On June 26, 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin gave a speech to the citizens of Russia about the Wagner Group’s mutiny against the Russian government on June 24.[1] In his speech, Putin stated that “the majority of Wagner Group soldiers and commanders are also Russian patriots, loyal to their people …

In April 2023, the first trilateral political consultation between the deputy foreign ministers of Iran, India and Armenia was held in Yerevan (Shargh Daily, April 21). The three countries focused primarily on “economic issues and regional communication channels,” and “the sides agreed to continue consultations in the trilateral format” (Mfa.am, …

Even in such a fast-moving war, still some events have the ability to surprise. The decision by Wagner Group leader, Yevgeny Prigozhin, to launch an apparent coup attempt, leading his troops into Russia, where he occupied the military HQ in Rostov and was heading towards Moscow, appeared to have left …