Amid the largest security vacuum, emerged in the whole post-communist area after the collapse of the Soviet Union, most of the former Soviet republics, in their initial quest for new security systems, were obliged to adopt various Russia–led formats, first and foremost CIS military-political bloc.
Artsakh’s Defense Army reports that from Nov.1 to 7, Azerbaijan violated the Line of Contact ceasefire 700 times; firing more than 10,000 rounds of small caliber arms in addition to 60 and 82 millimeter grenade launchers.
Top management at Rustavi 2, the most popular television station in Georgia, has been ordered by a judge to step down to make way for new interim bosses, but the old bosses say they’re not going anywhere.
The number of fatalities due to the November 3 bus crash in Russia has risen to nine with the death of an injured passenger being treated at a hospital in Uzlovya died earlier today.