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Number of COVID-19 deaths- 1,091 in Armenia, 630 in Azerbaijan, 172 in Georgia

October 21, 2020

Coronavirus in the Caucasus - news, statistics, diseases, deaths, stories, photos, videos. Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, North Caucasus

Coronavirus

Georgia: coronavirus patients from the other side of territorial conflict

Coronavirus

October 16, 2020

Dozens of COVID-19 patients from Abkhazia and South Ossetia are being treated in Georgia

South Ossetia

South Ossetia: widow of 28-year-old killed in police custody blames president for husband’s death

South Ossetia

October 13, 2020

Inal Dzhabiev's death in prison still haunts South Ossetia: opposition and relatives demand an answer from President Bibilov

Georgia

Another Geneva talks round has failed. Tbilisi blames Russia, Russia blames the pandemic

Georgia

October 07, 2020

Georgia concerned about the breakdown of negotiations

Georgian citizen claimed to have been ‘hunting bats’ released after 86 days of imprisonment in S. Ossetia

South Ossetia

September 26, 2020

Khvicha Mgebrishvili, says he was forced to admit to ‘nonsense’ in a video confession

No change in South Ossetia – president, supported by Moscow, plans to stay

South Ossetia

September 06, 2020

Doctors are trying to save Nikolai Tskhovrebov in South Ossetia – another young man beaten along with 28-year-old Inal Dzhabiev, who recently died after allegedly being tortured by police

Murder, protests, and, again, coronavirus - "Past week in the Caucasus" from JAMnews, video

Video of the week

September 05, 2020

Headlines from around the South Caucasus - what happened in Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia during the week of August 31 - September 5, 2020

Protests in South Ossetia resume after funeral of 28-year-old, president alleges ‘a Georgian trace’ in rallies

South Ossetia

September 02, 2020

People are demanding the resignation of the president and the reform of the law enforcement system

Op-ed: S. Ossetia protests – punishing the guilty isn’t enough. The system has to be changed

South Ossetia

August 31, 2020

President Bibilov has concentrated absolute power in his hands, which has ultimately led to a crisis

Prison death, bus tragedy, captivity and prosecution - "Past week in the Caucasus" from JAMnews, video

Video of the week

August 29, 2020

A review of what happened in the South Caucasus in the week of August 24-29, 2020 - prison death, bus tragedy, captivity, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia

Death of prisoner in S. Ossetia: gov’t resigns, but people demand resignation of president, prosecutor

South Ossetia

August 29, 2020

The death from torture of Inal Dzhabiev in South Ossetia has reminded man of the case of Vladimir Tskayev, who died from torture at a police station in North Ossetia

S. Ossetia: 28-year-old thought involved in attempt on interior minister likely tortured to death

South Ossetia

August 28, 2020

In South Ossetia protesters demand the resignation of the president and the government after the death of Inal Dzhabiev, allegedly from torture. The president promises a full investigation

South Ossetia: customs regs giving rise to food and goods crisis

South Ossetia

August 20, 2020

There is a critical shortage of food in South Ossetia.

Attempt on life of South Ossetian minister of internal affairs

Crime

August 18, 2020

There are so far no detainees, and the motive for the attack is unknown

“South Ossetia demands the truth from the world community” – South Ossetian President

Georgian-Ossetian conflict

August 08, 2020

August 7-8 marks the 12th anniversary of the "August Five-Day War". Report from South Ossetia and Vladikavkaz (North Ossetia, RF)

The 2008 war over South Ossetia: How it all happened

Georgian-Ossetian conflict

August 07, 2020

A detailed chronological review of how the war between Georgia and Russia started over South Ossetia and its aftermath

The scandal with wings - South Ossetia claims to have uncovered another conspiracy between Georgia and the United States

Georgian-Ossetian conflict

July 29, 2020

Not everyone believes in the authorities' story that the man detained on the border was catching bats for the American biological laboratory

Is Russia preparing Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transnistria and Donbass for annexation?

July 08, 2020

There are calls in Russia for unrecognized and partially recognized republics of the former USSR to join the Russian Federation

Director of only cell provider in South Ossetia arrested while on ‘illegal treasure hunt’

June 26, 2020

Roman Kovriga has yet to be indicted

“Do they want to intimidate MPs?" – 200 security officers in camouflage, with arms attended parliament session in South Ossetia

June 08, 2020

A recent prison scandal in which 20 prisoners cut their veins in protest against the excesses of the prison guards led to a stand off in parliament

Around 20 prisoners cut their wrists in South Ossetian penal colony

June 06, 2020

Prisoners cut their wrists following a prison raid in South Ossetia. No one died. This is not the first time prisoners in this colony have protested against inhumane treatment