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Azerbaijani Army to Participate in NATO Exercises
Politics
Azerbaijani Army to Participate in NATO Exercises
17 January 2025

Azerbaijan will take part in the NATO-Georgia-2025 military exercises, which will begin on April 28 at the Krtsanisi base. This is a training center for the Georgian Armed Forces south of Tbilisi in the area of ​​the village of the same name.

Human Rights Watch criticizes Azerbaijani authorities for increasing repression and arrests for political reasons
Human rights
Human Rights Watch criticizes Azerbaijani authorities for increasing repression and arrests for political reasons
17 January 2025

The international human rights organization Human Rights Watch (HRW) in its report on the human rights situation noted the intensification of repression and torture against journalists and political activists in Azerbaijan. According to human rights activists, in 2024, the wave of arrests of critics of the Azerbaijani authorities continued.

Ruben Vardanyan claims that his testimony was falsified by the Azerbaijani authorities
Human rights
Ruben Vardanyan claims that his testimony was falsified by the Azerbaijani authorities
17 January 2025

A protest action was held in Yerevan in front of the UN office and the Armenian government demanding that pressure be put on Azerbaijan to release the Armenian defendants. Today, the trial of former State Minister of Nagorno-Karabakh Ruben Vardanyan and other leaders of the unrecognized republic begins in Baku.

Georgian Embassy in UAE denies information about arrest of Georgian Dream members
Politics
Georgian Embassy in UAE denies information about arrest of Georgian Dream members
17 January 2025

The Georgian Embassy in the United Arab Emirates does not confirm the arrest of Georgian Dream MPs Irakli Zarkua and Viktor Sanikidze in Abu Dhabi. The day before, the opposition TV channel Mtavari reported that they were sent to prison pending a court hearing.

A lawyer from Chechnya has filed an appeal against his sentence
Human rights
A lawyer from Chechnya has filed an appeal against his sentence
17 January 2025

The Khimki Court of the Moscow Region has accepted the appeal of lawyer and native of Chechnya Timur Idalov against his sentence. He was previously illegally held in a pretrial detention center.

Man sentenced to four years for supporting Dudayev and Basayev
Human rights
Man sentenced to four years for supporting Dudayev and Basayev
17 January 2025

A resident of the city of Cherepovets in the Vologda region, Lev Bogatishchev, was found guilty of justifying terrorism and sentenced to four years in prison. The charges were based on positive comments about the first president of the self-proclaimed Chechen Republic of Ichkeria, Dzhokhar Dudayev, and field commander Shamil Basayev.

Upon arrival at the colony, the Crimean Tatar was immediately put in a punishment cell, with the promise that it would be for a long time
Human rights
Upon arrival at the colony, the Crimean Tatar was immediately put in a punishment cell, with the promise that it would be for a long time
16 January 2025

After a two-month stage in IK-1 in Yakutia, the Crimean Tatar Ruslan Mesutov was placed in a punishment cell.

Armenia's reaction to the release of the
Politics
Armenia's reaction to the release of the "Vesti Nedeli" program has left Russian authorities perplexed
16 January 2025

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zakharova commented on Armenia's negative reaction to the release of the "Vesti Nedeli" program.

Five more participants in the riots at the Makhachkala airport sentenced to long terms
Human rights
Five more participants in the riots at the Makhachkala airport sentenced to long terms
16 January 2025

A court in Stavropol has sentenced five more defendants in the criminal case on the anti-Semitic pogrom at the Makhachkala airport. They were sentenced to 7 to 8 years in a general regime penal colony.

The flow of tourists to Chechnya and the Karachay-Cherkess Republic has grown significantly
Economy
The flow of tourists to Chechnya and the Karachay-Cherkess Republic has grown significantly
16 January 2025

The tourist flow to Chechnya has exceeded 400 thousand people per year for the first time and has grown fourfold over the past five years. This is primarily due to the development of the Veduchi resort. In addition, many major events were held in the republic last year: the Caucasus Investment Forum, a gastronomic festival, etc. By 2030, Chechnya expects a tourist flow of at least 1.5 million people.