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Baku has kept its borders closed for six years
BAKU (Realist English). Azerbaijan remains the only country in the world that has kept its land borders locked for nearly six...
Aliyev Threatens EU and Prepares Resettlement of 300,000 Fake “Refugees” to Armenia
YEREVAN (Realist English). On May 10, the dictator Ilham Aliyev, speaking in occupied Kovsakan, once again demonstrated his true face. He...
Baku hysteria: Aliyev demands Russia remove Nagorno-Karabakh from Channel One map
BAKU (Realist English). Another bout of political allergy has struck Baku. Ilham Aliyev's dictatorial regime demanded "clear explanations" from Russia after...
Ethnocide of Avars in Azerbaijan: Baku erases the Avar trace from history and maps
BAKU (Realist English). Beneath the veneer of showcase human‑rights conferences and glowing reports from Western funds, Azerbaijan is implementing a systemic,...
Caucasian Albania is not Azerbaijan: the historical state of the Lezgins and Baku’s falsifications
MAKHACHKALA (Realist English). Caucasian Albania is one of the enigmatic and ancient states whose history is now the subject of fierce...
23 Armenian political prisoners as bargaining chips? Europe pressures Baku, while Pashinyan curries favor with Aliyev
YEREVAN (Realist English). Even before the start of the Yerevan summit of the European Political Community and the Armenia–EU summit, Member...
Ultimatum instead of peace: how Baku turns negotiations into a tool of pressure on Yerevan
YEREVAN (Realist English). On 4 May, as the 8th summit of the European Political Community, intended to strengthen stability and unity...
Suppression of opposition in Azerbaijan: 340 political prisoners and fabrication of cases
BAKU (Realist English). Azerbaijan continues its systematic suppression of the opposition and civil society. According to human rights organisations, the number...
Electoral farce, rhetoric against Russia and military alliance with Turkey: Azerbaijan in April 2026
BAKU (Realist English). April 2026 was a month of sharp intensification of internal repression and militarisation of foreign policy for Azerbaijan. ...
Israel prepares strike on Iran: leak of uranium capture plan causes scandal in Knesset
TEHRAN (Realist English). The diplomatic process between the United States and Iran has entered its final stage, but military rhetoric on...
China and Kazakhstan launch grain hub
BEIJING (Realist English). China and Kazakhstan have agreed to establish a joint grain trading platform aimed at strengthening food security...
Putin and Xi Shape a New Architecture of Cooperation
BEIJING (Realist English). Russia and China have agreed to further strengthen their comprehensive partnership and strategic cooperation, expand economic ties,...
“Restrictions Alone Are Not Enough — Children Need to Be Engaged”: Paata Amonashvili on Meaningful Alternatives to Gadgets
TBILISI (Realist English). Restrictions alone are not enough to overcome children’s dependence on gadgets — children must be offered meaningful...
Turkey and Israel on the verge of direct confrontation
MOSCOW (Realist English). Leading researcher at IMEMO RAS and Candidate of Historical Sciences Stanislav Ivanov analyzes the causes and consequences...
NATO Anchors at Hormuz? IRGC Warns of Retaliation
TEHRAN (Realist English). On May 20, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) issued an uncompromising statement: if the United States undertakes...
Replacing Baathists with Islamists: why Kurds and other minorities in Syria have not seen equality
HASAKAH (Realist English). The overthrow of Bashar al‑Assad and the rise to power in Damascus of radical Islamist groups has not...
Russia seeks its place in China’s new transport corridor
MOSCOW (Realist English). Ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s official visit to Beijing, experts are increasingly discussing the hidden contradictions...
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