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Officials in Moscow and their allies in Abkhazia and South Ossetia all canceled meetings with international diplomats brokering the discussions, casting the future of the talks into question.

Dependent on outside aid and braced for renewed clashes with Azerbaijan, there are fears Karabakh Armenians might soon be forced out of the breakaway region for good.

The airline cancelled flights to the country last year, fearing its leased aircraft could be seized.

This time, the two countries are rowing over the provision of arms and the possible resumption of air travel between Russia and Georgia.

A statement by the Foreign Ministry alluded to a potential confrontation with Russian peacekeepers in Karabakh and Russian border guards in Armenia.

Kyiv has long taken a pro-Azerbaijan position vis-a-vis the conflict with Armenia. Now officials say that Armenia and Russia are using the blockade to try to steal attention from Ukraine.

Armenia sees the new EU mission as a force for peace and security, but there is no buy-in from Azerbaijan or Russia.

The hardest thing to change may be patriarchal stereotypes.

Azerbaijan's blockade of the Lachin Corridor comes as it accuses Armenia of dragging its feet over the fate of another critical route, the would-be Zangezur Corridor.

Vakhtang (Buba) Kikabidze, a Georgian singer and actor universally loved across the former Soviet Union, has died at the age of 84, drawing the curtain on an era.

Is Ruben Vardanyan the savior of a nation, a Russian agent, or a billionaire with delusions of grandeur who is now in over his head?

As the blockade continues into its second month, local authorities have begun issuing food coupons and announced rolling blackouts. A brief internet outage contributed to anxieties among the besieged population.

As the government rewrites history to avoid mentioning a Russian atrocity, Turkmen are taking their reminiscences online.

In his first remarks about the monthlong blockade, Aliyev denied there was a blockade, pointing to Russian peacekeeping vehicles’ use of the road.

The move comes as Yerevan-Moscow relations have been heading south quickly.