Author: Ilia Mikeladze

President Ilham Aliyev visited Tajikistan, during which the head of state took part at the 5th Consultative Meeting of the Heads of State of Central Asia as the guest of honour. In the context of this visit, it is necessary to analyze several key points that will highlight the importance of the participation of President Ilham Aliyev. Let’s start with the fact that President Ilham Aliyev became the first head of state in history from outside the region to receive an invitation to a summit of regional countries. The very fact of such an invitation from the countries of Central…

Most dismissed retired IDF general Yitzhak Brick’s warning earlier this year of a Hamas invasion. Now Netanyahu wants his advice on how to win. Yitzhak Brick might be the only Israeli military official to see what was coming. And he’s been warning of it for some time. He also does not see a ground invasion of Gaza as the only option. And Israel must prepare for a multi-front war given the situation in the north. Brick cautioned, among other things, of problems with the competence of ground forces and made it clear that the ground invasion does not have to be…

Moscow (28/2). Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said that non-governmental organizations in Central Asia have stepped up their anti-Russian activities amid the ongoing invasion of Ukraine by the Russian army. Shoigu said this at the board of the Russian Ministry of Defense on February 27. According to him, there are more than 100 “large pro-Western non-governmental organisations” operating in Central Asia, which have more than 16,000 representative offices and branches. “Against the backdrop of the special military operation, these NGOs have significantly increased their anti-Russian activities in order to reduce military-technical, economic and cultural cooperation between the Central Asian states and Russia.…

The government of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Federation decided to increase the minimum net wage in the entity to 619 marka ($345.7/316.5 euro) from 596 marka, local media reported. The Federation’s government made this decision at an emergency session held on December 29, unbeknownst to the public, news provider Capital reported on Thursday. The entity’s minister of development, entrepreneurship and crafts, Vojin Mijatovic, said in October the Federation’s government plans to increase the minimum net wage to 1,000 marka as of the beginning of 2024. At the beginning of 2023, the Federation increased the bottom net wage by 9.85% to 596…

Ukrainian officials said the country came under attack from Russian drones and missiles overnight, with a number of people, including a baby, hurt in strikes on the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine. Ukraine’s Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said 10 people were hurt in overnight Russian missile attacks on three areas of Donetsk, occupied in large part by Russian forces. An injured baby was rescued from the rubble of one building. In other news, Russia’s presence at a European security meeting taking place Thursday is causing a stir. Member countries are reportedly divided over the fact that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei…

A frigate of the Russian Black Sea Fleet launched an attack with four cruise missiles on Ukraine’s military infrastructure, Russia’s defence ministry said early on Wednesday. “The crew of a frigate of the Black Sea Fleet received a task of launching a strike with Kalibr cruise missiles in the shortest possible time against enemy military infrastructure,” the ministry said on its Telegram messaging app. The ministry said that “the designated targets” were hit. Reuters could not independently verify the claim. There was no immediate comment early on Wednesday from Ukraine about infrastructure being hit overnight. Reuters could not immediately establish…

Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan have engaged in discussions regarding the joint development of the ‘Dostlug’ hydrocarbon field. Azerbaijan’s Minister of Economy, Mikayil Jabbarov and SOCAR President Rovshan Najaf have met with Deputy Chairman of Turkmenistan’s’ Cabinet of Ministers Batyr Amanov, and his colleagues. The discussions focused on key aspects of bilateral energy cooperation, encompassing ongoing collaboration in energy exchange and joint exploration of hydrocarbon resources at the ‘Dostlug’ field. Additionally, they explored SOCAR’s potential involvement in the development of other fields in Turkmenistan. A memorandum of understanding between Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan for the joint exploration and development of hydrocarbon resources at…

Russia on Saturday launched a missile attack on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and the surrounding region for the first time in more than seven weeks and pounded the east and south of the country with drones, Ukrainian officials said. Ukrainian border guards said they had retaken a village in the country’s northeast adjacent to the Russian border. Officials in the east, the focus of Russia’s slow 20-month-old advance, said Ukrainian forces had repelled numerous attacks by Moscow’s troops and they anticipated further assaults, particularly around the devastated town of Avdiivka. Serhiy Popko, head of the Kyiv city military administration, said a…

Voters eligible to cast ballots are already being swept up in a grassroots effort to purge the nation’s registration rolls ahead of the 2024 presidential election, a CBS News investigation has found.  Fueled by doubts about the 2020 election, an army of conservative activists is poring over state voter lists, looking for registration errors that can be used to file what are known as voter challenges — questioning the registrations of thousands of Americans. The undertaking, which includes the involvement of a lawyer tied to former President Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election, tends to affect minority or younger…

With tons of news surrounding Georgia’s defensive backs coach, a Bulldogs 2024 DB commit lets Dawg Nation know he is here to stay. Once the regular season for college football ends, there is an annual search for head coaching candidates who are linked to other positions. One of these positions has hit the Georgia Bulldogs coaching staff, with defensive backs coach Fran Brown being linked and likely to be named the next head coach of the Syracuse Orange football team.  Brown is the nation’s top recruiter, according to 247Sports, and has helped bring major pieces to this team. One 2024 Georgia commit…