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The terminal may reportedly be completed in the coming five years.

The route has gained new importance as Russia seeks to replace its former trade routes that have been cut off by Western sanctions.

The government says the country will not be accepting operators and aircraft that have come under Western sanctions.

Loyalty to Moscow, U.S. umbrage at Iran's arms supplies, coronation and soccer. And more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.

And U.S. officials have been touring the region chiding countries for failing to prevent Russian sanctions-busting.

Analysts say that, while an Erdogan defeat would be a preferable outcome for Armenia, a change of power in Turkey would not necessarily be a game changer.

Armenia's exports to Russia are booming – but the country's producers aren't benefiting.

At least one leading financial services company is cutting back its exposure to Russian nationals.

Treatment with Voxzogo, a new medication for a condition causing dwarfism and various health complications, is said to cost up to $200,000 per year.

Turkmenistan is at last willing to discuss its full-blown water crisis. Our weekly briefing.

Russia is hurting close allies, fueling frustration with the Eurasian Economic Union, or EAEU trade bloc.

Once a year Georgians hit the cemeteries to break bread with the dearly departed.

In the years before independence, Stepnogorsk had become a key node in Moscow’s biological weapons program and uranium industry. Now it is one of many Kazakh provincial towns framed by its Soviet legacy.

Death in the family, U.S. visitors come visiting, pointless election results, and the sad lot of Turkmen women. Our weekly briefing.