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The messaging from Moscow has been pro-Armenia but critical of its government. And some Armenians are questioning their leaders’ flirtation, as mild as it’s been, with the West.

An American photographer in Yerevan finds volunteers everywhere. Even digging the graves.

China's state capitalism has nudged Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan to green their domestic energy production.

Beijing has yet to learn how to navigate messy politics, even when ignoring them hurts its image and interests.

The appearance of the self-defense units is the second time this year that civil society has been forced to hold the line. Where the state repeatedly fails to live up to its obligations, volunteers step in.

Rhetoric from Baku, meanwhile, suggests that Azerbaijan is interested in pushing its advantage following the breather.

The president’s fury has only served to expose once more the implausibility of official data.

Japarov is behaving as though he is already PM, although his position remains uncertain.

The rapid ascendancy of Japarov, who was sprung from prison in the wake of a violent bout of rioting this week, has hinged entirely on a strategy of intimidation executed by hordes of aggressive supporters bussed into the capital.

While it would be wrong to start pointing fingers and formulating conspiracy theories, clearly the risks are many and real.