Features and Analysis

Cool politics, warm market: Azerbaijan-Russia trade keeps growing in 2025

September 11, 2025

Although political relations between Azerbaijan and Russia have noticeably cooled in recent months, trade figures show the opposite trend

South Ossetia

A gang linked to the South Ossetian president’s brother has struck again, the victim claims

South Ossetia

September 10, 2025

The victim said he was kidnapped and tortured by criminals who tried to force him to hand over his expensive car

Armenia

"Aliyev speaks of a "corridor" and calls Armenian society "sick" after the US meeting" - opinion from Yerevan

Armenia

September 10, 2025

Experts from Armenia’s Fact-Checking Platform claim that after his talks with Pashinyan and Trump, the president of Azerbaijan repeatedly violated the provisions of the signed documents

Azerbaijan

Plane crash in Aktau: Russia-Azerbaijan relations and the compensation dispute

Azerbaijan

September 09, 2025

Azerbaijan’s main demand is an official apology from Moscow and state compensation for the damage caused

Local dumplings or foreign tourists? Small business in Abkhazia

Abkhazia

September 09, 2025

Small business in Abkhazia is highly sensitive to any developments — from tensions in Russian-Abkhaz relations to gossip on social media

"Turkey is trying to limit Armenia’s transit options", say analysts in Yerevan

Armenia

September 09, 2025

Armenian experts on Turkey’s Kars–Nakhchivan railway project and the alternative Armenia could offer

“Kremlin may try to derail the Washington agreement,” says a political analyst in Baku

Ilham Aliyev

September 09, 2025

Lavrov, commenting on the agreement, said that the initial wave of enthusiasm in the first few days was soon replaced by scepticism

Thomas de Waal: Peace between Yerevan and Baku is possible, but not guaranteed

Armenia

September 08, 2025

A Carnegie Endowment expert analysed the results of the Trump–Pashinyan–Aliyev meeting held in the US

Moscow banks on ‘new faces’ to push its interests in Armenia

Armenia

September 05, 2025

Comment by political analyst Robert Gevondyan on who these new players are and how Russia plans to use them

Armenia joins international financial data exchange: Russian citizens voice concerns

Armenia

September 05, 2025

Russian relocants fear that even the simplest financial transactions could be treated as grounds for criminal prosecution in Russia

Aliyev, Trump and Pashinyan pose for a photo after their meeting in Washington | Photo: The White House

Multipolar world: the US, China, Russia, SCO, BRICS and peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia

Azerbaijan

September 04, 2025

Mediation efforts are taking place in Washington, while at the same time China is inviting the leaders of Azerbaijan and Armenia to high-level events and military parades in Beijing

“Baku not only gained dividends in Washington but also made concessions to Yerevan” – Opinion

Armenia-USA

September 04, 2025

According to political analyst Areg Kochinyan, the bilateral agreements signed at the White House reduce the likelihood of an Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict

OSCE Minsk Group disbanded: Armenia debates whether it is “progress or a loss”

OSCE Minsk Group and Karabakh conflict

September 02, 2025

Political analyst Robert Ghevondyan has described the dissolution of the structure as “an important step towards taking Armenia out of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.” More details, along with a historical overview of the Minsk Group’s activities

Azerbaijani-Chinese relations and the SCO summit: new partnership and points of tension

Azerbaijan

September 02, 2025

The opposition leader believes that by vetoing Azerbaijan’s accession to the SCO, New Delhi has in effect blocked the country from joining these “anti-Western, anti-democratic coalitions”

Treatment in a Yerevan salt mine: clinic loses state support but may attract tourists

Armenia

September 02, 2025

Speleotherapy is alternative rather than evidence-based medicine, and the state no longer funds it. But cave therapy could develop into a standalone tourist attraction

“US backs both Armenia and Azerbaijan”: view from Yerevan

Armenia

September 01, 2025

According to political analyst Areg Kochinyan, the bilateral agreements signed at the White House reduce the likelihood of an Armenia–Azerbaijan conflict

Why does Syria still recognise Abkhazia’s independence after the change of power? Opinion

Abkhazia

August 30, 2025

Syria is one of just five countries that currently recognise Abkhazia’s independence. When power changed hands there in 2024, many expected that stance to shift. But it didn’t

How political protest in Azerbaijan has changed: a history of repression

Azerbaijan

August 29, 2025

The last rally in the country took place in January 2019. Since then, not a single large-scale protest has been held

“Armenia is now in its least vulnerable position” – key points from Pashinyan’s briefing

Armenia

August 28, 2025

Armenia’s prime minister has introduced a new format of communication with journalists — weekly 60-minute briefings, answering questions on both domestic and foreign policy

Opinion: “Can the initialled peace deal be seen as a new stage of the Karabakh conflict?”

Nikol Pashinyan

August 28, 2025

What led the sides to this agreement, what changes opened the way to compromise, and how might differences in the leaders’ approaches affect the durability of peace?

“Trump Route” will create conditions for new investment in Armenia – economist

Azerbaijan-Armenia

August 28, 2025

According to Armen Ktoyan, Armenia’s investment climate has never been particularly favourable, but new factors have emerged to help shape it — the most important being the TRIPP project