Armenia
Turkish rail routes open for Armenian cargo
The Armenian government will fund the restoration of railway sections adjacent to Turkey despite Russia’s management of Armenia’s railways.
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Azerbaijan
Baku–Tbilisi passenger rail service to resume from 26 May
Passenger rail service has been suspended for more than six years.
Armenia–Turkey Relations
Armenia and Turkey hold inaugural meeting of joint railway restoration group
Despite reaching an agreement in 2022, the Armenia–Turkey border remains closed.
Armenia–Russia Relations
Pashinyan says Armenia–Russia relations undergo ‘constructive transformation’
Relations between Russia and Armenia are currently undergoing another round of escalating tensions.
Armenia–Russia Relations
Russia to start ‘substantive negotiations’ with Armenia to restore railway sections
Overchuk also said efforts are ongoing to reopen transport routes across the Caucasus, including linking Russia and Georgia through Abkhazia.
Reviews
Review | A State in a State — sabotage and comradeship on the South Caucasus railway
This ambitious documentary uses the Baku–Tbilisi–Kars railway to delve into political schemes and cross-border solidarity in the South Caucasus.
Armenia
Podcast | Georgia's vanishing suburban trains and Armenia's pricey early military discharge
In this week’s episode of the Caucasus Digest, OC Media’s Editor-in-Chief, Robin Fabbro, talks to Mariam Nikuradze about her latest photostory about elektrichkas, or suburban trains, in Georgia. Read More: * In Pictures | Georgia’s shrinking train lines Ani Avetisyan talks about a new bill pushed by the Armenian Ministry of Defense to allow conscripts to avoid military service in exchange for a fee of $61,000. Read More: * Armenian MoD proposes $61,000 fee to
