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Urartu was an Armenian state, predating Turkic history by over a millennium, Russian professor says
YEREVAN (Realist English). Urartu, the most ancient state on the territory of the former USSR, was an Armenian civilization and...
Read moreBank deposits in Georgia hit ₾60.7bn in June, driven by demand accounts
TBILISI (Realist English). Total deposits in Georgia’s banking system reached ₾60.7 billion at the end of June 2025, marking a...
Read moreAliyev distances himself from Putin after Assad’s fall
BAKU (Realist English). Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev began distancing himself from Russian President Vladimir Putin following the fall of Syrian...
Read moreTehran remains silent as Baku enables Israeli strikes
TEHRAN (Realist English). In the aftermath of Israel’s recent assault on Iran, Kaveh Lotfollah Afrasiabi, an Iranian-American political scientist, has...
Read moreBaku fascist leader Aliyev rules out foreign control over so-called “corridor” through Armenia’s Syunik
BAKU (Realist English). The head of the Baku regime, Ilham Aliyev, has publicly ruled out any form of foreign control...
Read morePashinyan hints at CSTO exit, proclaims Armenia’s EU ambitions
YEREVAN (Realist English). The head of the Yerevan regime, Nikol Pashinyan, has stated that Armenia is more likely to leave...
Read more“Let the Turks run a corridor through Texas, not Syunik”: Sarkis Tsaturyan slams U.S. envoy’s proposal
YEREVAN (Realist English). The founder of the Armenian national movement Ashkharazhokhov, Sarkis Tsaturyan, has strongly rejected a U.S. proposal to...
Read moreWorld Council of Churches voices support for Armenian Apostolic Church
GENEVA (Realist English). The World Council of Churches (WCC) has expressed deep concern over the recent arrests of Armenian clergy...
Read moreSarkis Tsaturyan: Samvel Karapetyan and Ruben Vardanyan are victims of political extortion
YEREVAN (Realist English). Armenian businessmen Samvel Karapetyan and Ruben Vardanyan have become hostages of political extortion orchestrated by both the...
Read moreCriminal case against former Armenian president Serzh Sargsyan sent to anti-corruption court
YEREVAN (Realist English). Armenia’s Anti-Corruption Committee has referred a criminal case to court against Serzh Sargsyan, who served as the...
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Iran warns US-backed Zangezur corridor deal between Baku and Yerevan could destabilize South Caucasus
TEHRAN (Realist English). The political deputy of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Yadollah Javani, sharply criticized the recent US-brokered agreement...
Iran vows to block so-called Zangezur corridor, calls US project a threat to South Caucasus stability
TEHRAN (Realist English). Ali Akbar Velayati, senior advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, said...
Peace with Baku–Turkish occupiers is an illusion
YEREVAN (Realist English). No piece of paper and no external guarantees will ensure peace between Armenia and the Baku–Turkish occupiers,...
Trump narrows Fed chair shortlist to Hassett and Warsh
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Donald Trump has confirmed that Kevin Hassett and Kevin Warsh are the leading candidates to succeed Federal...
Peace with Baku–Turkish occupiers is an illusion
YEREVAN (Realist English). No piece of paper and no external guarantees will ensure peace between Armenia and the Baku–Turkish occupiers,...
“Russia is with you”: Moscow sends humanitarian aid to refugees from Artsakh
STEPANAKERT (Realist English). As part of the “Russia is with you” initiative, a decision has been made to deliver humanitarian...
More than protection: Inside the hidden power of Russia’s FSO
MOSCOW (Realist English). The Federal Protective Service of Russia (FSO) is surrounded by even more legends than the Federal Security...
Roman Starovoit and the collapse of a technocratic glossy dream
MOSCOW (Realist English). I can’t stop thinking about the story of Roman Starovoit. If you think about it, the former...
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