Eurasianet

Some of the soldiers have been used as bargaining chips, and more deals appear to be in the works.

Azerbaijanis, the largest ethnic minority in Georgia, say that Tbilisi neglects their culture while Baku tries to co-opt it. Now they are claiming it for themselves.

Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdogan was the first foreign leader to visit Karabakh since the end of last year’s war, in which Turkish backing helped Azerbaijan secure its victory.

Following the victory over Armenia, Azerbaijan has thanked Turkey by awarding several multimillion-dollar contracts to companies close to the Turkish president.

The government has moved quickly to restore the city it has declared its cultural capital, but the lack of transparency has raised concern.

There has been a recent spate of online sexual harassment of women opposition figures, and activists say the government appears to be behind it.

The timing of the arrest has again raised suspicions about a senior officer around whom rumors had long swirled.

In the middle of the country’s victorious war against Armenia, the chief of staff of the armed forces – long the subject of public rumors of “treason” – disappeared. He hasn’t been seen since.

The coronavirus inoculation program is the first in the Caucasus and Central Asia, starting out with Chinese vaccines but incorporating Russian and Western ones at later stages.

The losses to tax revenues will hit the de facto Nagorno-Karabakh government even harder than Yerevan.

The state has set up three “voluntary” funds for Azerbaijanis to cover post-war needs. But widespread reports suggest that people are being forced to contribute.

The Azerbaijani government has promised to prosecute any war crimes, but many are skeptical of its sincerity.

Hundreds of soldiers on each side are still missing three weeks after fighting stopped.

Experts estimate that reconstruction could take 10 years and tens of billions of dollars.

To some, the victory was marred by the introduction of Russian peacekeepers, but the mood was otherwise celebratory.

Celebrations broke out around the country following the announcement that their historical capital in Karabakh had been captured – perhaps no more so than among the city’s former residents.

Azerbaijan’s government has repeatedly backed candidates from Georgia’s ruling party, including in upcoming local elections.