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Russia holds Victory Day parade marking 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany defeat
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Russia holds Victory Day parade marking 80th anniversary of Nazi Germany defeat

9 May 2025
Russia marked the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II with a massive military parade on Red Square on Friday attended by President Vladimir Putin and foreign leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The parade and other ceremonies underline Moscow’s efforts to project its global power and cement the alliances it has forged while seeking a counterbalance to the West amid the conflict in Ukraine that has dragged into a fourth year.
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The rise of George Simion, a nationalist who topped Romania’s presidential election
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The rise of George Simion, a nationalist who topped Romania’s presidential election

8 May 2025
George Simion, a nationalist and vocal supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump, won Romania’s first-round presidential election on Sunday by a landslide after capitalizing on widespread anti-establishment sentiment. The 38-year-old leader of the Alliance for the Unity of Romanians (AUR), will face a pro-Western reformist in a May 18 runoff that could reshape the European Union and NATO member country’s geopolitical direction.
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Hikmat Hajiyev: Karabakh is an existential issue for Azerbaijan too, but we are ready to discuss how to resolve it
Hikmat Hajiyev: Karabakh is an existential issue for Azerbaijan too, but we are ready to discuss how to resolve it
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Hikmat Hajiyev: Karabakh is an existential issue for Azerbaijan too, but we are ready to discuss how to resolve it

14 July 2019
Speaking in London, the head of the Azerbaijani Presidential Administration Foreign Relations Department expressed his frustration at lack of progress in peace talks.
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From the Kremlin to Rustavi 2, hysterical reactions pose a threat to Georgia
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From the Kremlin to Rustavi 2, hysterical reactions pose a threat to Georgia

8 July 2019
Georgian politicians of all persuasions, who constantly wrap themselves up in EU and NATO flags, have been acting in a way which makes Georgia look like an unstable banana republic not an aspirant for EU or NATO membership. There seems to be no one in Georgia who is able to exercise restraint on a political class that has got used to shooting from the hip, creating a highly polorised, divided and disillusioned society. The international community now needs to step in and step up.
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Opinion: 'Game of Thrones moment' for Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh
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Opinion: 'Game of Thrones moment' for Azerbaijan in Nagorno-Karabakh

27 June 2019
In this op-ed, Ahmad Alili considers the implications if Azerbaijan decides to use force to resolve the Karabakh conflict. "Any further military action in the region will further increase the enmity between Azerbaijanis and Armenians; regaining control militarily over Nagorno-Karabakh may, in fact, end up prolonging the conflict itself", he says.
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