Author: Ekaterine Vachnadze

Armenian minority living in Azerbaijan’s Garabagh freely crossed the Lachin State Border checkpoint, Azernews reports. Accompanied by the staff of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), free passage of persons of Armenian origin through the Lachin border checkpoint in the direction of Khankendi-Gorus was once again ensured. On the direction of Khankendi-Gorus seven ICRC vehicles passed through the checkpoint today. A total of 15 people were inside these vehicles, including ICRC members, drivers, escorts, a medical worker and patients. The number of patients was reported to be 8. After checking their documents, they were allowed to move freely through the…

Scott G. Hall’s quest to find evidence of voter fraud shows how off-book activity fueled campaign to subvert 2020 election. More than two weeks after the 2020 election, and a day after a statewide audit affirmed Joe Biden’s win in Georgia, a surprisingfigurestepped forward to scrutinize the results. Scott G. Hall, a bail bondsman from the Augusta area, “has been looking into the election on behalf of the President,” Georgia’s Republican Party chairman told party officials in a Nov. 20 email reviewed by The Washington Post. Hall was doing so, added the state chairman, “at the request of David Bossie,” the Republican operative,…

Russian defence ministry says four boats carrying up to 50 Ukrainian special forces members were hit in aircraft attack. Russia said it destroyed four military boats carrying up to 50 members of the Ukrainian special forces who were operating in the Black Sea. An aircraft “destroyed four high-speed military boats” around midnight Moscow time [21:00 GMT], the Russian defence ministry wrote on the Telegram messaging app on Wednesday morning. The boats were carrying “landing groups of Ukrainian special operations forces with a total number of up to 50 people,” the ministry said, without providing details as to where in the…

Azerbaijani border troops detained three residents of Nagorno-Karabakh at the Lachin checkpoint on Monday afternoon, prompting a protest in the region’s capital of Stepanakert. Azerbaijan announced that the young men would be detained for 10 days, allegedly for insulting the Azerbaijani flag two years ago. The three football players, two of whom were born in 2001, the third in 2003, were charged with inciting national hatred and violating the Azerbaijani flag. Azerbaijan’s Prosecutor’s Office stated on Monday evening that a criminal case against the men had been dropped in light of ‘the age of the accused individuals, their sincere remorse, and compliance…

Former multi-organization world champion Anthony Joshua defeated Finn Robert Helenius at London’s O2 Arena. The 33-year-old Briton won the battle ahead of schedule. The referee stopped the fight in the seventh round when the Finnish boxer was on the floor after a strong blow from his opponent. In the opening rounds, Joshua and Helenius were put on guard. But gradually the British boxer seized the initiative and began to put pressure on the Finn. Helenius tried to counterattack, but missed a blow to the chin, ended up on the convoy and could not recover. The 39-year-old Finnish boxer had his second fight within…

Recent events in the South Caucasus have highlighted an overlooked development in the global weapons market: the rise of India as an arms exporter. Armenia has purchased Indian armaments amid ongoing tensions with Azerbaijan, a close ally of Pakistan and Turkey, procuring a variety of munitions, including anti-tank missiles, Pinaka Multiple-Launch Rocket Systems (MLRS) and long-range artillery. Baku became particularly concerned after Azerbaijani media outlets streamed a video allegedly showing the transfer of Pinaka MLRS complexes to Armenia via Iran. On July 26, Azerbaijani Presidential Foreign Policy Advisor Hikmat Hajiyev met Indian Ambassador Sridharan Madhusudhanan, informing him that the Azerbaijani government was…

Armenian premier’s allegations on situation in Karabakh ‘groundless,’ says Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry. Azerbaijan on Tuesday said that Armenian officials have continued their policy of “aggression.” He was responding to statements made by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan during an interview with French Le Monde newspaper. “Identification by the Prime Minister of Armenia of a puppet regime established by Armenia through the gravest war crimes and crimes against humanity, including ethnic cleansing and genocide against the Azerbaijani population of the region, as ‘democratically elected authorities,’ is a vivid example of a continuing policy of aggression and actions by Armenian officials,” a…

Helsinki Commission was established to watch and promote compliance with the Helsinki Final Act and different commitments in OSCE nations, Trend studies. However, the committee didn’t undertake a single assertion condemning Armenia, even supposing 8 out of 10 primary ideas of the Final. Act signed on August 1, 1975, in Helsinki by the members of the Pan-European assembly have been grossly violated by this nation. The Helsinki Commission, which has been supporting Armenia for a few years, particularly throughout the ongoing 30-year occupation of Armenia by Azerbaijan, appears to have lastly determined to rethink its views on Armenia. Armenia is…

The Georgia Hi-Lo Trail will be a miles long path, mainly created for biking, that will connect Northeast Georgia to the waters of the Atlantic. According to their website, the trail will be a 250-mile paved, road-separated path through small Georgia towns and counties including Hancock, Washington, Johnson, and Emanuel counties – meaning that close to half of the trail would run through the NewsChannel 6 viewing area. Each county is holding meetings to inform residents of what to expect. The Georgia Hi-Lo Trail website also mentions several fundraisers to help pay for the path. Find out how you can participate by clicking here. This Saturday, Saturday, July 29th, there will…

Ukraine can join NATO even before the war unleashed by Russia against it is formally over. Jim Townsend, former assistant to the head of the Pentagon for relations with NATO, expressed this opinion to the PAP agency . Townsend, who is now a senior expert on the transatlantic security program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) in Washington, believes that a formal end to the war is not a hard condition for Ukraine’s entry into NATO, and at the same time, a truly serious guarantee of future security for Ukraine can only be full membership in the North Atlantic Alliance.…