Former Foreign Ministry official Kadir Yusupov has been sentenced to 5.6 years imprisonment for treason, „Fergana” writes.

Taron Hovhannisyan, an Armenian Analytical Centre analyst at Orbeli, believes that concessions on Nagorno-Karabakh will not solve the problem but will only deepen it, „Novosti-Armenia” news agency writes.

An audio recording was posted on Youtube channel "Kak obmanutj prezidenta", created on January 15 of this year, of people with voices like Ukrainian Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk, First Deputy Governor of the National Bank Yekaterina Rozhkova and Finance Minister Oksana Markarova on how to explai...

Ramzan Kadyrov, leader of the Chechen Republic, appointed Muslim Huchiev as Acting Duty Head of State, chairman of the regional government, because of his temporary incapacity, on January 15, informed „NEWSru”.

This year on January 15, the government of Dmitry Medvedev resigned. On the same day, Russian President Vladimir Putin nominated 53 year old Mikhail Mishustin, FNS chief of the Federal Tax Service, as prime minister, informs news outlet „RBK”.

Uzbekistan experts say joining Eurasian Economic Union would be very beneficial for the country, „Stanradar” writes.

Speculation about the imminent replacement of the government led by Oleksiy Honcharuk or individual ministers is growing in Ukraine, „Apostrof” reports.

Russian government this year on January 13 approved an order to upgrade the professional qualifications of civil servants, informs news outlet „Legal Report”.

Residents of Kok-Tash village (Batken district, near border with Tajikistan) called for the transfer of armed forces sub-units to Osh for security reasons, „Centrasia” writes.

US imposes sanctions on Moldovan oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc, citing US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's post on microblogging site „Twitter”, writes „Omega”.

This year Russian and Turkish Foreign and Defence Ministers held talks in Moscow on 13 January with delegations from UN-recognized Libyan National Reconciliation Authority leader Fayez al-Sarraj and Commander of the Libyan National Army (LNA), Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, informs news outlet „Komme...

The second major staff change happened in the Ministry of Interior in one and a half months, Fergana writes.

This year on January 12, Abkhazian President Raul Khajimba agreed with protesters and announced his resignation as president in order to maintain peace and stability in the republic, informs Kavkazsky Uzel.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has received criticism from the opposition over the authorities' reaction to the aircraft crash of the „MAU”  aircraft Boeing 737 of Tehran-Kiev, an Iranian-owned MIZHNARODNI AVIALINII UKI, who issued a flight from Tehran to Kiev on January 8.

The Kremlin plans to form several parties ahead of the upcoming State Duma elections in 2021 to create the illusion of political competition and fragment the opposition electorate, informs news outlet „Meduza”.