Under the sanctions that the West is increasingly imposing on Russia, the Kremlin is increasingly offering Georgia its friendship. And if the Georgian opposition indignantly rejects these offers, then the ruling party, like a pragmatic girl, is trying to sit on two chairs: on the one hand, it is striving to join Europe, on the other, it does not want to spoil relations with its rich and pugnacious neighbor.

The participants of the international conference "Defeating Putinism" taking place in Tbilisi were read the address of the American President of 2001-2009, George W. Bush. This is reported by "Echo of the Caucasus".

Armenian units opened fire on Azerbaijani positions in the Kelbajar region. This was announced today by the Defense Ministry of Azerbaijan. Yerevan, however, denies the charges.

Head of the European Committee for NATO Development Günther Fehlinger called on Armenia to join the North Atlantic Alliance. “Nikol Pashinyan, I urge Armenia to join NATO. Joe Biden will protect Armenia,” the appeal says. This is reported by the publication "Minval.az".

A series of visits by Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili to Europe, which were not coordinated with the government, and the scandal that followed them, testify to internal disagreements in the country, which, in turn, influence external political processes.

I have sent two files to this message – 016-1 and 016-2, because I could not find one photo with three flags – Russian, South Ossetian and Abkhazian. If you can combine these three in one photo, that would be great.

On July 3, the head of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, signed a decree banning the use of civilian drones in the republic’s airspace. Chechnya has become the 59th Russian region to introduce a ban on civilian drones.

On August 24, US President Joe Biden published a statement on the White House website on the occasion of Ukraine's Independence Day, in which he announced new sanctions against Russians involved in war crimes in Ukraine. This time, the sanctions list includes Aimani Kadyrova, the mother of the head of Chechnya, the head of the Akhmat Kadyrov Charitable Foundation, Chechen Prime Minister Muslim Khuchiev, the commander of the Akhmat police regiment Zamid Chalayev, Chechen ombudsman Mansur Soltayev, the Commissioner for Children's Rights in the Rostov Region Irina Cherkasova, and some other individuals. In addition, the Artek children's camp in Crimea was added to the "black list" of organizations with which American citizens and residents are prohibited from doing business.