Used cars are far cheaper in other members of the Eurasian Economic Union. So some 170,000 Kazakhs imported cars from these partners duty-free. Now they’re getting an unexpected bill.
The legislative efforts come after long struggles between the government and a hostile media, much of which is controlled by figures close to the former regime.
The controversial vote, along with new genocide-recognition resolutions in the U.S., has Turkey’s Armenian community feeling caught in the crossfire between a hostile Turkish majority and an assertive Armenian diaspora.
Leaders of Armenia’s more traditional opposition, including the former ruling Republicans and the venerable Dashnaks, came out to support the anti-liberal activists.
The government says the move is necessary for the sake of efficiency and health, but those in affected communities complain that it is a symptom of Yerevan's neglect for rural areas.
A new law makes it illegal to belong to a “criminal subculture” even if no specific crime has been committed. The legislation follows examples set in Georgia and Russia.
Following an investigation into a high-level crime ring accused of selling Armenian infants to foreigners, women who think they may have been victims are demanding justice.
Three years since the Eurasian Union unveiled a grand plan to build a unified digital agenda, there is little sign that member governments are interested in the program.
With a park, garbage trucks, and now a waste-processing facility, watchdog groups are questioning the city government’s many gifts from politically connected businessmen.
