The Caucasus Digest

'Thousands' of miners employed by Georgian Manganese in the mining town of Chiatura went on strike to protest working conditions in the mines. The miners demanded better pay, paid holiday and sick lea...

16 Juni 202323min

Last week, seven protesters were detained outside the Georgian Parliament for holding signs and posters the police deemed 'offensive'. Three of those detained are being charged with petty hooliganism ...

7 Juni 202326min

Armenia and Azerbaijan have recently been engaged in a series of frequent meetings between the country's leaders and foreign ministers in an attempt to reach a peace agreement. Despite hopes that the ...

2 Juni 202325min

Elizaveta Chukahrova, an independent journalist from the North Caucasus, phones in to talk about the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on the North Caucasus and how Russian authorities attempt to...

25 Maj 202317min

As Turkey holds a runoff presidential election after Recep Tayyip Erdogan failed to gather 50% of the vote, many inside and outside of Turkey are left wondering what the future might hold for them. Th...

18 Maj 202320min

Azerbaijan has ranked 151st on this year's World Press Freedom Index — the 29th worst in the world. On this week's episode of the Caucasus Digest, OC Media speaks to Arzu Geybulla, a journalist and me...

10 Maj 202333min

Tigran Grigoryan, a political analyst and head of the Regional Centre for Democracy and Security, joins Robin Fabbro to talk about the establishment of an Azerbaijani checkpoint at the start of the La...

27 Apr 202324min

Luiza Mchedlishvili talks about how Tumso Abdurakhmanov, a popular Chechen opposition blogger, reportedly his own death to fool Chechnya Head Ramzan Kadyrov. Read more: Chechen blogger claims he 'st...

19 Apr 202319min