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National security services claim a coup is being plotted against the Georgian government from Ukraine.

More than ever, Armenia's government is questioning the efficacy of the country's strategic partnership with Russia.

Astana argues that dealing with the Taliban will be an investment in stability and sustainable development.

Tajiks are favored for their ability to help translate communication with Iranian engineers.

Russia's new Azerbaijan-friendly stance comes just as Baku was seeming to prefer the EU-mediated talks over those brokered by Moscow.

Azerbaijan seems happy with the EU-mediated track of negotiations with Armenia while seeing Russia as a barrier on the path to integrating Nagorno-Karabakh.

There was no change in Georgia's membership application status at the summit, but there is still a sense that things changed for the worse.

A senior official said items like microchips are being subjected to particularly rigorous scrutiny.

Officials in the region have refrained from commenting publicly on the unfolding instability in Russia.

Nationalist calls for migrants in Russia to "pay their dues" are starting to be heard against a mounting backdrop of xenophobic sentiment.

One senior security services officer is said to have been killed in a clash with alleged smugglers.

Armenians have appealed to Russia, which is supposed to provide security on the road, as Baku tightens the noose around the territory's population.

Once a year Georgians hit the cemeteries to break bread with the dearly departed.

The embassy in Dushanbe, which is still run by the anti-Taliban opposition, is said to be considering its position.

Spring is when unmarked uranium tailings are most vulnerable.