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Georgian telecommunications regulator, the Communications Commission fined opposition Mtavari TV for “running political ad outside election period.” The commission claimed the TV station had violated the law by broadcasting a video of Georgian Dream party deputies voting in favour of the Law on Foreign agents

Russian Black Sea Fleet deployed 3 submarines with cruise missiles to the sea, - spokesperson of Ukrainian Navy

Turkish and Armenian Envoys for normalisation will meet at the Turkish - Armenian border tomorrow for another round of talks

Erdogan: “We must be very strong so that Israel can’t do these things to Palestine. Just as we entered Karabakh, just as we entered Libya, we might do the same to them. There is nothing we cannot do. Only we must be strong. “

Nine districts and two cities of Dagestan were partially left without power supply due to accidents on power lines, reports the press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the republic. "Information was received about an emergency power outage partially in the territory of 130 settlements in 9 municipal districts. In total, as a result of an emergency power outage, more than 62 thousand people are cut off," the message says.

"Moldova is a CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States) member, with zero political pluralism, zero media pluralism, serious problems concerning democracy, corruption, one of the most corrupted states in Europe, at this time, Moldova has [EU] accession talks and we not. This is a total unfairness," Georgian PM Irakli Kobakhidze said

At today's briefing, Shalva Papuashvili said that the opposition, NGOs, and 'foreigners', including the European Parliament, the European Commission etc, 'want war in Georgia' because they asked Georgia to take pro-Ukraine and anti-Russian steps

Security forces in Kaspiysk carried out operational investigative measures at several addresses, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan reported. It is noted that the information disseminated on the Internet about barricaded persons does not correspond to reality.

Unknown people have barricaded themselves in a residential building in Kaspiysk and are threatening to blow it up. Local Telegram channels write that people were evacuated.

Today, a @MtavariChannel crew was attacked in the Guria region of western Georgia. According to journalist Lado Menabde, he was first verbally and physically assaulted by one person, and then four more men joined in the attack. The media outlet has accused Georgian Dream ruling party of orchestrating it

Since Georgia transferred 49 percent of the shares in the strategic Anaklia deep-water port project to a Chinese state consortium, China has also shown interest in the construction of the international Vaziani Airport

Georgian volunteers who fought or are fighting on the side of Ukraine began to be summoned for questioning by the State Security Service of Georgia

In recent days, official sources of Azerbaijan have resumed publications about violation of the ceasefire by the Armed Forces of the Republic of Armenia on the Armenia-Azerbaijan state border. The Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Armenia has denied this information. Despite this, Azerbaijani sources continue to make similar publications, seasoning them with geopolitical accents. The Office of the Prime Minister of Armenia confirms its proposal to create a joint Armenia-Azerbaijan mechanism to investigate cases of ceasefire violations and/or information about them, - Government of Armenia

14 person wounded as result of explosion of gas cylinder in Apsheronsk of Krasnodar Krai

Azerbaijani Ministry of Defense: Our positions in the direction of Kalbajar are under fire

The FSB prevented a terrorist attack at the bus station in Essentuki, a native of Central Asia was detained. This was reported to the Central Operations Center of the FSB of Russia.

President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will participate in the 4th Summit of the European Political Union in Britain today. A meeting with the Prime Minister of Armenia is expected within the framework of the summit.

Security forces are conducting searches in the administration of the Babayurt district of Dagestan. This was reported by the district administration.

An explosion at a construction site occurred in the village of Bashin-Kali in Chechnya, 5 people were killed, 26 were injured - Ramzan Kadyrov

The Eagle Partner 2024 exercise, in which Armenian and American military personnel take part, started in Armenia and will last until July 24. The press service of the Armenian Defense Ministry reported this.

Big wildfire near Novorosiysk, tourists are being evacuated

Azerbaijan’s President H.E Ilham Aliyev arrives in Pakistan

PM of Georgia, Kobakhidze: "Liberal fascism will be defeated in Georgia on October 26 and 2025 should be the year of complete liberation for Georgian society, the Georgian state, and Georgian politics from liberal fascism."

U.S. sends Under Secretary of State for Democracy, and Human Rights @UnderSecStateJ to Tbilisi and Yerevan today through July 17 for talks on democratic governance, anti-corruption, press freedom, inclusion of marginalized and vulnerable groups, per DoS

Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan military drills

Silent protest outside the Georgian parliament right now

EU Ambassador, Pawel Herczynski: Regrettably, Georgia’s EU accession process is stopped for now – this has been decided by EU leaders during the last European Council

Georgian opposition parties Lelo, Girchi MF, Droa and Akhali are finalizing agreement for a common bloc for the upcoming elections.UNM and Strategy Builder also signed the previous declaration, but have their own plans now

Blackout in Yerevan after fire at hydropower station in Razdan gorge

Fire at the substation in Khasavyurt, Dagestan. 70 000 subscribers left without power