South Caucasus

April 01, 2026 01:51

• Opposition figure Gadzhiev and journalist Kerimov were subjected to pressure in a Baku prison colony.

  Inmates at a correctional facility in Azerbaijan complained of being forced to line up in the prison yard in the pouring rain. Opposition activist Shahin Hajiyev and journalist Teymur Kerimov, who protested, were subjected to pressure.

March 31, 2026 23:59

• Protesters in Tbilisi marked the anniversary of Georgia's independence referendum.

  On the 489th day of protests in Tbilisi, activists organized a solidarity march to mark the anniversary of the referendum on restoring Georgia's independence.

March 31, 2026 23:47

• Rising energy tariffs in Georgia have been cited as a factor in Ivanishvili's enrichment.

  The increase in electricity tariffs for all Georgian consumers starting April 1 will hit the budgets of the country's residents and serve to increase the income of Bidzina Ivanishvili, the founder of the Georgian Dream party.

March 31, 2026 20:03

• A Russian migrant in Georgia reported an FSB recruitment attempt.

  FSB officers in Vladikavkaz coerced Russian citizen Roman Yevseyev, who moved to Georgia in 2022 but returned to Russia for one day in late 2025, into cooperation.

March 31, 2026 13:05

• 64 Azerbaijani families returned to Khojavend

  Today, 253 members of Azerbaijani families who fled the city during the Karabakh conflict returned to Khojavend.

March 31, 2026 12:08

• The number of people evacuated from Iran to Azerbaijan has exceeded 3,100.

  Since the outbreak of hostilities in Iran, more than 3,100 people have been evacuated to Azerbaijan, including 551 Azerbaijani citizens, 354 Russians, and 19 Georgian citizens.

March 31, 2026 08:32

• Beydemirli's wife asked Aliyev to place her husband under house arrest.

  Nazim Beydemirli's deteriorating condition prompted his wife to appeal to the President of Azerbaijan with a request to transfer the convicted man to house arrest.

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