Composition Of New Abkhaz Government Unlikely To Mollify Opposition
By LIZ FULLER RFE/RL Raul Khajimba, the de facto president of Georgia’s breakaway Republic of Abkhazia, made several further appointments last week to a new [more >>>]
Month: August 2016
‘New Wave of Reprisals’ Against Azerbaijani Opposition Party
By LIZ FULLER RFE/RL Having failed to persuade key defendants in the so-called “Nardaran trial” to implicate Azerbaijan Popular Front Party (AHCP) Chairman Ali Kerimli [more >>>]
7 people detained in Georgia in gas pipeline plot
By Associated Press The Washington Post TBILISI, Georgia — Georgia’s intelligence agency says it has detained seven people suspected of plotting an attack on a [more >>>]
Azerbaijan: Renewed human rights crackdown ahead of referendum
By Index on Censorship indexoncensorship.org 18 August 2016. Less than six weeks ahead of a constitutional referendum, Azerbaijani authorities have unleashed a new wave of [more >>>]
GEORGIA – Pro-Russian Party, Whose TV Ad Sparked Outcry, Banned from Election
Civil Georgia A fringe pro-Russian party, which became known to a wider public after its campaign TV ad, pledging “legalizing” Russian military bases in Georgia, [more >>>]
Abkhaz Deputy Prime Minister Resigns
RFE/RL Shamil Adzynba has resigned as the de facto first deputy prime minister of the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia. Abkhaz leader Raul Khajimba accepted [more >>>]
Pro-Kremlin Daily: Armenia To Get Same Weapons From Russia As Azerbaijan
By Aza Babayan RFE/RL Armenian Service Russia is going to supply Armenia with the same types of weapons that it has delivered to Azerbaijan, a [more >>>]
Opposition Party To Skip Local Elections Over Arrests Of Members
RFE/RL Armenian Service A parliamentary opposition party has decided not to field its candidates in upcoming local elections in Armenia because of the arrests and [more >>>]
Karabakh Leader Backs ‘Reasonable’ Compromise In Conflict Settlement
By Ruzan Kyureghian RFE/RL Armenian Service Bako Sahakian, the president of Nagorno-Karabakh, believes it will take a “reasonable, fair and adequate” compromise to settle the [more >>>]
Russia, Azerbaijan Discuss Military Cooperation
By Lusine Musayelian & Suren Musayelyan RFE/RL Armenian Service Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu discussed military cooperation with Azerbaijan as well as issues pertaining to [more >>>]