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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.

Kazakh traders have been helping fill Russian demand for high-tech consumer goods and other items hard to obtain under Western sanctions.

Kyrgyz authorities do not want pollsters or journalists to probe public opinion about the war.

Tashkent is eager not to be seen as endorsing anti-war positions.

It was unclear on whose behalf the former secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, was visiting, and what it portended for Armenia’s geopolitical orientation.

Armenia is moving away from the Russia-led bloc and perhaps opening the door to closer cooperation with the West.

Media have been warned against giving anti-war Russians a platform.

The Soviet-era constraint of collective decision-making seems to have eroded in Putin’s Russia.

Pipelines to Russia carried 94 percent of Kazakh oil exports last year.

Many see the adoption of Georgia's "foreign agent" legislation as a definitive geopolitical turn away from the West.

Georgia's ruling party cites the U.S. in defense of its controversial bills on foreign agents, but critics argue the nation is learning from the worst.

Deliveries had reportedly been expected to start March 1, but that deadline has come and gone.

While the government insists it is trying to stop the spread of disinformation, press freedom advocates see a familiar attempt to control the message.

Azerbaijan has identified a special representative to talk to the Armenians of Karabakh.

Priced out of Georgian cities by Russians fleeing conscription, many Ukrainian refugees have ended up in small, remote towns, where resources are few.

It’s been a year since the two countries signed what seemed like a landmark cooperation agreement. But their regular conflicts have not abated.

Beijing is leaning toward buying additional Central Asian gas, despite reliability concerns.

Exports of Azerbaijani oil via the Black Sea were restarted but only temporarily, while exports of Russian crude oil through Azerbaijan have finally been halted due to EU sanctions.

The Russian-Armenian billionaire’s tenure in Karabakh politics was brief and tumultuous, and there are plenty of people who wanted him out.

Plus: Rising gender-based violence in Kyrgyzstan

The expectation is that gas consumption will soar to 40 billion cubic meters by 2030.

Moscow sees the unarmed civilian mission as an attempt to undermine Russia’s position in the South Caucasus.

A year after Russia’s invasion, a family that fled the occupation of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant describes their escape to Georgia.

Defense officials say more attention is also being paid to optimizing artillery capabilities.

Production is falling as demand increases, forcing Uzbekistan to look to Russia for energy supplies.