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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

Yhdysvallat keskeyttää Georgian hallituksen avun, Blinken ilmoitti juuri

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-hyökkäys on ilmoitettu Mozdokin lentokentällä

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

Venäjän Mustanmeren laivasto lähetti merelle kolme sukellusvenettä risteilyohjuksilla, Ukrainan laivaston tiedottaja

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 on IVY-jäsen (Itsenäisten valtioiden yhteisö), jolla ei ole poliittista moniarvoisuutta, tiedotusvälineiden moniarvoisuutta, vakavia demokratiaongelmia, korruptiota, yksi Euroopan korruptoituneimmista valtioista, tällä hetkellä Moldovalla on [EU]-jäsenyysneuvottelut ja emme, tämä on täyttä epäoikeudenmukaisuutta", Georgian pääministeri Irakli Kobakhidze sanoi

Tämänpäiväisessä tiedotustilaisuudessa Shalva Papuashvili sanoi, että oppositio, kansalaisjärjestöt ja "ulkomaalaiset", mukaan lukien Euroopan parlamentti, Euroopan komissio jne., "haluavat sodan Georgiassa", koska he pyysivät Georgiaa ottamaan Ukraina-myönteisiä ja Venäjän vastaisia toimia.

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 valtion turvallisuuspalvelu alkoi kutsua Georgian vapaaehtoisia, jotka taistelivat tai taistelevat Ukrainan puolella

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 ihmistä haavoittui kaasupullon räjähdyksessä Krasnodarin piirikunnan Apsheronskissa

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.