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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...
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. ...
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...
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...
ECHR orders Baku to disclose data on torture of Armenian political prisoners
BAKU (Realist English). The Baku regime continues to cynically flout international law, illegally holding dozens of Armenian political prisoners. Despite the...
Parliamentary elections in Armenia: repression, insults to the opposition and a new constitution ‘for Baku’
YEREVAN (Realist English). The past week in Armenia has been marked by a sharp increase in both the foreign policy activity...
Murder in Mulhouse, attacks in Nantes and Washington: how Aliyev fights critics in Europe and the US
BAKU (Realist English). Azerbaijani opposition forces are increasingly voicing sharp criticism of the regime of Ilham Aliyev, accusing him of persecuting dissidents...
Russian Foreign Ministry demands Mexico return abducted Russian girl: ambassador summoned to the carpet
MOSCOW (Realist English). On April 16, the Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the Ambassador of Mexico to Moscow, Eduardo Villegas Mejías. He...
Whoever Gathers Data Faster Will Win? Ukrainian Armed Forces Unite AI, Weapons and Data into a “Single Living Organism”
KYIV (Realist English). The head of the artificial intelligence center at Ukraine's Defense Ministry, Danylo Tsvok, has declared the arrival of...
Taiwan Conducts First HIMARS Live-Fire Exercise Toward China
TAICHUNG (Realist English). Taiwan's armed forces have conducted their first live-fire exercise using US-supplied HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems in...
Bulgaria stops supplying weapons to Ukraine
SOFIA (Realist English). Bulgaria’s new government, led by Prime Minister Rumen Radev, has decided to stop supplying weapons to Ukraine. Defense...
10,000 Christians Refuse to Leave Southern Lebanon Despite Siege and Bombardment
BEIRUT (Realist English). While global media attention is focused on negotiations between the US and Iran, a quiet humanitarian and existential...
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