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| March 2025 |
Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
Ongoing Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus region, with 5 casualties reported in the current year
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| 2025 |
Georgia
Georgia plans to host 11 million visitors with projected annual revenues of US$6.6 billion.
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| March 2025 | Chechnya blocked the Telegram app due to concerns it could be used by 'enemies'. |
| March 5 2025 |
Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
Russian counter-terrorism forces killed four ISIS-K affiliated militants who were plotting an attack against a regional interior ministry branch in Dagestan.
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| March 3 2025 |
Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) thwarted a series of terrorist attacks planned for the Moscow metro and a Jewish religious institution, killing the accused planner.
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| February 20 2025 |
Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
Security Service of Georgia conducted operations against ISIS militants, capturing RG-42 grenades, F-1 grenades, explosives, detonators, UZRGM fuzes, AK-74 Bakelite magazines, and 5.45x39mm ammunition during a raid.
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| February 12 2025 |
South Caucasus
Armenia's parliament approved a bill officially endorsing the country's EU accession.
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| February 12 2025 |
Armenia
Armenia's parliament approved a bill officially endorsing Armenia's EU accession, marking the first step in the accession process.
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| 2024 |
Georgia
Georgia ranked among 22 countries with a low hunger index score of less than 5 in the Global Hunger Index.
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| 2024 |
Georgia
Georgia was ranked 57th in the Global Innovation Index.
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| 2024 |
Georgia
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili condemned the murder of Kesaria Abramidze, a transgender woman, and attended her funeral.
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| 2024 |
Georgia
A bill was passed seeking to remove protections for LGBT people, which was condemned by the European Union and human rights organizations.
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| 2024 |
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan was ranked 95th in the Global Innovation Index.
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| 2024 | In the Russian presidential election, Vladimir Putin won 98.99% of the vote in Chechnya, an election critics called rigged and fraudulent. |
| 2024 |
Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
Major escalation with 227 killed and over 610 injured
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| December 14 2024 |
Georgia
Presidential elections held in parliament, with disputed results and refusal by President Salome Zourabichvili to acknowledge Mikheil Kavelashvili's win.
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| November 2024 |
Georgia
Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze declared the country's EU accession process would be paused until 2028, leading to protests.
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| October 2024 |
Georgia
Georgia became immersed in a deep political crisis while maintaining its status as an official candidate for European Union membership.
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| October 28 2024 |
Georgia
Protests erupt following the announcement of the 2024 parliamentary election results, with opposition parties and the President supporting the protesters.
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| October 26 2024 |
Georgia
Parliamentary elections resulted in alleged irregularities and fraud, triggering an ongoing political crisis and protests.
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| September 19 2024 |
Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
Islamic State claimed its first attack in Azerbaijan, reporting the killing of 7 Azeri security personnel and wounding of 1 in a clash in Qusar district, Northern Azerbaijan. One IS militant was also killed during the incident.
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| August 23 2024 |
Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
Four IS-linked prisoners took over the Surovikino penal colony in Volgograd Oblast, killing nine prison staff and taking hostages. All four prisoners were killed by Russian national guard snipers.
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| August 15 2024 | Russian Deputy Minister of Economic Development Dmitry Volvach announced that Abkhazia's harmonization of laws with Russia was 'almost complete'. |
| June 23 2024 |
Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
At least five suspected Islamic militants attacked a church and synagogue in Dagestan, killing 17 police officers and five civilians. The attackers were killed, with some identified as relatives of a local district head.
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| June 16 2024 |
Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
Six IS-linked detainees abducted two Russian prison staff at a detention centre in Rostov. Five assailants were killed and one captured, with prison staff freed.
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| June 6 2024 |
Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
Georgian State Security Service detained and arrested two ISIS-affiliated militants along with a weapon cache in the city of Batumi.
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| April 2024 | Chechnya introduces a new musical regulation mandating that all music must have a tempo between 80 and 116 beats per minute, in line with traditional Chechen cultural standards. This regulation also prohibits borrowing musical elements from other cultures. |
| April 22 2024 |
Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
IS gunmen attacked a Russian police patrol in Karachayevsk, killing 2 police officers and wounding a third, and seizing their weapons.
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| April 3 2024 |
Georgia
Georgian Parliament drafted a similar 'Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence', leading to massive protests with at least 200,000 people participating.
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| March 22 2024 |
Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
Four Tajik IS–K gunmen attacked a concert hall and shopping mall in Krasnogorsk, Russia, killing 145 people in the group's first attack beyond Afghanistan's neighbors.
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| March 12 2024 |
South Caucasus
The European Parliament passed a resolution confirming Armenia meets Maastricht Treaty Article 49 requirements for potential EU membership.
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| March 8 2024 |
Armenia
Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan stated Armenia is seeking to get closer to the West and potentially join the European Union.
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| March 3 2024 | Karabulak clash: A deadly stand-off between Russian security services and a cell of Ingush militants affiliated with Islamic State – Caucasus Province. |
| March 2 2024 |
Armenia
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan advised that Armenia would apply to become a candidate for EU membership within a month.
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| March 2 2024 |
Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
A shoot-out in Karabulak, Ingushetia resulted in six gunmen and a civilian killed, with 3 policemen injured. Russian authorities claimed the men were IS-associated.
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| February 2024 |
Georgia
Irakli Kobakhidze assumes the position of Prime Minister of Georgia, with his legitimacy being disputed.
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| February 28 2024 |
Armenia
Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan stated that the CSTO is 'a threat to the national security of Armenia' during a speech in the National Assembly.
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| January 1 2024 |
Azerbaijan
Dissolution and reintegration of Artsakh, resulting in the flight of nearly all ethnic Armenians from the region.
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| 2023 | Rumors of Caucasus Emirate's resurgence spread, though not yet confirmed. |
| 2023 | Artsakh (self-proclaimed Republic) dissolved, which had previously recognised Abkhazia on 17 November 2006. |
| 2023 |
Islamic State insurgency in the North Caucasus
Resurgence of conflict with 15 killed and 13 injured
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| December 2023 |
Georgia
Georgia was granted EU Candidate status by the European Council.
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| December 14 2023 |
South Caucasus
Georgia was confirmed as receiving EU candidate status, becoming the first country in the South Caucasus to do so.
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| November 8 2023 |
South Caucasus
The European Commission issued an official recommendation to grant EU candidate status to Georgia.
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| October 2023 |
Benoyn Boyshar
Ramzan Kadyrov, head of Chechnya, announces the creation of a 300-person battalion named after Boyshar Benoyn within the Russian Guard.
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| October 2023 |
Armenia
Armenia ratified signing the Rome Statute, which will lead to full membership in the International Criminal Court.
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| October 1 2023 |
Armenia
Almost the entire population of the Republic of Artsakh fled to Armenia, dramatically changing the demographic composition of the region.
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| September 2023 |
Armenia
The Republic of Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) was dissolved.
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| September 2023 |
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan launches an offensive against the breakaway Republic of Artsakh in Nagorno-Karabakh.
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| September 21 2023 |
Armenia
Azerbaijan held a meeting with representatives of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians in Yevlakh, with another meeting planned for October, amidst ongoing concerns about potential ethnic cleansing.
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