Eurasianet

Georgians and Russians have not had such close contact, and on such a scale, since the breakup of Soviet Union. Now they are figuring each other out again.

At the alliance’s summit in Madrid enlargement was a top agenda item, but Georgia’s accession prospects remain unclear.

The EU is demanding a decrease in political polarization in Georgia. But the government and opposition are bitterly divided on how that should happen.

The visit came shortly after the top U.S. general in the region dropped by.

It is the first time Washington has punished a Central Asian company for colluding to dodge Russia sanctions.

Russian space chief Dmitri Rogozin has indicated that developers of a craft being designed for the pad will have to work around sanctions.

It is yet another blow to the Uzbek government as it tries to slash its presence in the banking sector.

The announcement prompted a half-full-or-half-empty debate in Georgia, which is now closer than ever to EU membership but behind Ukraine and Moldova.

She used her first-ever veto to try to block a controversial surveillance bill as the government blusters in its response to criticism from Europe.

Democracy relies on a language of compromise and mediation. Georgia’s political elite, however, is fixated on “traitors” and “enemies.”

Shortly after Tokayev publicly dismissed Putin’s claims on Ukraine, Russian attack dogs again challenged Kazakh sovereignty.

The mass slaughter of animals in the syncretic pagan-Christian Lomisoba festival is out of step with 21st-century mores, some Georgians argue.

The news from Brussels represented a significant step forward for Georgia’s European aspirations, but Ukraine and Moldova were offered quicker paths toward EU accession.

As signals from Brussels appear to foreshadow bad news for Tbilisi, the government is preemptively making excuses and the president is working on damage control.

Armenia’s small Jewish community has been bolstered by about 200 recent arrivals fleeing Russia because of the war in Ukraine.