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Azerbaijani IDPs are eager to return home. But they are uncertain about how their new lives are going to look.

The move comes as the fate of the de facto state appears ever more precarious, and it is not clear what Ruben Vardanyan’s wealth, authority, or Moscow connections might mean.

Georgians are meeting the thousands of Russians fleeing their country’s military mobilization with a mixture of fear, irony, and empathy.

Rights activists insist Central Asian laborers are being conned.

Baku promised to prosecute if the videos are determined to be authentic. But past experience suggests the prosecutions won’t go far.

The country would spend 47 percent more on defense in 2023, as Azerbaijan continues to bolster its own military and Russia, Armenia’s security guarantor, is bogged down in Ukraine.

South Ossetia has opened up a bit. Residents on the de facto boundary with Georgia hope it lasts.

Turkmenistan has traditionally fostered its closest security relationship with Russia. But it has found room to develop military ties with the U.S. and China. Our weekly briefing.

Kazakhstan's president pledged unspecified assistance for Russians fleeing a "hopeless situation."

Men seeking to avoid being sent to Ukraine are flocking out of the country, and Georgia is one of the few options that doesn’t require an exorbitant air ticket.

As Baku steps up its threats, is Yerevan willing to make heavy concessions under the barrel of a gun?

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.

Armenians could usually rely on favorable coverage from the media of its strategic ally. Following another escalation, that no longer seems to be the case.