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A charismatic, handicapped singer has gone viral, triggering appearances with Russian superstars and a member of the ruling family.

The unfinished structure was the result of a brief period of direct Roman control over Armenia in the second century CE.

The project is intended to partially bridge the language knowledge gap with Russian.

Geneticists say the popular vegetable was first domesticated in the region.

Will Turkmenistan come to Kyrgyzstan’s rescue?

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.

But Russians are more ambivalent about having a Tajik-born singer represent them at the song contest.

Manizha Sangin emigrated to Russia with her family at age three, during the Tajik civil war.

Protesting artists chose the visit of their better-paid Russian colleagues to make their point.

The president seems troubled by the well-documented shortage of hard currency. This and more in our weekly briefing.