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Pezeshkian calls Aliyev, denies involvement in drone strike on Azerbaijan
There has been increasing speculation in recent days that Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian is at odds with more hardline figures in government.
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Domestic Politics
The carrot and the stick — the reality behind Russia’s attitudes towards Abkhazia
Russian grants appears to be little more than PR exercises, while pressure continues to mount against Abkhazia’s opposition figures.
OC Media
Western Response
Georgian Dream Considers Banning More Parties Through Constitutional Appeal After Opposition Forms Alliance
Georgian Dream Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said the ruling party may amend its appeal to the Constitutional Court seeking to ban major opposition forces to cover more parties, days after nine opposition parties announced the formation of a new alliance. Speaking to journalists on March 9 about the opposition alliance, Kobakhidze said all parties in …
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Economy
Social media users claim Azerbaijan presented drug convicts as Iran-linked terrorists
Most of the inmates implicated in the Iranian terrorist plot against the BTC pipeline have a history of drug-related arrests.
OC Media
Regional Intelligence
Security Service Arrests 30, Including Officials, in Nationwide Anti-Corruption Crackdown
The State Security Service of Georgia (SSSG) said it arrested 30 people, including current and former officials of municipal bodies, on corruption-related charges in 12 criminal cases during a large-scale anti-corruption crackdown across several regions of the country. Emzar Gagnidze, director of the SSSG’s Anti-Corruption Agency, announced the arrests and case details during a March …
Civil.ge
Sokhumi, Tskhinvali, Moscow Digest – March 1-6, 2026
Below is the weekly digest of key developments and discourses in and around the occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali/South Ossetia, as well as those concerning Tbilisi–Moscow relations. Sokhumi 30 Drones Detected Over Abkhazia 30 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were detected in the airspace over Abkhazia on March 4. According to Adgur Gumba, the de …
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Assessment & Data
Sovereignty Indicators
EU Accession Status
Frozen
NATO MAP Progress
Stalled
Press Freedom (RSF)
Declining
Foreign Agent Law
Enacted
Civil Society Space
Narrowing
Public EU Support
~80%
Week Ahead
European Parliament plenary to debate Georgia resolution on Wednesday. Georgian National Bank inflation data due Thursday. Opposition rally planned Saturday in Tbilisi's Freedom Square. Bidzina Ivanishvili expected to address GD party congress. OSCE monitoring mission report on media freedom scheduled for release.
Compiled from multiple sources