Eurasianet

Our chief Caucasus correspondent reflects on the life and radically changing times of his father, who passed away last month.

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.

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

Part of the mission is to ensure that Russians engage constructively with people in their new home.

The unique Islamic structures stand on the fringes of Georgian culture.

The legendary semi-sweet Khvanchkara is an international brand – and used to be an easy target for counterfeiters. Now the police are stepping in.

One explanation for the continued dominance of Russian lies in Kazakhstan’s rural-urban divide.

Georgian cinema has been enjoying a renaissance, becoming a darling of the international independent film world. But it’s also running into political problems at home.

Labor migrants are attempting to leave Russia as their jobs have been hit by sanctions. But they can’t cross the border into Azerbaijan, which has remained closed since the beginning of the pandemic.

A disengagement from the world medical community combined with conservative societal norms have led to many doctors shunning COVID jabs even as the wave of infections reaches new heights.

The government said the system was useless against the Omicron variant, but critics accused them of pandering to anti-vaxxer sentiment.

Tbilisi’s world-famous nightclubs were the country’s last businesses to reopen following the COVID lockdown. But it took a confrontation with the authorities to make it happen.

A charismatic, handicapped singer has gone viral, triggering appearances with Russian superstars and a member of the ruling family.

Similar systems have been used around the world to encourage vaccinations. But under Georgia’s, you may be better off not being vaccinated at all.

The project is intended to partially bridge the language knowledge gap with Russian.