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The son tries to escape his father’s shadow, costly breakdowns in gas exports, and Russia has been playing Turkmenistan for a fool. Our weekly briefing.

In separate protests, workers across various fields have demanded better pay amid rising prices.

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The hardest thing to change may be patriarchal stereotypes.

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.

As the Russian government discourages independent thinking, student debate clubs are being squeezed.

The former president ended 2022 in the spotlight: He got a new city named in his honor, his poem set to music by his grandson on state television, and compliments from Russia. Our weekly Turkmenistan briefing.

Today hundreds of Georgians are sneaking into the U.S. from Mexico, but one Georgian who blazed that trail 20 years ago is now able to tell her story.

Azerbaijanis promise that Armenians can pass along the road. But for Armenians, the conditions are politically unacceptable.

Anomalously cold temperatures that are exacerbating the shortages will continue into next week.

The return of many male migrant laborers from Russia during the pandemic seems to have compounded the crisis.

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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.