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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 3h
The Russian company Yandex ‘completely suspended’ operations at a data centre on Sunday after a Ukrainian drone hit the site in Vladimir, Russia. oc-media.org/how-ukraines-yandex-st…
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 3h
Armenia’s payment to James Cameron raises eyebrows about financial priorities. oc-media.org/armenias-payment-to-ja…
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Armenia’s payment to James Cameron raises eyebrows about financial priorities
The critics argue that the municipality is spending too much money on entertainment.
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 4h
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has opened the Amulsar gold mine — a long-stalled project that has been in the pipeline since 2016 amidst continued environmental protests. 👉Full article here: oc-media.org/controversial-amulsar-…
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 5h
📚 OC Reviews | Of Old Hearts and Sword — Russian colonialism viewed from the Georgian perspective 🔺 Aka Morchiladze’s 2007 novel of chivalry and brotherhood is set in a divided Georgia just on the cusp of the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–1829. oc-media.org/review-of-ol...
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Review | Of Old Hearts and Sword — Russian colonialism viewed from the Georgian perspective
Aka Morchiladze’s 2007 novel of chivalry and brotherhood is set in a divided Georgia just on the cusp of the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–1829.
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 6h
Georgia’s Prosecutor General’s Office has ended its investigation into allegations of sexual assault against prisoner Giorgi Davitadze, saying the evidence showed no criminal act had been committed against him. 🔗 Read more: oc-media.org/georgia-ends...
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 7h
Chechnya’s mufti, Salah Mezhiev, has said that Chechens are obliged to pray for the republic’s Head, Ramzan Kadyrov. oc-media.org/chechnyas-mufti-says-c…
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Chechnya’s mufti says Chechens are obliged to pray for Kadyrov
Salah Mezhiev also described the inauguration of the republic’s Head as ‘a blessing from the Almighty’.
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 8h
Protests in Azerbaijani schools continue after hijab-wearing students were barred from attending classes at several schools.
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Join us for a screening of Holy Electricity on Thursday, 15 October, at 8:00 pm. The screening will take place at Terminal’s Abashidze in Tbilisi, followed by a Q&A with the film’s producer, Tekla Machavariani. 🔗 Register here: oc-media.org/pages/holy-e...
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
Explainer | What’s behind the Turkey–Azerbaijan spat? oc-media.org/explainer-wh...
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Explainer | What’s behind the Turkey–Azerbaijan spat?
A variety of tenuously connected issues have exposed a deeper divide over the unequal power dynamics between Ankara and Baku.
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
‘A material of possibilities’ — Circassian artist Milana Khalilova on wool, tradition, and freedom 👉Read the full article here: oc-media.org/a-material-of-possibil…
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Opinion | The Armenian government’s silence on the anniversary of the start of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War said more than any message of condolence could. 🔗 Read more: oc-media.org/opinion-when-rememberi…
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
A hijab-wearing teacher at Richard Sorge Secondary School No 90 in Baku has been dismissed, according to Medyan TV, whose footage shows crying students hugging the teacher.
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
This week, Caucasus Digest hosts Robin and Mariam sit down with editor Nate Ostiller to break down apparent tensions and disagreements between Azerbaijan and Turkey over a number of issues. 🎧 Listen to the full episode: oc-media.org/podcast-has-...
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Podcast | Has Azerbaijan outgrown its big brother Turkey?
OC Media dives into the dynamics between Azerbaijan and Turkey.
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Georgia plans to build an 18-kilometre long railway connecting Anaklia port. PM Irakli Kobakhidze said that the World Bank would support the estimated $200 million project. oc-media.org/georgia-plan...
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Georgia plans $200 million railway link to Anaklia port, Kobakhidze says
The construction tender is expected by October’s end.
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Transparency International Georgia has identified 93 words and phrases that Georgia’s Communications Commission has previously prohibited critical television channels Formula and TV Pirveli from using in news coverage. 🔗 Read more: oc-media.org/regime-oliga...
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
‘Asureti’s German heritage is our treasure’ — how a Georgian village is preserving its past 🟥 Asureti’s German settlers were deported by the Soviet regime in the 1940s, but their heritage continues to shape the village. oc-media.org/asuretis-ger...
