Month: August 2024

@Helioprogenus: @SouthCaucasus A view of the town from the fortress I believe (details a bit sketchy since I was last there a decade ago) https://t.co/l4lVUgS28Z

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date August 30, 2024

A view of the town from the fortress I believe (details a bit sketchy since I was last there a decade ago) pic.twitter.com/l4lVUgS28Z

— Dr Hyelander 🇦🇲 🌋 (@Helioprogenus) August 30, 2024

South Caucasus

@Helioprogenus: @SouthCaucasus The fortress of Surami was built in the 12th century & meticulously reconstructed in the 16th/17th centuries. Before it, there was an earlier fortress in antiquity changing hands between Colchis & Iberian kingdoms numerous times https://t.co/M8zIS61T88

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date August 30, 2024

The fortress of Surami was built in the 12th century & meticulously reconstructed in the 16th/17th centuries. Before it, there was an earlier fortress in antiquity changing hands between Colchis & Iberian kingdoms numerous times pic.twitter.com/M8zIS61T88

— Dr Hyelander 🇦🇲 🌋 (@Helioprogenus) August 30, 2024

South Caucasus

Ukraine calls on Mongolia to arrest Vladimir Putin next week

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date August 30, 2024

The Russian leader plans to visit Mongolia, his first trip to a country that is a member of the International Criminal Court since it issued a warrant for his arrest last year.

South Caucasus

What are the lessons from Ukraine’s Russia incursion?

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date August 30, 2024

And what do they mean for Putin’s red lines?

South Caucasus

@SvobodaRadio: Президент Украины Владимир Зеленский снял с должности командующего Воздушными силами Вооружённых сил Украины Николая Олещука. smarturl.click/w9n8W

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date August 30, 2024

Президент Украины Владимир Зеленский снял с должности командующего Воздушными силами Вооружённых сил Украины Николая Олещука.https://t.co/zpBA8uw3bv

— Радио Свобода (@SvobodaRadio) August 30, 2024

South Caucasus

@SvobodaRadio: МИД Украины в пятницу призвал власти Монголии арестовать Путина во время его визита в страну.

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date August 30, 2024

МИД Украины в пятницу призвал власти Монголии арестовать Путина во время его визита в страну.

— Радио Свобода (@SvobodaRadio) August 30, 2024

South Caucasus

@mikenov: October Surprise 2024 may be pro-Trump and negative for the US Democrats. It might relate to Durov’s arrest, subsequent elective decryption, and the release of the damaging information on Trump’s opponents, a la the TelegramGate in Puerto Rico in 2019.

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date August 30, 2024

October Surprise 2024 may be pro-Trump and negative for the US Democrats. It might relate to Durov’s arrest, subsequent elective decryption, and the release of the damaging information on Trump’s opponents, a la the TelegramGate in Puerto Rico in 2019. https://t.co/Vg6WnLQYfp pic.twitter.com/7but1kwJns

— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) August 30, 2024

South Caucasus

Ukraine urges Mongolia to arrest Putin on international warrant

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date August 30, 2024

The ICC issued an arrest warrant in March of last year against Putin, accusing him of the war crime of illegally deporting hundreds of children from Ukraine. The Kremlin has dismissed the accusation, saying it is politically motivated.

South Caucasus

Only an ‘October Surprise’ can swing the presidential election

Post author By Mike Nova
Post date August 30, 2024

It remains to be seen whether or not President Biden remains the Democrats’ nominee for president, amid growing calls to replace him atop the ticket. But at this moment, the race is frozen in place.
Indeed, Donald Trump’s lead in national polling — now sitting at 3 points (47 percent to 44 perce