

Azerbaijan and Russia back at it over downing of civilian jetliner
Kazakh preliminary report on jet crash backs Azerbaijani assertions of accidental Russian shoot-down
Feb 5, 2025
Report stops short of assigning blame or identifying source of objects that disabled the plane.
Kyrgyzstan resists Russian pressure to give sanctions-busting firms lenient treatment
Feb 4, 2025
Kyrgyz bank is latest entity to join US sanctions list.
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View MoreMedia advocacy group highlights damage done by State Department-USAID funding freeze
Feb 10, 2025
Exiled Russian independent outlets in especially tough spot.
Azerbaijan shuts down foreign aid agencies
Feb 7, 2025
Baku is sending a message to Moscow.
Uzbekistan: The poverty rate continues to plunge
Feb 6, 2025
But are the impoverished being undercounted?
Kazakhstan: Village-to-city migration reaches record high in 2024
Feb 6, 2025
Almost two-thirds of Kazakhs now live in urban areas.
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Georgia: Pliant parliament acting swiftly to throttle democratic practices
Feb 7, 2025
Tbilisi moving past the authoritarian point of no return.