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‘Asureti’s German heritage is our treasure’ — how a Georgian village is preserving its past
Asureti’s German settlers were deported by the Soviet regime in the 1940s, but their heritage continues to shape the village.
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Imprisoned journalist Polad Aslanov has launched a hunger strike over the changes to school uniform regulations which were adopted by Azerbaijan’s Cabinet of Ministers on 21 September, alongside new requirements governing teachers’ clothing. 🔗 Read more: oc-media.org/azerbaijan-s...
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
On 8 October the European Parliament called on the ruling Georgian Dream party’s effort to ban the bulk of Georgia’s opposition parties. 🔴 The resolution was quickly criticised by Georgian Dream officials. 🔗 Read more: oc-media.org/eu-parliamen...
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
The resolution was the latest EU effort, albeit without a specific action plan, to hold the Georgian and Azerbaijani governments accountable for democratic backsliding and persecution of critics. 🔗 Read more: oc-media.org/eu-parliamen...
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Pupils in Baku’s Balakhani district organised a protest after classmates who wear the hijab were reportedly denied entry to lessons.
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
‘Regime,’ ‘oligarch’, ‘Ivanishvilli’s President,’ among 93 phrases reportedly banned on Georgian TV oc-media.org/regime-oligarch-ivanis…
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Armenia’s National Security Service (NSS) has denied claims circulating online that three Azerbaijanis in civilian clothes were in Syunik’s Kuris village. oc-media.org/armenia-denies-claims-…
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Armenia denies claims another three Azerbaijanis crossed in Syunik
The claims came one week after an Azerbaijani soldier illegally crossed the border and shot a woman.
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
An investigation has been launched into the state-owned Georgian Post, a day after Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze suggested that intermediary companies used by the postal service had provided opportunities for corruption. 🔗 Read more: oc-media.org/investigatio...
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
⭕ OPINION by Arpi Bekaryan: When remembering becomes politically inconvenient oc-media.org/opinion-when-rememberi…
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Pashinyan has pushed back against a recent suggestion from former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev that Armenia’s growing ties with the EU could lead to the country being a ‘new Ukraine’ 👉 oc-media.org/pashinyan-criticises-r…
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Delegations from Azerbaijan and Armenia met in the Armenian city of Goris to discuss the construction of power transmission lines as part of the Trump Route project. 👉Read the full article here: oc-media.org/armenia-and-azerbaijan…
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
During a municipal government meeting on Wednesday, Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze announced the implementation of so-called yellow boxes at intersections. Under the yellow box system, drivers may only enter the box if they can clear it. 🔗 Read more: oc-media.org/tbilisi-mayo...
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
A 23-year-old participant in Georgia’s pro-European protests, Sergey Kancheli, has accused police officers of torture and sexual abuse. Kancheli said he left the country following the incident. 🔗 Read more: oc-media.org/georgian-pro...
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Israeli weapons company ARI Arms has started producing weapons in Azerbaijan, with President Ilham Aliyev attending the opening ceremony at the start of October, according to the company's press release. 🔗 Read more: oc-media.org/production-s...
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Prisoners at Rustavi Prison No 6 have alleged that they were beaten, threatened, and subjected to psychological pressure after protesting in solidarity with fellow inmate Giorgi Davitadze, who accused prison guards of raping and humiliating him.
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‘They beat us’: More inmates claim abuse from staff as Georgia’s prisoner protests continue
The inmates say they are demonstrating in solidarity with Giorgi Davitadze, who alleges prison guards raped him.
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
After EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos said she wished that ‘Georgia today were at the same level as Moldova and Ukraine’ in their path towards EU integration, Georgian PM Irakli Kobakhidze hit back. 🔗 Read more: oc-media.org/kobakhidze-t...
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Pashinyan suggests victim of Azerbaijani soldier shooting should have waited for police. oc-media.org/pashinyan-suggests-vic…
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Pashinyan suggests victim of Azerbaijani soldier shooting should have waited for police
Ani Avetisyan was shot after entering a house where her children were alone with an Azerbaijani soldier.
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan told parliament that Iran is ‘satisfied’ with the ‘entire’ Trump Route process. oc-media.org/iran-is-now-satisfied-…
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Iran is now ‘satisfied’ with Trump Route, Armenia Foreign Minister says
The claim is a switch from Monday when the Iranian Foreign Minister reiterated that Tehran was concerned.
