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India announced the supply of Akash-1S anti-aircraft missile systems (SAM) to Armenia by the end of 2024, reports Indian Defense Research Wing

Secretary Blinken on Marking 16 Years Since Russia’s Invasion of Georgia: Secretary Blinken on Marking 16 Years Since Russia’s Invasion of Georgia "Today we mark sixteen years since Russia invaded the sovereign nation of Georgia and remember those killed, injured, or displaced by Russia’s military campaign and illegal occupation. To this day, Russia continues to occupy 20 percent of Georgia’s territory and impose its will on the people there, including by claiming the transfer of strategically important lands in Abkhazia to Russia and taking steps to establish a permanent naval base in Ochamchire."

United States urges Georgian authorities to 'expeditiously' release self-exiled Azerbaijani journalist, Afgan Sadigov, who was detained in Tbilisi last week and placed in a deportation center, a State Dept Spox tells

Big fire at the market in Tuapse

Shoigu met with Azerbaijani President Aliyev in Baku

Georgia's Ministry of Internal Affairs has announced the official extradition of independent Azerbaijani journalist Afghan Sadigov. The MIA claims he is wanted by Baku on charges of blackmail and extortion

Armenia has begun consultations with the United States to reform its armed forces according to NATO standards.

Russian border guards left Yerevan Zvartnots airport, where they served for 32 years

United States to Pause Assistance to the Government of Georgia, Blinken just announces

Iran's Supreme Leader reaffirmed a steadfast commitment to strengthening ties with Yerevan during a meeting with Armenia's Prime Minister, emphasizing mutual benefits

The Iranian President during his inauguration ceremony: My government will work to cooperate with neighboring countries

Drone attack reported at Mozdok airfield

Georgia's Justice Minister Rati Bregvadze has announced that the technical base is ready for civil society organizations and media outlets to register as foreign agents. Failure to do so will result in a 25,000 GEL fine, which equals to approximately 9,200 USD

Armenia PM Pashinyan has arrived in Tehran

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.