Armenia invited Russia to sign a bilateral agreement that would allow Yerevan to bypass rules relating to the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) arrest warrant for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin, according to local media reports on Nov. 2.Armenia re…
Ukraine has already documented 2,500 war crimes committed by Russia against the environment since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Economy Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko said during an event on Oct. 21.Each day of war causes an estimated 12…
Russia has committed a total of 2,500 environmental crimes in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
Source: Ukrinform news agency, citing Yuliia Svyrydenko, First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine and Minister of Econo…
A speech by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in the European Parliament on Oct. 17 is a sign he is leading Armenia down a dangerous path, an unnamed Russian official told Russian-state media news agency Tass on Oct. 18.“We regard the spee…
Vladimir Putin will hold talks in two formats with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on 18 October, during his visit to China.
Source: RIA Novosti, a Kremlin-aligned Russian news outlet, with reference to Russian presidential aide Yuriy Ushakov
Details: Ushako…
Russian Metropolitan Tikhon (Shevkunov), appointed head of the Crimean Metropolis of the Russian Orthodox Church, has compared occupied Crimea with Kolyma [during the mass repressions of 1932-1954, correctional labour camps with particularly difficult …
Experts from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) are observing the Russian forces’ offensive operations in Avdiivka and the defence of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Source: the ISW
Details: Military analysts note that on 12 and 13 October, Ukrainia…
Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan ratified the International Criminal Court’s Rome Statute, Armenia’s Presidential Office announced on Oct. 13.On Oct.3, the Armenian parliament voted to ratify the Rome Statute. Now that Khachaturyan has sig…
Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Oct. 12 and met with Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov ahead of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) summit.Ostensibly one of the more democratic countries in Central Asia,…
On 5 October, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan for the first time.
Source: Zelenskyy on Telegram
Quote: “We discussed the security situation in the South Caucasus during our first meeting with Nikol Pashiny…