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Marko Mikhelson, the head of the Estonian Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, has suggested Azerbaijan is not involved in the recent high-profile spy scandal in Germany. 🔗 Read more: oc-media.org/estonian-mp-...
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Georgian singer Misho Sulukhia has alleged that law enforcement officers assaulted him, took his phone, and pressured him to confess to a crime he says he had nothing to do with. 🔗 Read more: oc-media.org/georgian-sin...
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Azerbaijan-based consultant for the German Marshall Fund Mehriban Rahimli has been sentenced to seven years and six months in prison in the country’s ongoing ‘NGO case’. 🔗 Read more: oc-media.org/ex-employee-...
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
While the sector is in crisis as more and more organisations shut down, three years of restrictions have not yet erased Georgia’s civil society. 🔗 Read more: oc-media.org/three-years-...
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Join OC Media for a community film screening of Holy Electricity on 15 October at 20:00 (Tbilisi time), followed by a conversation with producer Tekla Machavariani. 📍Terminal Abashidze — 36, 34, Irakli Abashidze Street, Tbilisi 🔗 Register here: oc-media.org/pages/holy-e...
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Explainer | What’s behind the Turkey–Azerbaijan spat? 🔻 A variety of tenuously connected issues have exposed a deeper divide over the unequal power dynamics between Ankara and Baku.
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Explainer | What’s behind the Turkey–Azerbaijan spat?
A variety of tenuously connected issues have exposed a deeper divide over the unequal power dynamics between Ankara and Baku.
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Azerbaijan’s parliament is considering a bill that would reward corruption whistleblowers with 5% of the assets or funds recovered by the state and a payment of up to ₼10,000 ($6,000). 🔗 Read more: oc-media.org/azerbaijan-p...
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A study of 524 people who took part in the 2024 Tbilisi protests found that more than a third reported health symptoms lasting longer than a year after exposure to chemical irritants and water cannons. 🔗 Read more: oc-media.org/study-finds-...
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
🎭 OC Reviews | Maro — An abstract portrayal of Maro Makashvili’s last days 🔻 Tumanishvili Film Actors Theatre, together with the Hoi Theatre Company, has turned Maro Makashvili’s story into an abstract piece of performance art. oc-media.org/review-maro-...
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Review | Maro — An abstract portrayal of Maro Makashvili’s last days
This abstract piece of performance art may be confusing for foreigners less versed in Maro Makashvili’s story.
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Former Russian prisoner Kevin Lik, who is from Adygea, has said he was targeted in an attempted poisoning by Russian security services in Germany in May 2026. oc-media.org/former-prisoner-from-a…
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Former prisoner from Adygea says Russian security services tried to poison him in Germany
Kevin Lik was released in a high-profile prisoner swap in 2024.
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Armenia’s Internal Ministry has announced that from 1 November, the process of obtaining Armenian residence status will be digitalised and state fees for residence status will change. oc-media.org/armenia-is-making-it-h…
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
From Tbilisi to Yerevan, Baku to the North Caucasus, OC Media covers the protests, conflicts and stories others overlook. ➡️ Support us by becoming an OC Media member: 🔗 Become a member: oc-media.org/membership/
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Georgian prisoners allege they were punished for expressing solidarity with Giorgi Davitadze, an inmate who accused prison guards of raping him, alleging they were placed in ‘de-escalation cells. 🔗 Read more: oc-media.org/georgian-pri...
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Armenia and Turkey have discussed restoring and commissioning the Gyumri–Kars transmission line as Yerevan pushes to secure alternative energy sources and to normalise ties with Ankara. oc-media.org/armenia-and-turkey-dis…
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Armenia and Turkey discuss restoring Gyumri–Kars power line
The discussions took place as Yerevan pushes to secure alternative energy sources and to normalise ties with Ankara.
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Report shows 44 Azerbaijani soldiers have died in non-combat incidents so far in 2026 🔗 Read more: oc-media.org/44-azerbaija...
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Scuffle breaks out in Armenian Parliament after speaker turns off opposition MP’s mic. oc-media.org/scuffle-breaks-out-in-…
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OC Media @ocmedia.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Kadyrov starts fifth term as Chechen Head, promising to defend residents’ rights 👉Full article here: oc-media.org/kadyrov-starts-fifth-t…
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