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Armenian-Azerbaijani border. Photo: Armenian Public Radio.

Armenia–Azerbaijan Conflict

Yerevan denies agreeing to Russian control of Nakhchivan transport link

by Ani Avetisyan

•2 min read

Yerevan has denied claims by Baku that the two countries have agreed to allow Russian troops to control transport links connecting western Azerbaijan to the exclave of Nakhchivan through Armenian territory. On Saturday, Azerbaijan’s Deputy Prime Minister Shahin Mustafayev stated that Russian border troops would man a proposed corridor and ‘ensure the unhindered movement of citizens, vehicles, and cargo’. Yerevan quickly dismissed Mustafayev’s comments, with Deputy Prime Minister Mher Grigory

Armenia

Pashinyan and Aliyev make ‘clear progress’ in Brussels talks

by Ismi Aghayev

•2 min read

Armenia’s Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev met in Brussels on Sunday where they discussed border delimitation, reopening transport and economic links, and the release of two Azerbaijani soldiers captured in Armenia. The meeting was mediated by EU Council President Charles Michel, who held one-on-one meetings with both leaders prior to their discussion. Michel stated after the event that the conversation was ‘frank, open, and result-oriented’. The me

Armenia

Second Azerbaijani soldier captured in Armenia

by Ismi Aghayev

•4 min read

The second of two Azerbaijani soldiers who entered Armenia last week after allegedly getting lost has been captured. A video shared on social media shows the soldier stating that he ‘shed Armenian blood’, while another shows him being beaten by Armenians after capture. Azerbaijan’s Foreign Ministry announced that two Azerbaijani soldiers, Agshin Babirov (born in 2004) and Huseyn Akhundov (born in 2003) got lost due to poor visibility and poor weather from the border area between Nakhchivan an

Ashotovan. Photo: Emma YSU/Wikimedia Commons.

Armenia

‘Lost’ Azerbaijani soldier detained in Armenia

by Ani Avetisyan

•2 min read

Armenia has detained an Azerbaijani soldier 14 kilometres within the country’s borders, with Azerbaijan later announcing that two soldiers had got lost on the Nakhchivan border. On Monday, Armenia said they had detained one Azerbaijani soldier in the early hours of the morning. Azerbaijan’s Defence Ministry told local media soon after that two soldiers had lost their way due to low visibility the previous Friday. Residents of the village of Ashotavan, 14 kilometres from the Azerbaijani bord

Tofig Hasanov, Nakhchivan's Chief of the Penitentiary Service. Image via apa.az.

Azerbaijan

Nakhchivan Penitentiary Service chief detained on embezzlement charges

by Ismi Aghayev

•1 min read

The Chief of Nakhchivan’s Penitentiary Service is the latest senior figure in the autonomous republic to be detained on charges of embezzlement and bribery. A Baku court remanded Tofig Hasanov to four months of pre-trial detention on 27 January. Hasanov could face up to 12 years in prison if proven guilty. No details were released on the amount of funds he had allegedly embezzled or accepted in bribes. Hasanov’s arrest is the latest in an apparent crackdown by Azerbaijani authorities in Na

Azerbaijan

Head of Nakhchivan resigns after 27 years in power

by Ismi Aghayev

•2 min read

Vasif Talibov, chair of the Supreme Assembly of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic, has resigned after 27 years as head of the republic. Talibov was known for his authoritarian rule, with torture, censorship, and other human rights abuses common in the republic, and some dissidents alleged to have been forced into psychiatric hospitals. On Wednesday, Talibov submitted a request to Nakhchivan’s parliament through its deputy chair, Azer Zeynalov, asking that he be permitted to resign from hi

Nakhchivan State Customs Committee building. Photo: Azertag

Azerbaijan

Podcast | HIV in Georgia and Nakhchivan’s diminishing autonomy

by OC Media

•1 min read

Dustin Gilbreath, a non-resident senior fellow at CRRC Georgia, talks about the prevalence of HIV in Georgia and the stigma surrounding it, and a CRRC Georgia study that suggested that incentivising people to test for HIV and making tests more accessible can encourage more young people to self-test. Read more: * Datablog | Nudging Georgians to self-test for HIV Bahruz Samadov, a researcher at Charles University in Prague, discusses the future of the Nakhchivan exclave