The ultimate guarantor of security in the occupied Tskhinvali region since the 2008 Russo-Georgian War has been the 4th Military Base of the Russian Defence Ministry. However, the de facto Defence Ministry retains a certain degree of importance in its capacity, often headed by ethnic Russian high-ranking officers who previously served in the Russian Armed…
Одной из новостей этой недели стала публикация постановления ЕСПЧ по делу «Грузия против России»: суд постановил, что Россия должна выплатить более 250 миллионов евро. Деньги должны быть разделены между людьми, пострадавшими от действий России. При этом пресс-секретарь президента России Дмитрий Песков сразу же объявил, что страна не намерена выполнять это требование. О сути иска рассказывает…
Engagements between Armenia and Azerbaijan On October 2, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev met on the sidelines of the VII Summit of the European Political Community in Copenhagen. The meeting addressed the implementation of the peace agreement signed on August 8, 2025, under the mediation of U.S. President Donald Trump.…
“Trump’s Route” The United States has been actively engaged in implementing the “Trump Route” project (the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity – TRIPP), which was agreed upon as part of the peace agreement signed between Armenia and Azerbaijan at the White House on August 8, 2025. To facilitate this effort, Brendan Hanrahan, a…
North Caucasus in the last two weeks The social and political landscape of the North Caucasus is currently dominated by the war in Ukraine. Regional leaders and local strongmen compete over how many recruits they have sent to the front, while local Telegram channels continue to report on soldiers from the region who have been…
Four years into Russia’s brutal invasion, the war in Ukraine grinds on with no end in sight. Most frequently asked questions in our world are: when, how and where the war could end? Another big issue in the world’s focus is whether Russia’s war with NATO is inevitable. Politicians, militaries, Intelligences’ reports say: yes, it…
The digest covers China’s political, diplomatic, economic, and other activities in the South Caucasus region and relations between China and the South Caucasus countries. It relies on a wide variety of sources, including the Chinese media. It is worth noting that the Chinese media is controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (according to the World…
The digest covers China’s political, diplomatic, economic, and other activities in the South Caucasus region and relations between China and the South Caucasus countries. It relies on a wide variety of sources, including the Chinese media. It is worth noting that the Chinese media is controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (according to the World…
The digest covers China’s political, diplomatic, economic, and other activities in the South Caucasus region and relations between China and the South Caucasus countries. It relies on a wide variety of sources, including the Chinese media. It is worth noting that the Chinese media is controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (according to the World…