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Armenia’s Foreign Policy On May 28, 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump publicly endorsed Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan for the parliamentary elections scheduled for June 7. Donald Trump and Nikol Pashinyan “Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, of Armenia, a great friend and leader, is making his country strong, wealthy, and very secure! Nikol completely shares my…
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Introduction The most significant date in the North Caucasus in the past two weeks was 21 May, a day of profound historical significance for the Circassian people. On 21 May 1864, the final battle of the Russo–Caucasian War took place, in the area of present-day Sochi, between Russian forces and Circassian resistance fighters. Russia’s victory…
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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 after the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War. Note: This…
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On 9 May, marking the 81st anniversary of victory in the “Great Patriotic War” (a term used in Russia and several former Soviet countries to refer to the 1941–1945 war between Nazi Germany and its allies and the Soviet Union), Alan Gagloev, the de facto President of Georgia’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region, the so-called Republic of…
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The Occupied Tskhinvali Region An Amendment to the Protocol of an Agreement On May 19, 2026, the de facto defence minister of the occupied “South Ossetia,” a Russian officer named Yury Yarovitsky, signed an amendment protocol to the existing protocol of an agreement between Russia and “South Ossetia” “on Co-financing and Gradual Increase of Salaries and other…
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Medea Ivaniadze International Relations specialist, China Researcher, and Master’s Student at the University of Tartu. Download PDF In an ever-evolving digital environment, information operations have become one of the main features of contemporary geopolitical competition. One active arena is the Indo-Pacific region, where China aspires to further its regional and geopolitical objectives, while another major…
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Overview The World Peoples’ Assembly, also known as the Eurasian Peoples’ Assembly, is an international non-governmental organisation established in 2017 in Moscow. The Assembly serves as a platform for cooperation among civil society, business actors, and state institutions, with a focus on dialogue, integration, and coordination across Eurasia and beyond. Beyond its formal humanitarian and civic profile, the Assembly also appears to function…
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Introduction The past two weeks in the North Caucasus were largely shaped by Victory Day celebrations. Local authorities implemented preventive security measures, including restrictions on mobile internet access, in an effort to protect their republics from potential Ukrainian drone strikes. At the same time, regional administrations continued efforts to address the consequences of the devastating…
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Главной темой, связанной с регионом, стало развитие отношений Армении с западными странами: на этой неделе Ереван посетил госсекретарь США Марко Рубио, подписавший соглашение в военной сфере[1]. Лидеры Армении активно высказывались о сближении с Европой: в частности, премьер-министр Армении Никол Пашинян выразил уверенность, что через два года граждане страны смогут посещать Европу в безвизовом режиме[2]. Ожидаемо, российские официальные…
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Russian military units have been deployed on the territory of modern Kazakhstan since the Russian Empire. Military sites and facilities saw particular growth during the Soviet Union. The Soviet forces operated military training grounds, test facilities and a cosmodrome there, conducting the majority of its nuclear tests on Kazakhstan’s territory. Today, Russia does not have…