South Caucasus

October 07, 2026 23:55

• Relatives of the missing fighters in Karabakh demanded to publish the report on the 2020 war.

  The initiative group of relatives of the missing and deceased fighters in the Karabakh wars held a rally in front of the National Assembly of Armenia, demanding the new parliament to publish the report on the 44-day war of 2020. Members of the group sent a letter to the factions and the speaker of the new parliament.

October 07, 2026 23:00

• Pro-European actions in Tbilisi continue for 679 days

  On the 679th day of continuous protests, participants in the rally on Rustaveli Avenue opposed the pro-Russian policies of the "Georgian Dream" and torture in prisons. Activist Sergey Kancheli, who had previously participated in protest actions, stated that he was forced to leave the country after being kidnapped by security forces and threatened.

October 07, 2026 22:01

• The General Prosecutor's Office of Abkhazia has taken up the case of the murder of a Russian woman.

  The criminal case of the intentional murder of Russian citizen Aminа Bikbova has been transferred from the prosecutor's office of the Gagra district to the investigative department of the General Prosecutor's Office of Abkhazia.

October 07, 2026 21:12

• Activist Mehriban Ragimli was sentenced to a conditional term.

  The Baku Serious Crimes Court sentenced former consultant of an international donor organization Mehriban Ragimli to 7.5 years of conditional imprisonment in a case of money laundering, abuse of office, and forgery. Ragimli stated that for 17 years she received official remuneration for expert work on civil society projects, while the investigation unjustly considered it as grants. The defense intends to appeal the verdict.

October 07, 2026 18:01

• Ali Kerimli was denied a transfer to house arrest.

  The court in Baku refused to release the leader of the opposition party Ali Kerimli from custody. The session took place under heightened security measures, and the politician's associates were not allowed into the court.

October 07, 2026 17:31

• The property of Gagik Tsarukyan has been seized.

  The enforcement service has seized about 29 real estate properties, 488 movable assets, 33 vehicles, and shares in 27 companies of the leader of the "Prosperous Armenia" party, businessman Gagik Tsarukyan.

October 07, 2026 00:53

• Injured in Shaki, Ani Avetisyan underwent her first surgery.

  A resident of the Syunik village of Shaki, Ani Avetisyan, who was injured by a shot from an Azerbaijani serviceman, underwent her first surgery in Yerevan, and her condition is stable. Armenian public figures demand to find out how an armed Azerbaijani soldier penetrated the village.

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