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A court in Batumi ruled to keep Mzia Amaghlobeli (center) in pre-trial detention, pending trial on charges of assaulting a law enforcement officer. (Photo courtesy of Batumelebi)

Georgia roiled by arrest of prominent media executive

Giorgi Lomsadze Jan 15, 2025

Police employ violent tactics with impunity while media manager languishes in pre-trial detention.

The Chechen factor complicates efforts to ease Azerbaijani-Russian tension

Jan 10, 2025

Putin must tread carefully in Chechnya.

A tale of two Tajikistans: the macro and micro realities

Jan 9, 2025

Economic statistics do not accurately reflect on-the-ground reality for a large number of Tajiks.

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Uzbekistan unveils plan to upgrade Middle Corridor trade

Jan 15, 2025

Presidential decree calls for streamlined customs procedures.

Uzbekistan launching effort to ban electronic cigarettes

Jan 13, 2025

Kyrgyz ban on e-cigarettes set to go into effect in July.

Central Asian leaders look to expand mutual trade

Jan 10, 2025

Settling borders opens way for “the well-being of nations.”

Armenian-Azerbaijani peace process hits a pothole

Jan 10, 2025

Baku saber-rattles, Yerevan responds.

Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan (left) and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken pose for photos after signing a Strategic Partnership Commission Charter in Washington D.C. on January 14. (Photo: Chuck Kennedy, U.S. Department of State)

Armenia formalizes closer ties with the West

Ani Avetisyan Jan 14, 2025

It is now the law of the land to seek EU integration.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin visits a factory producing surveillance and kamikaze drones. Russian-made UCAVs reportedly contain many parts illicitly imported via intermediaries. (Photo: kremlin.ru)

Japan joins US and EU in sanctioning Kazakh entity

Almaz Kumenov Jan 13, 2025

Tokyo striving to raise its profile in Central Asia.

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After COP29: What’s next for climate action?

Top Kazakh officials visit the site of the Azerbaijani jet’s crash on December 26. Despite their country’s central position in the investigation of the deadly incident, Kazakh officials have tried to remain aloof from the festering controversy. (Photo: gov.kz)

Kazakhstan caught in the middle of simmering Azerbaijani-Russian tension over jetliner crash

Construction works at the Rogun Dam site. (Photo: Tajik presidential press service)

Is crypto keeping Tajikistan’s Rogun Dam project afloat?

Georgia is split into two parallel worlds, with the protesters being on one side, and the government on the other. (Photo: Salome Zourabichvili’s official Facebook page)

Georgia’s two parallel realities

A protest in Batumi. (Photo: Katharine Khamhaengwong)

Georgia protests: The view from Adjara

The site of the jet’s crash. (Photo: gov.kz)

News analysis: Aliyev keeping pressure on Putin over airliner crash

The official launch of the project on December 27 was purely ceremonial, and construction is not expected to start till July 2025 at the earliest. (Photo: president.kg)

China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway officially launched, but sidetracked at least until summer

The waste-to-energy plant is expected to become operational in 2025 or 2026. (Photo: Bishkek Mayor’s Office)

Kyrgyzstan: Chinese firm scores a sweetheart deal to turn Bishkek’s garbage into profits

The Bakurtsikhe-Tsnori road in Georgia was built in 2024 by China Communications Construction Company as part of efforts to boost and streamline traffic via the Middle Corridor. China and Georgia signed an MoU in September committing to jointly develop infrastructure, streamline customs procedures, and improve security and digitization of logistics. (Photo: gov.ge)

China expanding economic presence in South Caucasus

Putin apologizes to Aliyev without acknowledging Russian role in Azerbaijani jet crash

Russia has been Abkhazia’s primary financial benefactor since the territory broke away from Georgia in 1992, but recent protests against Russia’s encroaching influence have strained the relationship. (Photo: Telegram @respublicaabh)

Abkhazia sees the Kremlin’s dark side

The tenge’s loss of value is already exerting inflationary pressure on food items and consumer goods. (Photo: gov.kz)

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China-Kyrgyzstan-Uzbekistan railway officially launched, but sidetracked at least until summer

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Putin apologizes to Aliyev without acknowledging Russian role in Azerbaijani jet crash

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