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The severity of the penalty highlights anxieties felt by the authorities since Russia began its invasion of Ukraine.

Our weekly update on recent developments in Chinese-Russian-Central Asian affairs.

Environmental activists are skeptical of government assurances that a large tract of forest won't be turned into a privately managed hunting preserve.

Our weekly update on recent developments in Chinese-Russian-Central Asian affairs.

Azerbaijan has been ratcheting up its criticism of Western mediators in the peace talks with Armenia, accusing them of bias in favor of Yerevan.

Armenia is eager to develop ties with all countries in its bid to reduce its dependence on Russia. But with Iran, things are complicated.

Azerbaijan is angry about France's sale of hardware and weapons to its rival Armenia. It's been quiet so far on Georgia's role in facilitating the transaction.

After briefly forcing a happy face over a historic development for their country, Georgian politicians are back at each other's throats.

Armenia has broken a major taboo by forging defense ties with France and the U.S.

In Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, governments are at work taking over important assets. Also in this edition of the EurasiaChat podcast, we talk about how the Gaza war is being viewed.

Russian officials unprepared to hear Kazakh.

Georgian Dream claims credit where credit doesn’t seem due.

Vagif Khachatryan, a 68-year-old veteran of the First Karabakh War in the early 1990s, pleaded not guilty but was convicted of crimes including "genocide."

The path to actual membership is very fraught and very long. But for now the mood in Tbilisi is exultant.

The victim, a veteran of the 2008 Georgia-Russia war, was reportedly visiting a church on the borderline.