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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.

The issue has touched Abkhazian sensitivities about the intentions of its overbearing ally, Russia. And the controversy isn’t going away.

Nancy Pelosi is the highest-ranking American official ever to visit Armenia, and it came at a critical time during the country’s conflict with Azerbaijan.

In the first episode of our new podcast, we discuss a watershed moment in Central Asia's independent history, as Putin's war pushed the countries into China's arms. Plus, the worst violence yet between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. And more.

Videos are emerging that do not support the Tajik government’s minimal statements about its border war with Kyrgyzstan.

Echoes of war drowned out talk of peace.

The geographical spread of the confrontations is causing alarm.

The Chinese president was undoubtedly the most powerful man in the room.

The Russia-led security bloc is supposed to oblige members to come to one another’s defense. But its response so far to Azerbaijan’s attack on Armenia has been anemic.

Days before Azerbaijan launched an assault against Armenia, Armenians began using a new, Azerbaijan-constructed road to travel between Nagorno-Karabakh and Armenia.

IRPT members have been the object of mass arrests and sham trials since 2015.

The 21-year-old Napoli breakout has become a rare source of national unity. The inevitable result: political attempts to ruin Georgians’ good vibes.

It sounded like Xi Jinping was warning Putin against any adventures in Central Asia.

The attacks come as Russia, Armenia’s security guarantor, has been getting routed in Ukraine.