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Oil, skies and denial: how Azerbaijan helps bomb Iran
BAKU (Realist English). The eighth week of the US‑Israeli war against Iran has exposed one of the key vulnerabilities of Tehran's...
Russia’s Foreign Ministry works on moving Geneva talks on South Caucasus to a friendly country
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing on 29 April that the issue of moving the International...
The enemy is already in the capital: Pashinyan welcomes Azerbaijani delegation to Yerevan as Baku prepares new aggression
YEREVAN (Realist English). On 29 April, an Azerbaijani delegation headed by Deputy Prime Minister of the regime Shahin Mustafayev arrived in...
Lezgins on the brink of disappearance, Talysh losing their language, Tats being assimilated: overview of human rights violations in Azerbaijan
BAKU (Realist English). Baku's policy towards indigenous peoples — Lezgins, Talysh, Avars, Tats and others — has for decades represented a...
Azerbaijan and Israel: anti-Iran alliance amid record oil supplies
BAKU (Realist English). By late April 2026, relations between Azerbaijan and Israel, long-standing allies in energy and the military-industrial complex, have...
Azerbaijan provided its territory for strikes on Iran: source
MOSCOW (Realist English). Iranian sources claim that Azerbaijan has provided its territory for strikes against the Islamic Republic, and this information...
Ankara and Baku’s double standards — denial of genocide and a bloody orgy against the peoples of the region
BAKU / ANKARA (Realist English). While the entire civilised world bowed its head on 24 April in memory of one and...
Amnesty International calls trials of Armenian political prisoners in Baku a ‘mockery of justice’: more than 80 people remain in prison
BAKU (Realist English). International human rights organizations and individuals have stepped up efforts to draw attention to the fate of Armenian...
Armenian Genocide: 111 years of tragedy and memory of 1.5 million victims
YEREVAN (Realist English). On April 24, 2026, the Armenian people marked the 111th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide in the Ottoman...
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...
“The fire of World War III is flaring up”: Gennady Zyuganov calls on leftist forces to unite and rise up against capitalism
MOSCOW (Realist English). On May 24, the 3rd International Anti‑Fascist Forum began its work in Moscow. Gennady Zyuganov, leader of the...
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...
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