Opinion

February 23, 2020

Afterword to the elections in Azerbaijan – what went wrong and why?

Material interest or the instinct of self-preservation?

February 20, 2020

Op-Ed: Georgia. The vengeance of the oligarch

The reinstatement of the prosecutor general who was dismissed as a result of mass protests over the murder of a teenager marks the official formation of a repressive regime in Georgia

January 14, 2020

Op-ed: 100 synonyms for ‘intimate services’ or How to get a job in Azerbaijan

The story of how one job searche turned into a dangerous experiment

January 10, 2020

Op-ed: how long will political groups continue to chase one another out of the Akbhaz presidency?

How to get out of the deadlock of the opposition controlling the presidential administration but the president not intending to resign

January 09, 2020

Op-ed: Abkhaz opposition's storm of parliament resembles events of 2014

The main reason for the protest is the low trust in the authorities and in general the entire political elite in Abkhazia – political observer Inal Khashig

January 06, 2020

Op-ed: a subjective take on the best and worst in Azerbaijan in 2019

Increased awareness of femicide, amnesty for political prisoners, unpunished crimes and indomitable feminist spirit are but a part of what 2019 brought Azerbaijan

December 29, 2019

Op-ed: “Georgians have chance to rethink past, rebuild relations with Ossetians”

Political analyst Tornike Sharashenidze on the arrest and release of Georgian doctor Gaprindashvili in South Ossetia and the need to learn to admit to mistakes

Геноцид армян, Ереван, факельное шествие,

December 13, 2019

Op-ed: US Senate resolution on Armenian genocide will not become law

The resolution does not have any legal force and thus does not require the signature of President Trump

December 09, 2019

Op-ed: What’s more important for Abkhazia – confiscating weapons or anti-corruption laws?

The topic of the confiscation of weapons has become relevant in Abkhazia against the backdrop of a spike in crime. Meanwhile, activists have been fighting for a law against corruption for the second year

December 05, 2019

Op-ed: What’s happening in Azerbaijan – a revolution from above or image correction?

The political palette of the past year in questions and answers

December 03, 2019

Op-Ed: the president of Russia is preparing for a life-term in office and we should all keep quiet about it

The scandalous Russian law on foreign agents may be a cover for more important political decisions

November 24, 2019

How we got ‘criminal Abkhazia’ instead of the dream of a wonderful, small country

“Abkhazia is in deep trouble”

November 12, 2019

Op-ed: who’s gonna pay the 2020 electric bill in Abkhazia?

What will happen when the Ingur Hydroelectric Power Station, a station that has an undefined status in the zone of the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict, will stop for repairs in in the fall of 2020?

October 25, 2019

American expert proposes stationing American soldiers in Georgian region of Javakheti

Georgian experts have responded that though Coffey’s initiative ‘sounds nice’, it is far from reality

October 21, 2019

Op-ed: the only way out for the newly elected president of Abkhazia

Raul Khajimba has, it seems, just one way of calmly serving through his second term – coming to an agreement with the opposition about reforms

October 16, 2019

Op-ed: why the idea of returning the death penalty in Russia is a sign of distrust in the gov’t

If a similar same prison term is given for a picket with posters and for murder, people will begin to support more primitive forms of justice.

October 14, 2019

Kurds enter alliance with Russia, Syrian President Assad – US to blame?

Trump's sudden decision to withdraw troops from Syria intensified Turkey's military operation and attack on the Kurds. All the details: what is happening in Syria and why America is being called a traitor

September 25, 2019

Op-Ed: Why it is so hard to be a pacifist in Azerbaijan

“Traitors” and bloodthirsty love for the motherland

ბიჭი სოხუმის ქუჩაში. ფოტო: პატრიკ სალატი On Sokhumi Street. Photo: Patrick Salat, JAMnews

September 20, 2019

Op-ed: Even if Abkhazia gets its own currency, will the authorities be able to manage it?

Abkhazia faces a dilemma: it is impossible to develop the economy by remaining in the zone of the Russian ruble, but the authorities are not ready for complex economic decisions

Россия, Путин, оппозиция, власти, борьба, бунт, протесты, выборы, Мосгордума, Навальный

September 12, 2019

Op-ed: Russian elections over – main events just beginning

The Moscow pre-election protests were a demonstration of the strength of the opposition, and this is more important than the formal victory of the current authorities

September 11, 2019

Op-ed: why controversial ex interior minister Gakharia was appointed PM

Unofficial leader of the country and billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili is preparing to get his Georgian Dream party a third term in office – Gakharia’s ‘electoral skills’ are more important than public protest