Exit polls released soon after polling closed at 20.00 say that Salome Zurabishvili won the election securing 55% of the votes cast. Counting is expected to go on throughout the night

Azerbaijani MPs are participating in the 52nd session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC) taking place in the Armenian capital Yerevan from 27-29 November

The head of the Chechen Republic visited Azerbaijan to meet President Ilham Aliyev. No information on the purpose of the visit is available as yet

In a statement the European Union said, "We expect Russia to restore freedom of passage at the Kerch strait and urge all to act with utmost restraint to de-escalate the situation immediately"

Amid soaring popularity ratings the Armenian leader is back on the streets of Yerevan on Saturday, mobilising ahead of parliamentary elections on 9 December

At a time when Georgians are trying to cope with an unpleasant and highly polorised election campaign the nation can at least agree: Ajika is very good and very Georgian

The participation of the Acting Secretary General of the CSTO at a CIS meeting may signal new synergies between the two organisations

President Tusk later tweeted that they had agreed "on the importance of free and fair presidential elections in Georgia."

A statement posted on the website of the Azerbaijani Defence Ministry said that "during the meeting the military-political situation in the region and problems of regional security were comprehensively discussed"

Putin hails TurkStream and the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant as symbols of the development of relations between Turkey and Russia, and said his country wants to reach a $100 billion bilateral trade volume with Turkey.