Explainers

Freedom House: The level of democracy in Georgia now the lowest in a decade

Georgia

May 24, 2023

“Public skepticism about the government’s course, the state of the economy and disillusionment with the party system have reached their peak”

Speech by Prime Minister Garibashvili in Qatar on direct flights and double standards

Georgia

May 24, 2023

“Do you remember that someone imposed sanctions against Russia after our war with her in 2008? No one in the world had an adequate reaction.”

“We offer our Abkhazian brothers a policy of reconciliation” – Abkhazia Day celebrated in Georgia

Georgian-Abkhaz conflict

May 24, 2023

Begun in 2014, May 23 is Abkhazia Day in Georgia; Prime Minister Garibashvili announces policy of reconciliation

“No power has the right to change the status of the NKR”: reaction to Pashinyan’s statement

Karabakh

May 24, 2023

Former presidents of Armenia and the unrecognized NKR and deputies of both parliaments came out in response.

Export of whiskey from Azerbaijan has grown 20 times in just one year. Why?

Azerbaijan-Russia

May 23, 2023

According to economist Natik Jafarli, a solid gap has appeared in the Russian market, which Azerbaijan is trying to fill

State Department: Companies at Georgian airports may be subject to sanctions

Georgia-USA

May 23, 2023

State Department spokesman urges Georgian authorities not to build up relations with Russia when the entire Western world has distanced itself from it

"People's Rally" to be held in Abkhazia on May 30

Abkhazia

May 23, 2023

The opposition believes that all other methods to get through to the authorities have been exhausted.

Transparency International: Georgian PM manipulating facts to justify air connection with Russia

Georgia

May 23, 2023

According to a study by Transparency International, the PM manipulates facts to justify trade and direct flights with Russia.

"86,600 km² - these figures are familiar to all Azerbaijanis who studied geography in school." Opinion from Baku

Azerbaijan-Armenia

May 23, 2023

Pashinyan's statement - “The territory of Azerbaijan with an area of 86,600 square meters. km includes Nagorno-Karabakh."

“The territorial integrity of Azerbaijan includes Nagorno-Karabakh,” and other statements by Pashinyan

Nikol Pashinyan

May 23, 2023

The Prime Minister of Armenia talked about normalization of relations with Azerbaijan, the possibility of the country's withdrawal from the CSTO military bloc, a "balanced foreign policy" between Russia and the West, and an attempt to kidnap his son

Georgian Maritime Transport Agency: Two flights made between Batumi and Novorossiysk in April

Georgia-Russia

May 22, 2023

Flights between Batumi and Novorossiysk will not be regular, the Georgian Maritime Transport Agency says.

Georgian Dream cannot make decisions on its own - Director of Rondel Foundation

Russian airplanes in Georgia

May 22, 2023

Director of Rondel Foundation on Georgian Dream: They cannot make decisions on their own and often act under pressure from Russia.

"Dark and ignorant" - Georgian Dream slanders President Zurabishvili

Russian airplanes in Georgia

May 22, 2023

Georgian authorities slander President Zurabishvili, calling her "ignorant" over her opposition to Lavrov's daughter's wedding in Kahketi

Abkhaz fume over award to PM "who sold weapons to Georgians"

Abkhazia

May 22, 2023

Abkhaz PM sold weapons to Georgians? War veterans organization "Aruaa" says he did and wants the award revoked. The court disagrees

Lavrov's daughter at a wedding in Georgia while under Western sanctions? Rally in Kakheti and arrests

Georgia-Russia

May 20, 2023

Head of the ruling party called the hundreds-strong protest of Georgian activists against the arrival of sanctioned Russians xenophobic

"Look who enjoys flying from Russia to Georgia, and you will understand who needs it" - former Ombudsman

Georgia

May 20, 2023

Nino Lomjaria on direct flights - The former Ombudsman reacted to restoration of flights with Russia

Attempted kidnapping of the Prime Minister of Armenia's son: Human rights defenders' comments

Armenia

May 19, 2023

Gayane Hakobyan, the mother of a soldier who died in 2020 during the Karabakh war, was detained. She is a member of an NGO founded by the parents of the victims. They demand the resignation of the government

Lavrov-Bayramov-Mirzoyan negotiations in Moscow - opinion from Baku

Azerbaijan-Armenia

May 19, 2023

Lavrov-Bayramov-Mirzoyan negotiations in Moscow

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