Inspectors use special devices to check whether passengers have paid their fare. But Yerevan residents complain that even those who have paid are being fined – not all payment methods can be verified
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
"Act of political persecution through deliberate financial suffocation, intended to silence and punish dissenting voices"
The detained journalists do not admit guilt and insist they are being persecuted for their professional work
