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Low-key coverage of Xi’s Central Asian tour highlights China’s Russia dilemma.

Georgians want to help Ukrainians fleeing the war, but there are political and economic hurdles in the way.

In South Ossetia, meanwhile, the authorities have remained completely silent on the issue. Most residents in both territories hold Russian citizenship, raising the prospect they could be drafted.

Russia’s war is coming to Kazakhstan in droves, again.

Echoes of war drowned out talk of peace.

The Chinese president was undoubtedly the most powerful man in the room.

A lack of detailed data means that it is difficult to measure what a 49 percent increase in exports to Russia means. But the country’s partners in Europe and the U.S. are watching.

Sanctions on Russia have stopped deliveries from the factories that traditionally supplied Kazakhstan.

China wants Russia to stop interfering with Kazakh oil exports.

The 20-year-old informant for Russia’s security services was sent to Tbilisi to report on the many exiles here. Now, he says, he’s come clean.

The cause of the problem may lie in Russians hoovering up all the available greenbacks.

Greenpeace found radiation levels three times higher than earlier reported by the IAEA.

The U.S. is pressing companies to show vigilance over export control evasion attempts.

Georgians and Russians have not had such close contact, and on such a scale, since the breakup of Soviet Union. Now they are figuring each other out again.

At the alliance’s summit in Madrid enlargement was a top agenda item, but Georgia’s accession prospects remain unclear.

The visit came shortly after the top U.S. general in the region dropped by.

It is the first time Washington has punished a Central Asian company for colluding to dodge Russia sanctions.

Russian space chief Dmitri Rogozin has indicated that developers of a craft being designed for the pad will have to work around sanctions.

It is yet another blow to the Uzbek government as it tries to slash its presence in the banking sector.

Shortly after Tokayev publicly dismissed Putin’s claims on Ukraine, Russian attack dogs again challenged Kazakh sovereignty.

Armenia’s small Jewish community has been bolstered by about 200 recent arrivals fleeing Russia because of the war in Ukraine.

The barrage of negative coverage mirrors what happened to a former Kyrgyz president just before his ouster.

BP, which operates the pipeline to Georgia's Black Sea coast, says the shutdown is temporary and that in the meantime all oil exports are being rerouted through Turkey.

Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, China-Europe cargo transport is shifting to the south, but infrastructure in the Caucasus is still relatively underdeveloped.

Taking part in foreign conflicts can be punished by up to eight years in prison.