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Alex Vatanka Middle East Institute, Washington D.C. Download PDF When the war between the United States and Iran flared again in mid-July, the battlefield was already much larger than Iran. On 18 July, American strikes hit areas stretching from Ahvaz and Yazd to Bandar Abbas, Qeshm and Chabahar. Tehran claimed in return to have hit…
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The last two weeks of June were marked in the North Caucasus by an unprecedented mobilisation to search for a missing eight-year-old Ingush boy who was swept away while rescuing his friend from the Sunzha River. Tens of thousands of volunteers from across the region took part in the search operation, making it one of…
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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…
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Armenia’s Foreign Policy On June 18, 2026, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announced that Yerevan and Washington were prepared to move forward quickly with the “Trump’s Path to International Peace and Prosperity” (TRIPP) project. Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan The Prime Minister emphasised the availability of investment and capital for the project,…
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Summary The 4th Military Base of the 58th Army of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation has been involved in the full-scale invasion of Ukraine since the very beginning, when the war first kicked off in February 2022. Yet the initial footage showing Russian units being deployed from the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region of…
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За прошедший период грузинские власти продолжили критиковать власти ЕС, в том числе, в связи с недавним обсуждением визовых вопросов. Спикер парламента Грузии Шалва Папуашвили заявил, что ПАСЕ не признает «суверенитет и волю» грузинского народа, выраженные на выборах 2024 года: «Главная проблема заключается в том, что эти две институции — Европарламент и ПАСЕ — не признают…
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Occupied Tskhinvali Region Military Exercises June 1, 2026 marked the beginning of the summer training period for the “South Ossetian” military personnel. Yuri Yarovitsky, a Russian general in charge of “South Ossetia’s” de facto ministry of defence, addressed the opening ceremony and oversaw the formation of what appeared to be approximately 150 servicemen still remaining…
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Post-Soviet Conflicts Watch monitors ongoing conflicts and post-conflict developments throughout the post-Soviet region. The publication analyses key events and trends in Georgia’s Russian-occupied regions of Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region (so-called South Ossetia), as well as in Transnistria, Gagauzia, and other areas. It also covers the Armenian-Azerbaijani peace process following on from the Second Nagorno-Karabakh…
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On 22 June 2026, Alan Gagloev, the de facto president of Georgia’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region (the so-called Republic of South Ossetia), met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin. The day after the meeting, Gagloev announced his resignation, and the same day was appointed as an adviser to President Putin. Marat Kambolov was designated…
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The past two weeks in the North Caucasus have been relatively calm in terms of major political developments. The Republic of Ingushetia experienced flooding that caused damage to residential properties and required ongoing recovery efforts. In Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Circassian activists expressed concern over recent constitutional amendments. Meanwhile, land disputes in and around Makhachkala continue, reflecting…