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The NATO Summit in Washington. Official photo.

European Union

NATO declaration cuts reference to Georgia’s membership prospects

by OC Media

•3 min read

The NATO declaration adopted at a Washington summit does not reference Georgia’s path towards membership, as Georgia’s rift with the West continues to deepen. In the declaration adopted on Wednesday, Georgia is mentioned only once, in a call on Russia to ‘withdraw all of its forces from the Republic of Moldova and Georgia, stationed there without their consent’. The 2008 Bucharest and 2018 Brussels Summit Declaration stated that NATO ‘welcomes Ukraine’s and Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic aspirat

Zurab Adeishvili (left) and Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Andriy Kostin in the German Parliament. Image via X.

Belgium

Georgia criticises EU and Ukraine over wanted former UNM officials

by Tata Shoshiashvili

•3 min read

Georgia has requested that Germany and the EU detain and extradite Zurab Adeishvili, a wanted former United National Movement (UNM) official, after he took part in an official visit to Brussels and Berlin as part of a Ukrainian delegation. Georgia’s Prosecutor’s Office submitted its request for Adeishvili’s extradition on Monday. Adeishvili is wanted in Georgia on charges of abuse of power and the humiliation and inhumane treatment of prisoners while serving as Prosecutor General and then Ju

Chechnya

Russia designates Chechen activist in exile ‘foreign agent’

by Luiza Mchedlishvili

•1 min read

Russia’s Justice Ministry has reportedly added Aslan Arzuyev, a Chechen human rights activist based in Germany, to its register of ‘foreign agents’. According to the ministry, Arzuyev ‘made calls for action, the results of which could lead to a violation of the territorial integrity of Russia’, ‘disseminated false information aimed at creating a negative image’ of the country and the army, spoke against the war in Ukraine, and created material in collaboration with‘foreign agents’. Arzuye

Armenia

Pashinyan and Aliyev meet at Munich Security Conference

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

•2 min read

Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev have met on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, in their first direct talks in over seven months. Saturday’s meeting was mediated by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who met with both Pashinyan and Aliyev individually beforehand. All three meetings were focused on the peace talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan. In a post on X, Scholz said that Germany and Europe were ready to support the peace negotiati

French Foreign Minister Catherine Colonna and Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan on 3 October 2023. Image via the Armenian Foreign Ministry.

Armenia–Azerbaijan Conflict

Aliyev ‘backs out’ of meeting with Pashinyan after France greenlights arms to Armenia

by Arshaluys Barseghyan

•2 min read

Baku has reportedly cancelled a meeting between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev that was set to take place on Thursday after France announced its readiness to deliver military supplies to Armenia. Azerbaijani state news agency Apa claimed that Aliyev had cancelled his meeting with Pashinyan in Granada as a result of France’s offer of military supplies to Armenia. While Baku has yet to confirm media reports of its cancellation of the meeting in

The Munich Higher Regional Court. Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

Chechnya

German prosecutors demand 11 years for alleged Chechen assassin

by Luiza Mchedlishvili

•2 min read

Federal prosecutors in Germany have demanded that a man accused of attempting to organise the assassination of a Chechen opposition figure be sentenced to 11 years in prison. Valid Dadakaev is standing trial at the Munich Higher Regional Court for an alleged 2020 attempt on the life of Muhammad Abdurakhmanov, the brother of prominent Chechen opposition blogger Tumso Abdurakhmanov. On Thursday, prosecutors said in court that Dadakaev had agreed to commit an ‘insidious murder with base moti

Jafar Mirzayev. Picture via Vusal Mirzayev’s Facebook account.

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan sentences opposition activist to 6 years after he was denied asylum in Germany

by Ismi Aghayev

•1 min read

A Baku court has sentenced a member of the opposition Popular Front Party to six years in prison, over a year after he was denied asylum in Germany and deported. Jafar Mirzayev was convicted of acquiring and storing large quantities of drugs for the purpose of trafficking, charges he and his party insist are fabricated and politically motivated. The Prosecutor’s Office had recommended sentencing the activist to 7.5 years in prison. Mirzayev has claimed he was being punished for sharing po