The new rules also apply to photo video and audio content created using AI, which must also be labeled before publication in the media.

The report was prepared under the OSCE’s Moscow Mechanism.

The man, who came from Anapa, had hung the head on the fence of a mosque in an Adygean village in 2025.

Georgian Dream’s latest legislative amendments have deepened fears over the ruling party tightening its grip on power.

The tensions between the republic of Azerbaijan and Iranian Azerbaijan are re-emerging in public discourse.

Chechen Head called the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader a ‘tragedy’ and proposed holding a meeting of Persian Gulf countries in Chechnya.

Darejan Tskhvitaria’s tent was removed after a fire broke out, which she believes was set intentionally.

Azerbaijan’s economy is highly dependent on oil and natural gas, with increases in oil prices directly affecting Azerbaijan’s state budget revenues.

A prominent election observation group in Armenia, Independent Observer, warned of the plans on Wednesday.

RIA Derbent has claimed that fake posts about Israelis being relocated to Daghestan were being published under its name.

Amendments to the Constitution of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic were prepared in June last year.

The charges were brought in absentia.

Criminal prosecutions related to sexual extortion cases have nearly doubled since 2020, though the real number of cases is almost certainly higher.

The court ruling does not specify the phrases that led to the Makhachkala resident being found guilty

The suggestion came a week after nine of Georgia’s most prominent opposition parties formed an alliance aimed at ending Georgian Dream’s rule.

Mojtaba Khamenei succeeded his father, Ali Khamenei, after his assassination.

Most of the inmates implicated in the Iranian terrorist plot against the BTC pipeline have a history of drug-related arrests.

According to the drivers, around 1,500 Russian tracks were stranded at the border.

Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan had earlier argued that it would be unfair to expect the government to cover the cost of newly purchased tickets.

Armenia * Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan has spoken with his Turkish counterpart Hakan Fidan about the Iran conflict. According to the Armenian readout, they ‘discussed the ongoing developments in the Middle East, expressing concern over the continuous escalation of the situation’. On the same day, Defence Minister Suren Papikyan spoke with his Georgian counterpart Irakli Chikovani. * A man has been arrested in Armenia after throwing a Molotov cocktail at the National Security Serv

The government reversed its previous decision to ban the import of pre-2020 cars.

The aid was set to be delivered by an organisation previously linked to interference in Moldova’s 2024 EU referendum.

The remarks came during his visit to Yerevan.

During the meeting Metin Tokel stated that Turkey always stands by Azerbaijan's side.

Raising the Georgia–EU issue led to speculation that the Georgian authorities had requested Nikol Pashinyan raise the matter.

The two leaders released a 15-point joint statement that highlighted Azerbaijan–EU cooperation.

The resignation came after Edita Gzoyan gave a book on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict to US Vice President JD Vance.

Regional * In his speech at the EU Parliament, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said ‘the biggest problem’ on the path of Armenia’s EU integration was ‘the frozen state of the political dialogue between the EU and Georgia’. He also offered a road connection between Azerbaijan and its exclave Nakhchivan via Armenia ahead of the opening of the Trump Route. Armenia * While in Strasbourg, Pashinyan met the EU Parliament President Roberta Metsola. They discussed issues on bilateral cooperation, a

The head of Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has said the agency has ‘almost completely eliminated the insurgent underground’ in the region.

Cem Özdemir has gained attention for raising awareness of Circassian history.

Edita Gzoyan told JD Vance about massacres of Armenians by Azerbaijanis and gave him a book on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.

Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan met French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Tuesday. They discussed ‘a wide range of’ bilateral issues, also ‘exchanged views on regional developments’. * Pashinyan also met with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi in Paris. They ‘exchanged views on ongoing programs in Armenia’s energy sector, small modular reactor technologies, and prospects for the development of nuclear energy’. * Also in Paris, Foreign Min

Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze’s statement came after a far-right figure’s complaint.

Earlier reports had indicated the EU’s plans to impose sanctions on the refinery.

Armenia is set to hold its parliamentary elections on 7 June.

Armenia * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has left for France, where he will participate in the Nuclear Energy Summit in Paris on Tuesday, and on Wednesday, will deliver a speech at the European Parliament. * On Monday, Pashinyan congratulated Iran’s newly elected Supreme Leader Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei. * Armenia conveyed another Security Council meeting since the beginning of the Iran war on 28 February, and discussed ‘the situation in the region’. Azerbaijan * Approximately 30 tonnes of

Russian grants appears to be little more than PR exercises, while pressure continues to mount against Abkhazia’s opposition figures.

There has been increasing speculation in recent days that Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is at odds with more hardline figures in government.

The Chechen movement NIYSO claimed the abducted individuals were being tortured in an attempt to force them to go to war in Ukraine.

The accusations came just days after Iranian drones struck the Azerbaijani exclave of Nakhchivan, injuring at least four people.

The searches took place two weeks after his brother Kirill Glazov lost his PM seat over alleged anti-corruption violations.

This debut work is an exploration of girlhood, leaning into an internal, almost private narrative that speaks to a collective female experience.

Armenia * Armenia has refused Russian humanitarian aid intended for displaced Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians, according to Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova. According to Armenian fact-checkers, the Eurasia company involved in delivering the aid had previously been linked to interference in the 2025 Moldovan elections, including the transfer of electoral bribes, some reportedly in cryptocurrencies. * Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan received EU Commissioner for Internal Affairs

They are members of the Ingush religious brotherhood of Batalhadzhintsy.

The jail had previously required all meetings to be held through a glass partition.

Reports indicated the attack appeared to be carried out by explosive-laden Iranian boats.

He had made the remark moments before saying ‘there is nothing better than peace’.

As parliamentary elections grow nearer, tensions between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and the Armenian Apostolic Church continue to build.

The figure marks a 7.6% increase compared to the same period in 2024.

The visiting delegates said their requests had been denied by a number of Georgian politicians, including Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze.

For North Caucasians, the conflict is yet another example of world-shaping powers operating without regard to those affected.

The centre’s establishment at Kutaisi University raises questions about oversight at an institution marketed as a German-backed project.

The aid comes after Azerbaijan said Iran had attacked its exclave of Nakhchivan with drones.

Iranian Ambassador to Armenia Khalil Shirgholami also claimed, without citing evidence, that Israeli intelligence is operating from Azerbaijan.

Mukharab Shebzukhov had said ‘Putin sends you like pigs to the slaughter’ — among other comments on social media.

The payment system is often considered an alternative to SWIFT.

The investigation followed aggressive condemnation from the ruling party and its allies of those who raised the claims

Malika Musaeva’s film is an uncompromisingly depressing look into how little agency young women in the North Caucasus have in their own lives.

Prosecutors say Vladimir Kaishev ordered the murder of his business partner to gain control of a mineral water plant.

Five of those sentenced are part of the Safarov family — two other Safarov brothers were killed by Russian police in custody in 2025.