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Emboldened by Russia’s setbacks in Ukraine, Baku is trying to reduce Moscow’s role in the peace process.

Nearly 10,000 Russian businesses have been registered in Georgia since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. Many of them are in places you wouldn’t expect.

Subsidized loans are helping some families become homeowners, while driving property prices out of reach for others.

Authorities have been pushed into action by growing public criticism over the accident.

An influx of Russians has pushed up the value of the dram, undercutting Armenia’s exporters and the celebrated IT industry.

Critics will argue that Baitak is just an exercise in political astroturfing.

President Tokayev had ordered exports be slashed to meet domestic demand.

The accident in Ekibastuz came as temperatures plunged to -30 Celsius.

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A peaceful protest degenerated into violence as a result of what the authorities claim was a plot directed from outside the country.

Despite freedom of information laws, Kazakh officials often refuse to discuss what Chinese investors are doing. That breeds suspicion.

The Russian president and several other post-Soviet counterparts are in Yerevan for a CSTO summit, at a time when many Armenians think the organization hasn’t been doing its job.

It is not the energy sector that employs most foreign specialists but construction.

There is a gaping inconsistency between the president’s promises and how police treat activists.

The factory is said to be controlled by the sons of a politician close to the former president.