Opposition parties cried foul after Georgia’s ruling party, Georgian Dream, claimed victory with 54 percent support in a vote on Saturday. Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili said her country had fallen victim to a “Russia[n] special operation,” and vowed she wouldn’t accept the election results, demanding a re-run. She also called on Georgian citizens to take … Read more
The Russian Ministry of Defense did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Relations between Armenia and its historical ally, Russia, have soured since Moscow invaded Ukraine in February 2022, with the South Caucasus country freezing its membership of the Moscow-led CSTO military alliance, dispatching humanitarian aid to Kyiv and staging joint drills with … Read more
The statement comes a day after the two sides announced that a deal on a joint border commission to demarcate and delimit their shared frontier had been signed. The two neighboring nations have fought a series of conflicts in recent years, both over Azerbaijan’s breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh and inside Armenia’s internationally recognized borders. In … Read more
Samadov was detained earlier this week and appeared Friday before a court in Baku to be charged with “treason.” If convicted, he could face life in prison, and has reportedly stated he intends to begin a hunger strike after being handed four months of pre-trial detention. Bahruz Samadov’s case: 4 months in preventive measure, his … Read more
Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev reiterated his support for the independence of French overseas territories, describing them as being “under colonial rule.” “The Comoros Islands, Mayotte are still under colonial rule. It has been our duty to help these countries liberate themselves from this revolting remnant from the past,” Aliyev said during a media forum in … Read more
Paris has in recent months ramped up military cooperation with Yerevan with contracts and training. Arms sales include Thales-made GM200 air surveillance radars, while talks are underway on contracts for MBDA-made Mistral missiles. Earlier on Tuesday, Azerbaijan accused France of undermining the stability of the turbulent region, less than a year since Baku itself launched … Read more
Neither the Azerbaijani nor Belarusian governments responded to requests for comment. “With friends like these“ Artillery and drones were used extensively in combat between Azerbaijani and Armenian forces in recent years. This included during a 2020 war between the two sides over the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, which lies inside Azerbaijan’s internationally recognized borders but … Read more
By Michael Gryboski, Mainline Church Editor Sunday, May 26, 2024 A depiction of the 451 battle of Avarayr, in which an Armenian Christian army fought to defend their faith from a numerically superior Zoroastrian Persian army. Although the Persians would win the battle, their losses were significant enough that they eventually agreed to tolerate Christianity. … Read more
“Pashinyan needs to go,” one middle-aged demonstrator told POLITICO, saying he preferred not to give his name as he feared reprisals. Asked who should take his place as prime minister, or how another leader would avoid conflict with Azerbaijan while still keeping the four villages, the demonstrator said: “Someone else will have a better plan.” … Read more
Asked whether the withdrawal of the Russian border guards, formally part of the country’s FSB security service, had been discussed at the meeting, Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said “yes,” according to state newswire TASS. On Sunday, long convoys of Russian military vehicles were seen leaving Armenia’s border regions, heading toward the capital, Yerevan. Dozens … Read more
