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How a bike ride showed the depth of Kyrgyz hospitality, and the places where tensions persist nevertheless. This and more in the latest EurasiaChat podcast.

Investment into costly and potentially lucrative soccer academies has come from figures close to the national leadership.

Words of encouragement came from the European Council President as fears mounted in Tbilisi of being left out of enlargement.

Unfair soccer league, and potential and real gas deals aplenty, with Hungary, Iraq and Uzbekistan.

An unusual constellation of outside players taking shape.

There is a persistent distrust towards long-term saving schemes in Georgia, tracing back to post-Soviet financial shocks.

Ottawa strives to maintain a delicate diplomatic balance.

Fixation on Trump's election subversion charges comes as Georgia awaits new tensions ahead of a major vote next year.

Dozens of Armenians from Nagorno-Karabakh have been allowed to leave the blockaded region over the past two days, triggering speculation about a possible deal.

Many are looking to move on.