3 month agoIn Ingushetia, several thousand people came to Magas airport to meet the plane with the bodies of the dead Wildberries office guards Islam Elmurziev and Adam Almazov. A source in the local Ministry of Internal Affairs says that a serious risk of interethnic conflict is forming in the republic.
3 month agoSenate Foreign Relations Committee is expected to take up the S. 4425, Georgian People's Act in a matter of days. It will be marked up next Wed and is expected to be discussed/voted within a few weeks, Senate sources tell
3 month agoGeorgian President has just pardoned Giorgi Shanidze, who was arrested during the anti-Russian law protests. Just four days ago, Giorgi was sentenced to 4 years in prison after being charged for property damage and illegal marijuana cultivation
3 month agoUS going after network backing North Korea's transfer of weapons to Russia. @USTreasury sanctioning 4 banks, 1 payment company and 1 bank official, all located in Russian occupied South Ossetia, Georgia
The relevant authorities are checking the veracity of the information about the cyberattack by Russian hackers on the database of the office of the Prime Minister of Armenia
Pashinyan: If the transit gas pipeline passes through the territory of Armenia, we are ready to buy gas from Azerbaijan
3 month agoInvestigative committee of Armenia in a statement says the coup plot was revealed, prepared by 5 citizens of Armenia, 2 Nagorny Karabakh residents, group was organized and trained in Rostov-na-Donu in Russian Federation
U.S. secretary of state Blinken spoke to Azerbaijani president, reaffirmed importance of a durable and dignified peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia -statement
Website of "President of Abkhaziya" was hacked
The Department of State is also taking additional steps to impose visa restrictions on more than 60 Georgian individuals and their family members responsible for, or complicit in, undermining democracy in Georgia
U.S. Treasury sanctions two Georgian officials: Head of MIA's Special Task Department Zviad Kharazishvili (Khareba) and his deputy Mileri Lagazauri for "serious human rights abuses" for their role in brutal crackdowns on anti-foreign agent protesters: and two others: Konstantine Morgoshia and Zurab Makharadze, both radical right-wing figures associated with the violent Alt-info movement
3 month agoJoint press conference of the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and France Ararat Mirzoyan and Stéphane Sejourné.
In Gori, Ivanishvili said outside forces instigated, and UNM waged a fratricidal war in 2008 against Ossetians. He said that following the election win, GD will try former officials for treason and apologize "to the Ossetian brothers and sisters
Russia deployed 4 missile carriers with missile capacity of 24 Kaliber missiles into the Black Sea
Pashinyan discussed peace process between Armenia and Azerbaijan with Blinken
Blackout in Mahachkala after fire at substation
Lukashenka: "We have always tried to help the Armenians, cooperated with them as with our closest people, helping in every possible way. But, as you can see, they wanted to turn to the West, to the EU."
The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry's statement that on September 12, between 00:15 and 01:05, units of the Armenian Armed Forces allegedly opened fire in the direction of Azerbaijani positions located in the southwestern part of the border zone is not true - Armenian Defense Ministry
Azerbaijani army: Our positions in the direction of Nakhchivan came under fire
An explosion occurred in a non-operating foundry shop on the territory of the Razdan Thermal Power Plant. According to preliminary data, six people were injured and were hospitalized in a medical center, where one of the victims (born in 1978) died.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto arrived in Yerevan.
PM Irakli Kobakhidze announces a state grant program for civil society organizations registered in the foreign agents registry. NGOs that serve the interests of the Georgian people will receive up to double the funding from the state budget compared to foreign donors, PM says
Azerbaijan and Armenia have already agreed on almost 80% of the text of the peace treaty - Aliyev
Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense: Hikmet Mirzayev checked the combat readiness of the units deployed in the direction of the conditional border.
3 month agoSemi-official @Tasnimnews_EN: "Russia has been advised to avoid taking measures that may impair the strategic relations of Russia and Iran, because the idea of the Zangezur corridor will create a new flashpoint near the very delicate boundaries of NW Iran."
Iranian Foreign Minister: Regional peace, security and stability is not merely a preference, but a pillar of our national security. Any threat from North, South, East, or West to territorial integrity of our neighbors or redrawing of boundaries is totally unacceptable and a red line for Iran
Iran FM says any attempt to redraw boundaries in the region is “completely unacceptable and a red line for Iran”. This seems a reaction to Russia's support for establishing a corridor connecting Azerbaijan to Nakhchivan through Armenia
Russian Ministry of Defense claims 11 naval drones were destroyed in last 24 hours
Attack of unmanned boats is being repelled in Novorossiysk, siren is sounding in the city, the mayor reported
Yerevan has denied information about shelling of Azerbaijani positions on the border. The Azerbaijani Defense Ministry's report that on September 4 at about 19:35, units of the Armenian Armed Forces opened fire is not true, the Armenian Defense Ministry said.
