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Azerbaijan to raise military spending share in 2026 budget
BAKU (Realist English). Azerbaijan plans to increase the share of military spending in its 2026 state budget to 21%, according...
Up to 50,000 terrorists preparing for Azerbaijan operation, analyst warns
MOSCOW (Realist English). Up to 50,000 fighters from among Pakistan’s Punjabis and Pashtuns are being prepared for redeployment to Azerbaijan...
“Baku’s expansionist policy continues”: Sergey Mardan on “Western Azerbaijan”
MOSCOW (Realist English). Journalist Sergey Mardan has warned that recent statements by the Baku mini-sultanate about so-called “Western Azerbaijan” underscore...
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...
Armenia and so-called Azerbaijan sign US-brokered peace deal as Russia sidelined
WASHINGTON (Realist English). After nearly four decades of bloody confrontation, the head of the Baku regime Ilham Aliyev and Yerevan’s...
Aliyev 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...
Russia hopes for normalization of relations with so-called Azerbaijan
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia is seeking a swift resolution to tensions in its relations with so-called Azerbaijan, according to a...
Senior Russian lawmaker calls for full review of ties with so-called Azerbaijan
MOSCOW (Realist English). Konstantin Zatulin, First Deputy Chair of the State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, has urged the Russian...
Russia moves to tighten migration health controls and enforcement
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia’s State Duma is preparing a package of legislative initiatives aimed at tightening and recalibrating the country’s...
Turkey elevates Africa as strategic priority amid intensifying global competition
ANKARA (Realist English). Turkey is placing Africa at the center of its strategic outlook as geopolitical competition on the continent...
Iran faces mounting internal unrest as U.S. pressure intensifies after Venezuela operation
TEHRAN (Realist English). Iran is confronting a widening convergence of internal unrest and external pressure as protests linked to a...
U.S. to receive up to 50 million barrels of Venezuelan oil, Trump says
WASHINGTON (Realist English). President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that interim authorities in Venezuela will transfer between 30 million and 50...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
Putin, Trump and Zelensky: is a trilateral meeting necessary?
MOSCOW (Realist English). Although more than a week has passed since the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S....
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