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Russian diplomacy and Turkmenistan's evolving foreign relations amidst president Berdymukhamedov’s growing influence. And more in this week's Akhal-Teke Bulletin.

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.

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.

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.

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

Spring is when unmarked uranium tailings are most vulnerable.

Armenians had been using the road to bypass a blockade on the main road, the Lachin Corridor. The move drew a rare rebuke from the Russian peacekeepers.

The U.S. and Russia have both made high-level contact with Armenian and Azerbaijani officials as the rhetoric from Baku is getting increasingly bellicose.

Kyrgyz authorities do not want pollsters or journalists to probe public opinion about the war.

It was unclear on whose behalf the former secretary general, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, was visiting, and what it portended for Armenia’s geopolitical orientation.