Author: Vasil Iarajuli

Much like its ideological counterparts at HispanTV (Iranian-owned) and Actualidad RT (Russian-owned), Telesur wraps its incitement into a sophisticated and slick twenty-four-hour news platform through its website, broadcasts, and social media presence. Though it is difficult to gauge its influence, numbers suggest that Telesur’s message is impactful. Telesur has two million followers on its Spanish X account, 117,500 on its English X account, and more than half a million on Instagram. Its YouTube account has over 1.7 million subscribers, with 100,000 new subscribers and almost 7.4 million video views since October 7 (It also posts its videos on the Daily Motion). The network traditionally pushes out conspiracy theories, fake news, “whataboutism,”…

Is peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan achievable? How does Kazakhstan view relations with Russia? The presidents of Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan discuss economic and geopolitical strategies in an exclusive interview with Euronews. Baku recently hosted a UN-led regional economic conference, bringing together leaders from SPECA-participating countries in Central Asia, Afghanistan, and Azerbaijan. Euronews correspondent Galina Polonskaya spoke to the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to ask them about regional economic strategies, as well as relations with neighbouring countries. President Aliyev credits Azerbaijan’s growth to reforms, poverty reduction, and foreign debt management. Kazakhstan aims for…

Starting next year, citizens of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Georgia, and North Macedonia will be eligible for special work visas to help fill needed jobs in Czech agriculture, according to a draft regulation made by the government. The eligible countries could collectively send up to 1,000 workers annually to domestic fields thanks to the expanded visa program. Workers plug the gap and pose no risk Previously, only Ukrainians could access such visas for agricultural work in the Czech Republic. However, since being invaded by Russia, the number of Ukrainian workers claiming special visas has dwindled. The government is therefore looking to the Balkans and…

Politics is a force that can overcome all wills and even brotherhood and friendship. Because politics serves the requirements and principles of the existing time more than national and ethnic values. The same climate currently exists in the South Caucasus. We are talking about the triangle of Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia, which is a complete part of the region. Although it is necessary to take steps towards peace negotiations in the South Caucasus, certain obstacles from both outside and inside are delaying the process. France’s desire to arm Armenia at such a moment and the green light on the way…

Hamas’s brutal October 7 attack on Israel and subsequent military operations by the Israeli armed forces in the Gaza Strip have put Azerbaijan in an extremely uncomfortable position. It is a close partner to Israel but also seeks ties to influential Muslim states across the Middle East as a priority. It has had to tread carefully. Indeed, its criticism of the violence in Gaza has been diplomatically calibrated. Baku’s relations with Tel Aviv are all too important to squander. After all, it was the Israeli high-tech weaponry such as drones that spearheaded attacks by Azerbaijani forces in the Second Nagorno-Karabakh…

Inflation keeps shrinking in France while unemployment continues to climb – a trend observed since the beginning of the year. Could Europe soon see a similar scenario? France’s inflation rate is following a similar downward trajectory to Europe’s, with a continuous drop throughout 2023. The French statistical office Insee confirmed on Wednesday that inflation stood at 4% for October, down from 4.9% in September. Energy is the sector playing the largest role behind the figures, with a 5.2% increase in energy prices in October, down from a staggering 11.9% at the same time last year. Inflation data for the EU and…

On December 7, Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev unexpectedly signed a decree calling a snap presidential election for February 7, 2024. The 61-year-old autocrat has been in power since 2003. His current, fourth, term was set to expire in early 2025. Each of his re-election victories have been by comically wide margins in polls held with nothing but the faintest patina of democratic legitimacy. Now Aliyev is riding a wave of genuine popularity thanks to Azerbaijan’s victory over Armenia in the 2020 Second Karabakh War and the recent military conquest of the entirety of Karabakh, which ended centuries of Armenian habitation in the region. So at…

Jakarta, Surakarta, Berlin (7/12 – 11) Amid a generally declining period for Germany’s national football team, the 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Indonesia has been a shining light for them. Germany is one of the most successful national teams ever in international competition. They have won four World Cups (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014), three European Championships (1972, 1980, 1996), and a Confederations Cup (2017). Nevertheless, in recent years, Germany is suffering a horrid fate. In 2018, Germany suffered their first-ever first-round exit from the World Cup, since 1938. Germany became the fifth defending champions to be eliminated in the…

ARMENPRESS. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Ilia Darchiashvili has commented on the French shipment of Bastion APCs to Armenia through Georgian territory, which has caused discontent in Azerbaijan. In an interview with Channel One of Georgia, Darchiashvili said that Georgia has allowed both countries to equally make use of its transit routes. He added that every country has the right to have defense forces, and that every country has the right to acquire armaments which are permitted under international treaties. “Tbilisi’s position is to allow both countries to use in equal conditions the transit function that our country has. Thus,…

The French armored personnel carriers Bastion, manufactured by Acmat, was shipped to the port of Poti for transportation to Armenia. Bastion components were also delivered to Georgia by the French company ARQUUS. According to French media Ouest France, the shipment is part of French military aid to Yerevan and was originally planned to be sent to Kyiv, but these 12.5-ton troop carriers were deemed too poorly protected against artillery fire and anti-tank missiles. France has also sold three Thales Ground Master 200 (GM200) radars and signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Armenia to supply the Mistral short-range air defense system. Asked to comment…