Loujaine Laamal, an MA student in geopolitics at the French Institute of Geopolitics, discusses Ramzan Kadyrov’s politicisation of sports in Chechnya, and his attempts to construct a national identity focused on sportsmanship to help secure the future of his regime.

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• Analysis | How Kadyrov uses ‘the Path of Akhmat’ in sports to cement his rule in Chechnya

Ismi Aghayev talks about imprisoned political activists and figures in Azerbaijan who claim they have been arrested on falsified charges.

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• Court denies bail to Azerbaijani activist despite ‘deteriorating health’

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