Azerbaijani armed forces advance to close off Armenia-Karabakh road
Kazakhstan poised to intensify vetting of re-exports to Russia
Kazakh traders have been helping fill Russian demand for high-tech consumer goods and other items hard to obtain under Western sanctions.
Armenia embarks on healthcare reform with costs unclear
Details are sparse on how the government plans to pay for the reform, and how it plans to improve the quality of care in parallel.
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Russian officials and propagandists had several reactions to the recent crisis in Georgia: gloating, echoing the Georgian government's rhetoric, and casually threatening to bomb Tbilisi into the ground.
Germany's Baerbock arrives in Tbilisi amid EU uncertainty
Before her visit, the top diplomat spoke about "attempts to divert the country from its pro-European course."
International diplomacy picks up amid rising fears of violence in Karabakh
The U.S. and Russia have both made high-level contact with Armenian and Azerbaijani officials as the rhetoric from Baku is getting increasingly bellicose.
Why Kazakhs are growing less satisfied with life, and Kyrgyz more
Every unhappy country is unhappy in its own way.
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Uzbekistan pursues dialogue with Afghanistan on fraught canal project
The canal across northern Afghanistan will divert water from the dying Amu Darya river.
Deaths of Islamic figures highlight political and religious divide in Azerbaijan
There were widely different reactions to the passing of the cleric and the Islamic activist, who were on opposite sides of the political spectrum.
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