperation agreement, Armenia’s Defence Ministry said, following a high-level meeting in Dubai on Monday. During his working visit to the UAE, Defence Minister Suren Papikyan met with Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum — the country’s Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, and Crown Prince of Dubai. Armenia’s Ambassador to the UAE, Karen Grigoryan, also attended the meeting. Azerbaijan * RFE/RL has reported

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Monday, 17 November 2025

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Regional * Tajik citizen and ethnic Ossetian Alan Gatsoev has reportedly been spending the last five months living in no-man’s land between Russia and Georgia after being denied entry to both countries. North Ossetia’s Interior Ministry has claimed he was working illegally in Russia, but that the decision to deny entry was temporary. Armenia * US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Allison Hooker arrived in Armenia on Monday for talks aimed at advancing President Donald Trump’s

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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