Politics

October 16, 2025 13:58

• The Georgian Interior Ministry fined the head of the OSCE for participating in protests

  Finnish Foreign Minister and OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Elina Valtonen was fined 5,000 lari for participating in a protest on Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi.

October 16, 2025 13:50

• A Yerevan court has arrested Bishop Mkrtich Proshyan

  The head of the Aragatsotn Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Bishop Mkrtich Proshyan, and priest Garegin Arsenyan have been arrested on charges of coercion to participate in meetings. 

October 16, 2025 13:43

• Zamid Chalayev showed off his collection of awards and a selfie with the fighter

  Zamid Chalayev, commander of the Akhmat Kadyrov Special Police Regiment, posted a collection of approximately 80 orders and medals on social media, along with a photo of a slain militant.

October 15, 2025 15:48

• An OSCE delegation attended a protest outside the Georgian parliament

  The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen spoke with protesters outside the Georgian Parliament, who blocked traffic on Rustaveli Avenue for the 321st day in a row. 

October 10, 2025 13:48

• The meeting between Aliyev and Putin opened up prospects for normalizing relations between Moscow and Baku

  The preconditions for resolving the diplomatic crisis between Russia and Azerbaijan were Moscow's admission of responsibility for the AZAL plane crash and the payment of compensation. Putin's statement on this issue in Dushanbe paved the way for a normalization of relations in the interests of both sides.

October 10, 2025 13:07

• Analysts assessed Barinov's reaction to the name changes in Chechnya

  The intervention of the head of the Federal Agency for Nationalities Affairs in the conflict between General Shamanov and the Chechen leadership demonstrates the extent of dissatisfaction with Kadyrov's actions in Moscow, although his statement is merely formal.

October 09, 2025 16:31

• Putin acknowledged the explosion of air defense missiles near the AZAL plane

  Two missiles fired by Russia's air defense system did not directly hit the AZAL plane, but exploded several meters away, Vladimir Putin said at a meeting with Ilham Aliyev.

October 09, 2025 13:48

• The Kremlin announced a meeting between Putin and Aliyev

  The first meeting in a long time between Russian and Azerbaijani leaders Vladimir Putin and Ilham Aliyev will take place today in Dushanbe. Moscow expects to discuss issues in the two countries' relations.

October 09, 2025 13:24

• Voting for a design on the ruble banknote exposed the flaws in Kadyrov's ideology

  The idea of ​​depicting "Grozny-City" on the 500-ruble banknote, which the "Russian Community" is campaigning against, is presented by Kadyrov as a symbol of the success of the imperial project, while both sides in the conflict are concerned only with their own prestige and influence, and not with state unity.

October 08, 2025 14:40

• Adam Kadyrov opened a sports complex named after himself in Chechnya

  The Dustum sports complex, opened in the village of Gvardeyskoye in the Nadterechny District, is named after Adam Kadyrov, the third son of the Chechen leader. The complex was opened personally by Adam Kadyrov, who became an "honorary citizen" of the district.

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