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As the US–Israeli war against Iran entered its third day on Monday, drawing in at least 12 different countries in the region, the governments of Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan have continued to hedge their bets.
Issuing vague statements expressing concern, as well as offering condolences, including, in some cases, over Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, who was...
Georgia’s pro-government TV channel Imedi has paid its employees’ salaries in cash days after it was hit by UK sanctions over ‘Russian disinformation’. The channel also found itself in conflict with a major advertiser: Meama, a Georgian coffee company.
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Around 700 people from Daghestan have been stranded in Saudi Arabia after going on a pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina. As the vast majority of the Middle East’s airspace is closed off due to ongoing fighting between Iran, Israel, and the US, Russia appears to be preparing to return the pilgrims via lorries through Iran.
Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwai...
Authorities in Ingushetia have released 73-year-old Malsag Uzhakhov, among the last to have served time for taking part in the 2018–2019 protests against the border changes with Chechnya.
Uzhakov was released on 27 February from a prison in the city of Volzhsky, in the Volgograd region. According to his relative, Khamarz Kostoy, Uzhakov was greeted by h...