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China wants Russia to stop interfering with Kazakh oil exports.

The 20-year-old informant for Russia’s security services was sent to Tbilisi to report on the many exiles here. Now, he says, he’s come clean.

Tashkent sees the link as part of a transcontinental route bypassing Russia.

The cause of the problem may lie in Russians hoovering up all the available greenbacks.

Baku has been reforming its armed forces with a new education system, new weaponry, and a big increase in special forces units. And it is all being modeled after Turkey’s military.

Greenpeace found radiation levels three times higher than earlier reported by the IAEA.

The memorandum is a win for Baku while committing it to do little.

The U.S. is pressing companies to show vigilance over export control evasion attempts.

The Armenian-Turkish announcement was the result of months-long negotiations. Was Azerbaijan’s closure of its own border with Turkey a response?

The announcement by Turkey appears to be response to increased interest from Europe in non-Russian sources of energy.

Turkmenistan wants to export gas to Europe without angering Russia. This and more in our weekly briefing.

Georgians and Russians have not had such close contact, and on such a scale, since the breakup of Soviet Union. Now they are figuring each other out again.

At the alliance’s summit in Madrid enlargement was a top agenda item, but Georgia’s accession prospects remain unclear.

The visit came shortly after the top U.S. general in the region dropped by.

It is the first time Washington has punished a Central Asian company for colluding to dodge Russia sanctions.