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Open Caucasus Media brings you news, commentary, multimedia, and podcasts from the North and South Caucasus.

Podcast | Covering conflict in Armenia and Azerbaijan and forests for sale in Racha

OC Media discuss how international media covered the latest Armenian-Azerbaijani escalation, and Salome Kobalava talks about the sale of Racha's forests.

‘PostSovietPeace’ letter calls for end to Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict

Over a hundred people from Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, and other countries have signed a letter calling for peace.

Explainer | What happened in Armenia and Azerbaijan on 13–14 September?

OC Media breaks down the recent Azerbaijani attack along the Armenian border.

Podcast | War on the Armenia–Azerbaijan border

OC Media's staff discuss the Azerbaijani attack along the Armenian border.

Georgian to become the new CEO of queer dating app Grindr

A Tbilisi-born Silicon Valley entrepreneur is set to lead the world’s largest queer dating app

Podcast | Kadyrov's cancelled sabbatical & Starmus in Yerevan

OC Media's staff discuss what Ramzan Kadyrov might have meant by 'taking a long vacation', Tea Tsulukiani's management of the Georgian Ministry of Culture, and the Starmus Festival in Yerevan.

Podcast | Georgia's vanishing suburban trains and Armenia's pricey early military discharge

OC Media's staff discuss the fate of a series of train lines that disappeared following the pandemic and the early military discharge scheme proposed by the Armenian government.

Is Abkhazia’s car insurance mandate driving tourists away?

Abkhazia now requires all tourists to insure their cars before entering its territory.

Podcast | Six months on — the impact of the war in Ukraine on the Caucasus

In this week’s episode of the Caucasus Digest, six months after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, we look back at some of the lasting impacts has been around the South Caucasus.

Podcast | Georgian Dream's Departed and sex tapes as weapons in Azerbaijan

Robin Fabbro talks to Ismi Aghayev about the latest sex tape scandal in Azerbaijan and to Mariam Nikuradze about the four ex-members of Georgian Dream.