Eurasianet

The former president ended 2022 in the spotlight: He got a new city named in his honor, his poem set to music by his grandson on state television, and compliments from Russia. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

With Azerbaijani demonstrators settling in for the long haul on the Lachin Corridor, Armenia is questioning whether Moscow is willing or able to end the standoff.

Azerbaijanis promise that Armenians can pass along the road. But for Armenians, the conditions are politically unacceptable.

The ongoing blockade has exposed the vagueness of the peacekeepers’ mandate, an uncertainty Baku is seeking to exploit.

The head of the licensee blames customs troubles for their inability to get supplies.

Turkmenistan reveals its closest partners as it prepares to host a gas-focused summit with Azerbaijan and Turkey. Plus, with the New Year approaching, it is time for bread and circus. Our weekly briefing.

The blockade appears to be part of an increasing pressure campaign on the road and the Armenians who depend on it, and the protesters appeared to be ready to stay.

As Georgia sees a surge in demand for cargo transit amid the Ukraine war, the government hopes to resume construction of a controversial deep sea port.

Anomalously cold temperatures that are exacerbating the shortages will continue into next week.

As it was preparing for war, Russia undermined an international pact that has managed global arbitration cases since the height of the Cold War.

Putin's spokesman has denied the proposal is being used to advance political objectives.

The return of many male migrant laborers from Russia during the pandemic seems to have compounded the crisis.

Some Azerbaijanis cheered their representatives standing up to a Russian presence they consider pro-Armenian. Others, though, pointed out the hypocrisy.

A joint venture with China has edged Kazatomprom, the world’s largest producer of uranium, into the nuclear fuel production cycle.

Russia is proposing a major reconfiguration of the Central Asian gas market. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Georgian imports from Russia are up 74 percent this year, as commodity traders take advantage of cut-rate prices. But could these ties make Georgia once again too dependent on an adversary?

The Middle Corridor – an alternative route from China to Europe that skirts Russia – has seen a massive increase in freight this year.

Emboldened by Russia’s setbacks in Ukraine, Baku is trying to reduce Moscow’s role in the peace process.

Nearly 10,000 Russian businesses have been registered in Georgia since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. Many of them are in places you wouldn’t expect.

An influx of Russians has pushed up the value of the dram, undercutting Armenia’s exporters and the celebrated IT industry.

Listen here, or wherever you get your podcasts.

The Russian president and several other post-Soviet counterparts are in Yerevan for a CSTO summit, at a time when many Armenians think the organization hasn’t been doing its job.

Plans to increase trade depend on new transport routes skirting Russia.

A highly touted deal between Baku and Brussels was meant to wean Europe off Russian gas. But is Azerbaijan now importing Russian gas itself in order to meet its obligations to Europe?

Moscow’s mobilization order exposed the absence of safety nets for students and other renters in Central Asia.