Tensions between the authorities and civil society are rising in Russia’s NorthCaucasus republic of Kabardino-Balkaria after the regional parliament agreed last month to consider amendments to the republic’s constitution.
It is fitting to begin this article by recalling a sentence from my previous DailySabah column, which anticipated the logic of a self-fulfilling prophecy. “The next expected step ....
... that it has been selected by Firebird, a U.S.-based AI cloud and infrastructure company, to serve as Prime Consultant for the design of the Caucasus' first and largest AI supercomputing facility.
). Armenia's June 2026 parliamentary elections produced a consequential result for the SouthCaucasus... His victory is therefore a mandate for continuity, but not a blank cheque ... AttachmentsOriginal document Permalink. Disclaimer ... (noodl. 132962902) .
And he advised Warsaw not to cross that line ... This episode in fact fits into a broader pattern of rising Ukrainian-Polish friction ... He also criticized Kyiv for missing opportunities to support “national liberation movements” in the Caucasus ... ....